What is required for a home recording studio ?

[Lieutenant Abdul-Shakur]

ok, I know you need a condenser mic, a fast computer with a STRONG sound card, and apart from the software, what else do I need ?

[K.Dub]

A mixer



Something like that

[DPG4Life]

you dont need a mixer... but a nice preamp would be good!
and OF COURSE monitor speakers... i have a pair of yamaha hs80 m and i LOVE them
and i use nano patch for passive volume control - its recommended to leave all computer soundcard levels at 0db level

studio headphones are usefull too - but just for details etc.. dont try to mix on them

a masterkeyboard is always usefull


and id definately save my money and not buy a mixer... but that also depends on what you wanna do

[Lieutenant Abdul-Shakur]

whats a pre-amp ? all I wanna do is, record my raps. with a DECENT crisp quality.

[Ali Tha Great]

whats a pre-amp ? all I wanna do is, record my raps. with a DECENT crisp quality.

just watch "hustle & flow" and you'll know what to get...lol...

[Justposted]

a PRE-AMP AND PROBABLY SOME GOOD MONITORS TO UNLEASH THE SOUND AN SUCH

[Justposted]

This was my old SETUP when i Just started,

oh yeah the mixer got cutt off on the left

[Lanothegreat]

Well...you need a good condenser mic...a nice tube pre-amp which takes a while to warm up but the end recording will be much more warmer and have more depth,you need a computer with a more than decent procesor and ram,plus you need an audio card..something simple...a start  audio card like the Fast Track Pro by m-audio which is pretty simple to operate,on top of you have to understand audio recording software like acid,or sonar,ableton live..but i recommend something like sony acid which in my opinion is easier to learn..dont fall for the PRO TOOLS shit..it will only confuse you until you know the functionality of these programs,after gaining knowledge or the recording process (recording clear vocals without distrotion and good levels,good location to record)
you can tackle the task of mixing your own music OR have a person like me to mix your music
 me and my partner mixed vocals for people not limited to

1.Young Life 2.young hootie 3.halla the hustla 4.G.Malone 5.Chase 6.The Lost Soulz 7.BroadCast 8.1500 or nuthin 9.damani 10.Friday 11.junior (from yung Burgs hey sexy lady) 12.the set 13.slo stallone from SMA 14.knotch 15.raymeo 16.stix 17.focus 18.ya boy 19.young walt 20.allen "Choir Boy" Bundy 21.big fase 100 22.hot nikks 23.simon says 24.young hoggs 25.rodie rose/mobsta kid 26.blizz 27.g.will 28.l'z turner 29.wylout 30.tru hustlaz 31.lawless 32.noiz 33.tyga 34.gata 35.bj the chicago kid 36.NV 37.McClain 38.B-ez 39.inessa 40.libby 41.Fresh Lykks 42.brittany J/Fly City 43.teray "Love" jones 44.Ace The Truth 46.KSS Audio 47.Kane 48.God's Test 49.Kay Flame 50.Dj Chadillac 51.Honey Fields 52.Doe Stakkz 53.back house studio 54.G Man 55.larone 56.young dough 57.young p 58.B.Star 59.phyllosophikal 60.Kwality 61.m.life 62.mad west 63.massive minds 64.jah miney 65.yawdi 66.JR 67.Chop 68.Nikkio 69.Tia 70.ill will 71.keith lamkins 72.kandi 73.Lee Lee 74.Kelly Bates 75.kleva da terrible 76.5 star flip set 77.b-fly 78.bear 79.peanut 80.josh 81.finess 82.brightside suicide 83.baby c 84.poke su-well 85.j-styles 86.danyeh 87.k-city 88.k-mac 89.future 90.cashis made 91.malign 20 

[Lanothegreat]

OH..and a pre-amp is the pre amplification of a weak signal...in a since..a pre amp gives stregth to the microphone and to the audio card itself so the signal (vocals) can be recorded

thats why a good pre amp is in order..a bad preamp will create bad vocal recording..of mediocre quality

[DPG4Life]

but its all a question of money...

im using a cheap tb202 preamp right now, and i rarely use the built-in compressor, because it sound like crap, software compressors give me WAY better results.. but i guess thats not the final solution yet... ill probably buy a 500-700€ preamp soon.. and itll be worth every penny