To record your own music at home and start out establishing a studio you need some fundamental components to get going. They are:1. An instrument and/or microphone2. Something to record into like a basic mixing board3. An port from your mixing desk into your computer4. A computer with adequate speakers and/or headphones. 5. Some software to record and manipulate your work.These days you can purchase a combined solution for items 2 and 3 in the form of a computer sound recording interface. This is a device that you can plug an musical instrument or mic into and the other end is connected to your computer either as a soundcard or via a USB cable. This will act as an audio input and the mixing board part is all covered in the software. Depending on your requirements this might be the way to go or it may not. If you intend on only laying down one audio track at a time then a computer audio interface makes sense. If you need to record a whole band with a few parts at once then you'll need a mixing desk with adequate channels to handle this. One thing you will have to deal with when attaching your interface and laying down your instruments and voice is latency. This is the delay between the sound you make and it being played back to you by the computer. Latency can altogether throw off your rhythm if you don't minimise it. A way to achieve this is to use ASIO drivers for your computer interface. You can download free universal ASIO drivers at asio4all.com. Also be sure that your interface includes a preamp. When you have your audio interface set up and can record and monitor your work without latency you're about good to go. All you want now is some adequate software to function as a mixing board, sequencer and sampler. Just about every good computer interface will come packaged with some recording software, usually a cut down version of a full product but enough to get you started. Other than that there are many low cost and even free programs you can download. There are also numerous communities on the net where you can share your ideas, get help and support and find royalty free samples to use in your music. Those really are the basic requirements for a home recording studio setup assuming you want to record your own material (as opposed to just play with loops) and that you already own an instrument and/or mic with the necessary leads. Apart from these it's also necessary to have some high quality speakers and headphones. These days things like effects and processors can all be found in software, although as you advance you may want to invest in some hardware versions of these down the line.? You'll also need to make sure that the acoustics in your recording environment are optimal. Don't forget soundproofing as well. There is a great deal to learn and do to get a good home recording studio setup but in the beginning you can just concentrate on the essentials. A sufficient computer, an audio interface and some software can start you out very nicely. For more information there are many free guides you can download off the web to get you going. Peter Webber is the owner of dot-funk.com which has a free ebook download Home Recording 101 which will get you started on your home recording studio setup
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