This slideshow is designed to help up and coming producers build a studio on a low budget at an affordable cost.

1. Building a Home Recording Studio

2. To build a decent
home-budget studio,
the computer is the
essential for any
modern day record
producer. It’s important
to pick a computer that
has at least a dual CPU
processor, multiple
hard-drives and 2 GB of
RAM.
Buying a computer that
is fast and can store a
sufficient amount of
memory will allow the
producer to run their
audio program without
lagging.
Price Range - $1,000 -
$2,000
Perhaps the most important piece of equipment is the DAW
(Digital-Audio-Workstation). The DAW allows the producer
to record, edit, mix, and master their songs. Pro tools is the
industry standard and comes with its own amplifier.
Price Range - $500 - $1,000

3. While Pro Tools is provided with its own amp( the Pro Tools amp enhances
the microphone and speakers ) it’s recommended to get a separate amp for
the microphone. The amp will make the sound louder and give the vocals
more warmth and color; it also allows the artist who’s recording to hear
themselves a lot better.
Price Range - $300-$1,000

4. This is referred to
as a pop-filter. It’s
an anti-pop noise
filter that removes
or reduces
“popping” sounds
that is created by
the impact of fast
moving air that
hits the
microphone when
an artist sings.
Price Range - $20 -
$70
This is referred to as
an, “Isolation Foam
Panel”. It’s placed
behind the
microphone and
absorbs the
remaining sound into
the foam. This
reduces feedback that
is caused when sound
bounces off objects
and travels back into
the microphone.
Price Range - $150-$300
The microphone should
be able to connect to an
amp. Avoid USB
microphones (they are
bad in quality).
Price Range - $150-$1,000Microphone stand.
Price Range - $100 - $300

5. Speakers are very important; a producer will
want to hear everything at full quality to
perform a proper mix. A producer will either
have two sets of speakers, one high quality
and one low quality ( so they can hear how
the song sounds like in a car with a lot of bass
and how the song sounds like in a laptop with
no bass or high-definition).
Some producers (myself included) will have
one high quality speaker with a switch to turn
the bass on and off.
Price Range - $100-$1,500
A producer will make sure that
their speakers are at a height near
their ears whether it’s using
professional stands or books to
mount the speaker on. Both get
the job done.
Price Range – $25- $50 (or free)

6. Last but not least are headphones which are very important. A
good pair of headphones will have; a nice contrast between bass
and tremble and closed heads so that the sound doesn’t exit the
headphone and enter the microphone causing feedback.
Price Range - $100 - $300