Common Qs & As: Music Production and Studio setup
What is the best designation of a computer used for a music studio?
You don’t need a heavy machine with such great GPUs only to render songs. Your focus should be on acquiring something with a decent CPU. If you’re producing multiple tracks or downloading a music program with a lot of pre-set sounds, you might want to also think of a spacious hard drive or SSD.
Below are some recommended computer specs;
- Processor – i5 (although i7 processor would be way better)
- Eight GB ram DDR4
- 1 TB SSD
- Intel H61 motherboard
- Nvidia GTX 1080 (not necessary but suitable for graphics)
What is the use of patch bay in a home studio?
Sincerely, a gear patch bay might not be of any use in a home studio setup. Unless your home studio is a Pro studio at your house, but even then, it’s not very important.
What you need is a good amount of gear to justify the need for a patch bay. Even while running a home studio with fourteen preamps and a few compressors, you might not need a patch bay. You will actually need a microphone XLR panel running from your tracking room to your control room. Unfortunately, a multipair XLR cable can get expensive, and running the cable through an already built structure is such a pain.
What is the cheapest functioning soundproofing material?
The absolute cheapest is probably drywall, possibly mounted off the existing wall with 1″ x2 “s or furring strips to make a dead air space behind it. The best is to isolate it from the original wall with rubber gasketing so that some slight vibration passes through the actual structure.
Some fiberglass insulation between the drywall layers can also be helpful. You could even put some Corning 703 flat fiberglass sheets on the interior surface if you need to deaden the room internally.
What are some of the best tips for a start-up music producer?
Here are a few tips that come to mind when this question pops up in a room;
- Make a lot of friends. This is your network in the future.
- Be Humble. There is absolutely no shame in not knowing an answer. You will get a lot farther by listening to your clients and staying true to yourself.
- Know when you have a great idea vs. when you are “attached “to your opinion.
- Learn how to mix and master tracks, or at least know what a good mix or master sounds like so you ensure you produce quality music.
What is the best DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)?
There are quite a number of DAWs today. The choice for which is the best largely depends on the one that you are accustomed to.
Some of the best recommendations would be logic Pro X, Harrison MixBus, and Cubase, with an extensive set of Audio Units plugins.
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