Today, recording has become a popular hobby of many people especially young people. Many people usually think that it is not simple to build a studio however in fact this thing is not too hard. You just need to prepare some basic devices and you can record sound, music at your home instead of going to professional studio. In order to build a studio, you will have to buy some necessary devices therein the best studio monitors is one of the indispensable device when building a studio. Below are some basic devices which you should have in a studio.
- Microphone
Microphone is one of the most basic devices which you have to prepare before building a studio. If you want to gain the best result when recording then you need to use right type of microphone which is designed to use for studio. There are many types of this product on the market however in order to be ensured about quality, durability of product, you should choose product of reputational producer. One of the largest pros of this product is high sensitivity with wide sound frequency range therefore it is suitable to record music without leaving out any sound in operation process. The microphone for studio usually comes with some accessories such as plinth to put microphone – this part has main feature to fixed microphone when singing, shockproof part – in order to ensure avoiding the unnecessary impact as well as ensuring durability of microphone and a membrane is put at the front of microphone to help users avoid sound created by breath when recording.
Normally, most of microphones need to have an own electric source in operation process if you have budget so you should buy some accessories to support for electric source microphone as well as increasing quality of sound however if your budget is not too large then you can use available electric source.
- Audio interface
Audio interface is also an important device in any studio. This device is designed with main feature to change sound wave signal (this signal create from singer, a physical signal) to digital signal (this signal will be read by computer – a number signal) therefore when sound passing through audio interface will be changed to the signals which is adjusted in the recording software of computer. Quality of audio interface will depends on design and parameter of chip inside this product.
With sound quality of CD is 16 bit and 44.1 KHz, you can choose an audio interface with same sample however many people usually choose higher sample because high sample will have you recording more accuracy the fluctuations of sound wave as well as sound will not be lost too much in handling process. Therefore, perhaps you should an audio interface with sample from 24 bit and 44.1 KHz for your studio however if you want to record sound with quality as DVD then your should choose audio interface with 32 bit and 192 KHz.
- Studio monitors
Studio monitors is a special types of loudspeaker and it is designed with main purpose to use in studio. This device will help users check sound signal, checking result of fixing and adjusting process after recording. Most of studio monitors are designed with wide frequency range to help users can hear the lowest or highest sound without having any difficulty in order to increase effect of recording process. As other devices, there are many types of this device on the market and price of it is very diversity – it depends on many factors such as brands, feature, quality and so on. If you just want to build a studio at your house as well as using the device with low price in order to build a simple studio sound system but still effectively then you should choose the studio monitors which is designed with available amplifier.
- Headphone
Headphone will be device which help singer hear sound signal created in recording process to ensure that sound will be recorded with the best way. Some people usually think that do not need to use headphone when you have loudspeaker however this thing is very wrong because if you use loudspeaker then sound signal from background music will also be recorded into your microphone.
