Building A Home Recording Studio In An Eco Garden Room

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1. How to Build a Home Recording Studio
2. Avoid Long Commutes And Traffic Jams
3. Home Recording Studios Can Provide the Same Experience As Professional Audio Engineers
4. Home Recording Studios Offer More Privacy
5. The Ideal Home Recording Studio Location

A home recording studio is a valuable tool for musicians, voice-over artists and video producers who want to record in a private studio without paying the expensive monthly fees of renting a professional sound stage. Home recording studios can include high-quality equipment that can be used for a variety of purposes.

How to Build a Home Recording Studio

One of the most significant factors to consider in building a home recording studio is the space you intend to use, but we’ll look into that later on. Home recording studios can range in size from a small closet to an entire room devoted only to that purpose.

The minimum that you’ll need for your studio will be something to capture the audio with and something to record it on. Recording equipment, hardware, and software will vary depending on the needs of the artist or producer.

Home studios can be as simple as a laptop with free music production software downloaded off the Internet, or it can cost thousands to outfit with professional-grade audio equipment.

For a voice-over artist or podcast producer, a microphone is the first piece of hardware to consider. You can choose between dynamic and condenser mics, and prices vary widely based on the level of quality you prefer.

The major difference between a dynamic and a condenser microphone is a dynamic microphone is more suited to capturing loud and strong sounds, such as drums or vocals in a live performance. Condenser microphones are more suitable for softer sounds and higher frequencies, making them better for voice-over or podcast work.

Remember that the final result depends on the original source input, so if quality audio reproduction is important, choose the best microphone you can afford. This applies equally to singing, YouTube video production, podcasts, or any other form of audio recording – if you want people to hear what you are saying or singing, the best clarity comes from the best microphones.

You may also need microphones to capture acoustic instruments or cables to connect electric or electronic instruments.

Modern recording techniques are now focused on digital recording equipment, but you’ll discover that most computers and laptops won’t have connections to plug in an assortment of instruments directly. A crucial part of any home recording studio is therefore an audio interface.

These devices, such as the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, allow you to connect mics and instruments through industry-standard XLR connectors to the audio interface, which connects to a PC or Mac via USB. There are also often preamps, monitor line-out connectors, and ports for headphones so you can hear exactly what you are recording.

While many of these audio interfaces come with software, you may only require something as simple as the freeware Audacity to record and edit your audio.

If you are recording with other people (particularly in a band situation), it can be helpful to have multiple audio monitors in use, so everyone knows what is being played. These can be in the form of angled speakers placed on the floor or in-ear monitors (such as the Shure SE215) to keep everyone synchronised. Depending on how many people need an output, you may need a separate audio interface to achieve this.

You now have the basics of the equipment you need to create a digital audio workstation with quality that can match a professional studio, so what are the main benefits of a home recording studio?

Avoid Long Commutes And Traffic Jams Which Saves Time And Money

Home recording studios are often in places where people want to be – they can become a place of inspiration. Home studios allow much more flexibility with schedules, whether that’s working around the school or work schedule of family members, or having the time to experiment and play outside of normal hours.

If you need to travel to a recording studio while working around schedules, you could well end up being caught in traffic. The journey itself will cost money, as will the studio time, and sitting in a traffic jam will further add to the bill – and the frustration.

When you’re filled with inspiration, a home recording studio removes the frustration and allows you to record whenever you want to.

Home Recording Studios Can Provide the Same Experience As Professional Audio Engineers

But at a fraction of the cost! Audio engineers are highly trained and skilled individuals, but much of their work can be replicated with modern software that you can use at home. With the addition of AI-based mixing, you could soon find that home-based solutions actually deliver better results than going to a studio – and you don’t even need to remember the engineer’s name!

 

Home Recording Studios Offer More Privacy

Some people might record podcasts or other audio in public spaces like cafes or libraries, where others may overhear your project while you work on it. The background noise can be less than ideal, and your privacy is undoubtedly impacted – similar to building a home art studio, a home recording studio will help you work in private.

While you may not be impacted by potential stage-fright, or you don’t care what others think, a home recording studio still gives you the best opportunity to obtain clean audio input. As we’ve already mentioned, this is vital.

The Ideal Home Recording Studio Location

You can create a home recording studio on your kitchen table, in your bedroom, or even in a spare room in your home. However, you might not have that room to spare, and other locations within your home can be less than permanent.

An Eco Garden Room from Loghouse can provide the perfect solution. Close enough to your home to require only seconds of travel time across your garden, it can provide a dedicated space where you can set up your home studio permanently. Available in a range of sizes, whether you’re working on a voice-over on your own or inviting a band that will be bigger than the Beatles to record with you, there’ll be plenty of space to play.

Always remember to take precautions when you’re storing expensive equipment in a garden room, and ensure you have alarms, security devices, and log cabin insurance in place to protect your investment.

With a dedicated space for your audio recordings to be made, you’ll be more efficient, more inspired, and better prepared to capture sounds whenever you want to. There are no studio fees, no travel, and complete control – what more could you ask for from a home recording studio?