***The Official Home Recording Studio Thread***

robfosters said:
Right, they've arrived, setup and put through their paces.

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They're a nice size, not too big and heavy, but certainly enough size and weight there to instil confidence that it's a quality produced product. Each speaker weighs about 7kg. I love their design. I think they look really smart and modern, and fit in well in a home environment, unlike, say, Rokit's, which can be garish with their lairy colour.

The DIP switch diagram on the back is handy for setup and tailoring the sound. I left both at neutral setting.

I'm no audio engineer. but to me, they sound sublime for the money. Bass is plentiful and well controlled. the front ports help if you are having them up against a wall. At loud volumes, you can really feel the air being pumped through the port. Very good for EDM fans. Treble is also very nice, easy to listen to and doesn't cause ear fatigue like some monitors do.

The soundstage is excellent too. A real experience. Listening to He's a Pirate, there's plenty of depth and so much going on, more than I have noticed before, but dealt with in a way whereby the music doesn't get lost or chaotic. something than I have struggled with when listening before on other equipment. The sound envelopes you nicely as well. It's a very polished performer indeed.

I think if I heard these without knowing the price, I'd say I was listening to monitors costing around £500-550 a pair. These cost me £282. If you're after a great set of monitors for a bedroom/project studio without breaking the bank, you can't go wrong with these. They're simply an amazing performer and ridiculous value for money.
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Sweet :)
 
dirtychinchilla said:
My band has decided we're going to record all our future music out of our houses. I play bass and might do some backing vocals, so I've been looking for an audio interface for under £100. I'm slightly familiar with the Scarlett Focusrite 2i2, but I was thinking the Solo would be more relevant to me as I don't need multiple inputs at once.

I was also looking at the PreSonus AudioBox, which seems very well regarded.

If it helps for covering a greater breadth of functions, the guitarist and vocalist has the Focusrite 2i2.

I'm not really worried about familiarity because I'm basically unfamiliar with all of it despite having recorded into the Focusrite before.
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https://audient.com/products/audio-interfaces/id4/overview/

iD4 has a harmonically rich JFET D.I input. Designed to replicate the input stage of a classic valve amplifier, you can plug your guitar, bass, keyboard or drum machine straight in and start recording instantly. Get professional quality recordings from the start and take your track to the next level.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
Cheers for the recommendation dude. What makes this stand out compared to something like the Scarlett?
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We are the only company that use the same Class-A mic pre design throughout our entire product range, whether you’re in the studio with an Audient console or on the road with iD4, you’re always guaranteed the same world class Audient sound.

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I’m really getting into Orchestration at the moment...bought a few Spitfire Audio Kontakt libraries on sale..

They really sound amazing...

Setup TouchOSC yesterday to have long faders and touch access to all the articulations on my iPad using Midi UACC

Things you do in lockdown! :D

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a1ex2001 said:
Definitely want to do it for myself but then there is the inevitable itch to scratch ie is this stuff actually any good!
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As Fox says you do it for yourself...Music is about being creative that’s it....The great man himself Zappa sums things up here ...watch it all but message is 3 mins in.


People will like what you do others won’t....the key is not to care...If what you are doing satisfies you that’s all that matters....If people like it then that’s good but it shouldn’t worry you wether something as subjective as music is good or not....
 
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dirtychinchilla said:
I did find out that he’d lined up someone he didn’t know. He’d sent them a track that I was finding it hard to put a good bass line too and apparently loved the guy’s playing. That, combined with a host of petty excuses, was what got me kicked out. My bass playing was alright, and more importantly, I was working (am working) very hard to improve it.

What’s good is that this has given me a kick up the arse to do better. I’m having lessons now where I’m learning to read music. I was also the band’s management, backing vocalist, and I drove our guitarist to rehearsals. That’s a big hole to fill.
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Better off without them
 
mid_gen said:
I've been plodding my through learning Ableton recently to amuse myself in lockdown. I used to dabble with stuff back in the 90s with an MC-303 and a couple of analogue synths so kinda know my way around.

I've got a clicky keyboard though, which sucks. Can anyone recommend a decent quality 25-key midi keyboard?
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https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keyboards/komplete-kontrol-m32/

I have one as an extension to my S61 MK2 and its brilliant...Rain Forest is cheapest...
 
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