How to built a home studio ? Any Books or Video ?

[Lefrançais]

Hi,

I posted a thread about my monitoring level problem, without getting any answer, I might have not be clear in my description... What is your monitoring chain ?

That's why I should restart from the beginning: How to built a correct Home studio with the right gear chain ?
Do you know recent books (not the ones with Atari ST, fairlight, or old tape recorder... ) or DVD, or website ?

thx a lot

[ProFool]

It's not that nobody want to help you out or anything, but you wont find the perfect correct setup in a book dude... im not sure if this even exists...
getting a good setup is more like what fits your needs, what do you want to record or achieve, whats the target, soundwise, sound colour, also budget etc etc ?

cheers

[Lefrançais]

My setup is quite simple:

Mic (U87) -> Préamp (GTQ-2) -> Comp (1176 UA) -> RME ADI-2 converter/9652 PCI -> Logic 7. Using genelec 1031

What is the best way to "monitore" ? I always have a very small level of mic source in the headphones comparing to the playback.
Where do you plug your headphones to hear the mic ? on converter ? or do you use a Y cable from Preamp output to a mixer ?


And where do you plug the DAW output ?

Will something like a Dangerous D-Box would help me ?
http://gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php?p=985222)

thx

[Lefrançais]

ok thanks !

[stevep]

Checkout the JohnSayers website there is allot of info on small rooms


Have fun !



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[lawrence_o]

Originally Posted by Lefrançais

Hi,

I posted a thread about my monitoring level problem, without getting any answer, I might have not be clear in my description... What is your monitoring chain ?

That's why I should restart from the beginning: How to built a correct Home studio with the right gear chain ?
Do you know recent books (not the ones with Atari ST, fairlight, or old tape recorder... ) or DVD, or website ?

thx a lot

You need: http://www.kagimedia.com/

There's a DVD that covers it all, how to set it up, use bass traps, current filters etc etc....
I have the DVD, very informational!

[Lefrançais]

Thank you I would buy one of these DVD...but it seems to be mainly about protools and mix (Mix it like a record), is it also talking about studio setup, monitoring gear chain, etc ?

[Doublehelix]

Check out Rod Gervias' book, it is worth *every* penny!!!

It is called:

"Home Recording Studio
Build it Like the Pros"

By Rod Gervais

ISBN: 1-59863-034-2


RUN out and buy this book! It will help you in more ways than I could ever describe in an internet forum!

[Jamz]

Originally Posted by Doublehelix

Check out Rod Gervias' book, it is worth *every* penny!!!

It is called:

"Home Recording Studio
Build it Like the Pros"

By Rod Gervais

ISBN: 1-59863-034-2


RUN out and buy this book! It will help you in more ways than I could ever describe in an internet forum!

Good to see. I've been thinking about buying this book.

Others I saw at Amazon.com while researching.

Building a Recording Studio by Jeff Cooper
Acoustic Design for the Home Studio by Mitch Gallagher
Recording Studio Design, First Edition by PHILIP NEWELL
Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals (One-Off) by F. Alton Everest
How to Build A Small Budget Recording Studio From Scratch : With 12 Tested Designs (TAB Mastering Electronics Series) by Michael Shea

[lawrence_o]

Originally Posted by Lefrançais

Thank you I would buy one of these DVD...but it seems to be mainly about protools and mix (Mix it like a record), is it also talking about studio setup, monitoring gear chain, etc ?

There are basically 3 options:

- Milar DVD
- ProTools Hfc
- Both.

THe Pro TOols DVD goes about how to build a studio from scratch and then of course tells you something about how to record and stuff. But they tell you nice tips about current filters, bass traps, set-up etc etc...

[ProFool]

Originally Posted by Lefrançais

ok thanks !

here is good link for ya

cheers