|
Building A DAW (Digital
Audio Workstation)
In this article we will discuss building an advance to Pro
System costing from $1000 to $5000 and up. If you are interested in a low cost
solution take a look at the getting sound into your computer
article.
Building a home recording studio
is one of the things I always thought was not possible. To be able to get near
to professional results would cost more than I could ever afford. Years ago that may have been true but
these days one can build an affordable digital solution.
I chose a digital computer based system because of the flexibility and the ease
to upgrade specific components. Not also to mention
the editing features and sound.
I've been recording on and off since 1981. Back in those days analog recording
(Tape) was the only way to record anything.
And that was barely affordable. So I bought myself a reel to reel sound on sound
recorder and a mixing board with built in reverb
a couple of microphones and a cassette tape deck to mix down to. I was trilled
at the results, which really weren't that great.
But never the less I had recorded and I was hooked.
Back in 1998 the church I led
worship at recorded a live worship service. We hired a recording studio to come
in and set up their equipment and record us live one night. We had to also go into the studio and re-record
some parts that didn't go well that night.
This is where I first was introduced to digital recording software. And after
that experience I would never go back to analog again.
So where do I start you might ask...
I did this in small steps and grew into what I have now. You can get recording
software relatively cheap, It all depends on what you can afford and what you
want to accomplish.
My first attempt was with Magic 2000 recording software which at the time was
about $40.00. I found out that I needed to have a better computer than I did
because after four tracks I experienced latency (timing) issues with parts that would not sync properly. I then found an outlet for Cubase, which was the software that we used in the
studio recording the live worship CD. This ended the search for me.
Cubase had already proven it self to me back in 98 and here I would stay. Now I
have upgraded to Cubase SX which in my opinion does a great job.
Let's go to Part 1:
|
