How can I setup a simple home recording studio?

Definitely. Recording equipment and software can get really pricey when you’re going for the top-of-the-line stuff, but there’s so much available for hardly any money at all. With very little spending you can actually set up a pretty decent studio to start recording at home. There will definitely be a few limitations, but nothing that isn’t pretty easy to work around. Before we dive in, let’s take a look at what you’re going to need to purchase, noting that you may not want or need some of these items and some you may be able to get for free:

20 Important Mixing And Mastering Tips

Doing a great job when mixing and mastering a track can make a world of difference. It can make it go from OK to amazing.

In this article we’ll run you through 20 Important mixing and mastering tips and tricks to make your mixing and mastering awesome. First, we talk about sound sources, then about mixing and lastly we treat mastering.

What you listen on matters.

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Before we start talking about the actual mixing and mastering, you need to make sure that you have quality sound sources you can listen on. I’m talking about the full 20 – 20, more specifically the frequency range from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. This is also known as the full frequency spectrum that we humans can hear. You want to be able to hear everything, those highs you boost, and definitely the heavy lows. After all, you don’t want to be painting in the dark. Yes, those amazing Genelecs, Yamaha’s and Mackies monitors are very expensive, but fortunately there are many headphones available that offer the full frequency range that “just” cost a few hundred bucks.