| The cost of setting up a professional recording | | | | These ideas will be discussed in another article. |
| studio at home can vary from $500 to $20,000. | | | | Hardware and software |
| If you don't have an extra room to set up a | | | | Among the hardware equipment, you will need a |
| studio then you will also need to rent a place, | | | | computer, a soundboard, an interface, and a good |
| which will cost extra. The setup cost will depend | | | | microphone with a stand and microphone cable. |
| on what kind of a studio you are going to build. | | | | The whole microphone set may cost you around |
| Are you planning to set up a serious business, | | | | $500 or less for a decent one. You can also get a |
| which can render services to varieties of | | | | MIDI keyboard, which will cost around $100 for a |
| customers and charge a high fee? Or is it just a | | | | cheap starter keyboard. You will also need digital |
| simple a home-based studio to cater to the local | | | | recording software, which may cost anything |
| bands for a minimum charge? Here are a few tips | | | | between $100 and $800. If you want something |
| to help you get an estimate of how much it may | | | | free, I recommend Audacity. Do a Google search, |
| cost to set up a recording studio. | | | | and you'll find it easily. |
| Processing the room | | | | Musical equipment |
| First of all, you need to process your room in | | | | It is advisable to keep a few pieces of musical |
| order to make the sound quality better. | | | | equipment handy, in case your customers need to |
| Remember, a normal room or your basement | | | | borrow something. This happens quite a bit. If you |
| was not built for sound recording and therefore | | | | already have a guitar or any other instrument of |
| will need some work before it can be converted | | | | your own, keep them in the studio. You may not |
| into a good recording studio. You can purchase | | | | need to invest in new musical instruments if you |
| good quality acoustic foam and stick them on | | | | don't have much room in your budget for this. |
| walls by yourself. One case of foam will cost | | | | You can also consider investing into a few second |
| anything between $70 and $300. You may need | | | | hand instruments that are in good condition. |
| around 7 cases for a 10'X10' room. You can also | | | | Mostly, bands just want to have options in the |
| take help of professionals and make the room | | | | studio. If you have some old beat up guitars, |
| soundproof. This is an additional cost that you can | | | | amps, and effects lying around, they are happy |
| undertake if you want to render a high-quality, | | | | to tinker with them. This also increases the value |
| professional service. For a low budget studio, you | | | | of your studio, which helps you command a higher |
| can start much cheaper. There are many ways | | | | fee for your services. |
| to improve room acoustics cheaply or for free. | | | | |