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    timid rabbit
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      :wink:Yes, as the title says, i’m looking for a cheap and easy-to-use home studio for recording guitar, bass, drums and vocals. What do i need?

      No huge expensive solutions, just the simplest and cheapest…:wink:

      #1099993
      timid rabbit
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        just to add this is for a friend who has had a really bad time , so were getting something together for him

        #1099989
        General Lighting
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          my sister bought some sort of portastudio thing from Boss (roland) which was less than £200 and had a built in mixer and mics, multiple tracks of digital recording (used an SD-card as storage media), DSP/effects unit..

          #1099991
          Raj
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            As a pro I would say what you need is:

            a small mixer [old studio master or soundcraft analogue mixer would be my choice and they are cheap on ebay :groucho::groucho: ]
            some good mics [3 for the drums minimum – we would use drum mics but some sm-58s could do the job]
            a decent vocal mike [sm-58]
            a tape player or leads for a link up to the computer to record with [there is free software which will do the job]
            mic stands might be useful unless you can bodge a decent shock mount replacement [can be done ;)]

            there are other options – a sec 8 track springs to mind – whats the budget?
            Its worth spending money on mics – sm-58 are a good versatile one IMO – we have some for emergencies.

            Leads for the links can be bought or made [if you have a friend who can]

            #1099992
            Ruff Beat Provider
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              Get a Mac and logic.
              Sweetness. Cubase is also good.

              #1099990
              General Lighting
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                the one my sister bought was a smaller version with only a “virtual” mixer (i.e no outboard faders) but it did do multitracking

                http://www.roland.com/products/en/MICRO_BR/index.html

                another relative of mine has one of these

                http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/acatalog/Boss_BR-600_.html

                they are cheaper than the old tape-based portastudios and have more features…

                #1099994
                Playground Politics
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                  the on ive got is a korg tone works PXR4, i love it record anything only one input at a time, you could get away with sterio recording, on board mic, loadsa effects, 4 tracks, 32 virtual tracks, DI worthy, line input, guitar jack input, stereo cardiod mic, runs off batterys!!!!!, all for about 70- 80 quid, look on ebay, well worth it and stores on SD card transferable to computer

                  Korg should pay me to do this!

                  PEace

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