Home Recording Equipment

 

When building a home recording studio you might be a bit overwhelmed by the wide choice of home recording equipment available to you.

The good thing about the great selection is that your all most guaranteed to find exactly what you require, and hopefully at the right price.

So when we say home recording studio equipment what exactly do we mean?

We mean the hardware of your studio such as; audio interfaces, studio speakers, sound cards, mixer desks, mic preamps Etc.

Lets take a closer look at these:

• Audio Interface - An audio interface is basically used to get the sound in and out of your computer. Audio interfaces are available with three types of connection methods: PCI, FireWire and USB.
  • PCI - PCI interfaces are installed internally in your computer through one of its PCI slots. A PCI interface processes analog to digital the fastest which means near zero latency when recording.
  • FireWire - FireWire interfaces connect to one of the FireWire ports on your computer. FireWire isn't as fast as a PCI interface but tends to be faster than USB.
  • USB - USB interfaces obviously connect to your USB slot on the computer. There tends to be a lot of latency when using USB interfaces.
  
  
• Studio Speakers - Studio speakers come in all shapes, sizes and prices. It's no good using your computers built in speakers, they just won't cut it for quality.
  
  
• Mixer Desks - Depending on the type of home recording studio you set up having a mixer desk is optional. The studio software you use will have a digital mixer.
  
  
• Mic Preamps - Mic Preamps help boost your microphone output.