r/homerecordingstudio

It’s a little used and a little loved, just like most of the gear in my studio. I’ve spent the past few years deep in the box, mixing with Ableton and Ozone, but I’ve recently picked up a Tascam 202MKVII to start dubbing tapes and integrating a true analog workflow back into my sessions.

I’m currently in the planning stages of self-producing a 5–6 song EP for a release later this year. It’s my first real foray into physical media production since I was a kid wearing out a Third Eye Blind cassette on a Sony Walkman (I was probably a bit young for some of that subject matter, but here we are).

I’m stoked to explore this, but I know there’s a learning curve. I’m planning to roll up my sleeves and just start recording to get a feel for the machine, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to keep the heads and transport happy while I'm learning. Also, I’m curious if you have a preferred brand or type of tape you’d recommend for a beginner just learning the ropes, or if there’s a specific stock you swear by for a final DIY run?

Regarding my workflow, I’m planning to send my mixes out from Ableton via a Scarlett 18i20 and run them through a graphic EQ to shape the signal, and then maybe through a WA273-EQ to see if it will add some character. Since I want to let the deck provide the final layer of tape saturation, do you have any pro tips on gain staging across these, or any tips in general? I want to make sure I’m hitting the 'sweet spot' for harmonic richness without clipping the internal electronics of the Tascam. I'd also really appreciate any advice you have on maintaining signal integrity when I'm recording everything back into the DAW

Thank you for all the wisdom, I’m really looking forward to being part of this world and working through the process for my upcoming release.

I hope Y'all have a great day!

I saw this cheap way out of buying something to place between my monitor speakers and my freshly made speaker stands. I saw this on Youtube How-to videos. I bought 2 cupcake baking tins, and placed them on top of my Mon. stands. I then went to my doggie treats storage closet and robbed 10 tennis balls, and placed them in the cupcake tins. I then placed each monitor on top of the tennis balls, and I proceeded with very non-technical test of turning the the volume of my 6" KALI monitors, and to my surprise there was only a little if any vibration from the monitors transferring to my monitor stands. I will be exchanging Rinnie's (my German Shepherd) tennis balls for Racket Balls in the near future. Meanwhile I be painting my monitor stands and the cupcake tins, and placing the 4 rubber anti- vibration screw on pad/feet on the bottom of the Stands, and I'm going to place the same pad/feet on the four corners of the two cupcake tins and then I paint the stands, and the tins well, I guess black. Any thoughts please share them.

i made a post here the other day asking what i should get, and i made my mind and bought some stuff on amazon! using the amp with the outlet on top as a “monitor”, using BandLab + might look into NAM for tones instead of my basic pedals on the left of the last photo. i spent 3 hours messing around figuring BandLab out and i think im ready to try recording soon.

ONE LAST BIG ISSUE theres lots of latency when i play. i’m not sure if it’s a BandLab issue or the audio interface, but what’s a way i can fix it?

Hi there! I've bought a nice quadraverb 2 and I'd liket to buy a replacement knob for the "level input" (which is a special stereo knob). I've searched and can't find something. Where could I find this (eu link only)?

Thank you for your help!

Third picture is my ‘studio 2’ setup in my sitting room for when it’s too cold to go out to the shed!

Vi muchos posts sobre cómo hacer trabajar estos dos juntos, y les comparto que esto es lo mejor a lo que he podido llegar para componer tocando "teclado normal", dawless y en un setup muy portátil y no costoso.

La magia la hace una app llamada MIDI Host que es el que los une sin necesidad de computadora, el resumen del setup este es:
EP-40 ~ Widi ~ App MIDI Host ~ Cable USB C ~ Adaptador USB B a USB C ~ Akai MPK Mini 3

El Widi sí que fue costoso pero fue más bien un capricho y es mi más reciente adquisición, ya que antes usaba mi dongle del mac conectado al iPhone con la app MIDI Host, y ahí en el dongle conectaba tanto el EP-40 como el Akai via USB (el Akai sin adaptador, con su cable original de USB B a USB A), solo que necesitaba además alimentar el dongle con mi cargador del celular para alimentar el Akai, y el widi me ahorró esos cables, pero igual funcionaba de maravilla con cables.

Espero les sirva :)

Ps: Ignoren lo mal sincronizado de lo que toqué, estoy apenas comenzando a componer un cover con synthes de Cigarrete Daydreams jaja

Hey everyone,
I’d appreciate some honest technical feedback on my grunge track I Remain.
I mixed/mastered it in Cubase with a Steinberg UR22C and aimed for a raw, emotional sound — not overly polished.

Main things I’d like feedback on:

• Instrument/VST drum balance
• Vocal placement & pronunciation
• Overall punch and master quality

Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQEdfMMa1aw

Thanks a lot to anyone who takes the time to listen.

I recently got myself a Onyx producer 2.2

I used to record basic band tracks on an old copy of pro tools 8 and an mbox mini.

What would you kind folks recommend I use as a daw? Protools 8 doesn't even work on my system anymore and I tried protools first and it's just not for me.

I'm hoping to be able to use 3rd party plugins for guitar and drums so ideally it'd be one that would support those.

Any help appreciated!

Thanks :-D

Hi, I sold 2 Shure SM57 Unidyne III on Reverb recently and the buyer believes they are fake and is sending them back for a refund. I believe them to be 100% authentic. I do plan to relist these as such but am curious to know what this community thinks. Are they real or fake? Thanks

First mic pics: https://imgur.com/gallery/shure-sm57-unidyne-1-BBVuGEx

and video: https://youtu.be/dmazwpotAMc?si=I0ylqAbSui-UYTEj

Second mic pics: https://imgur.com/a/shure-sm57-unidyne-2-6dYQvDO

and video: https://youtu.be/bn4MEK3IA7M?si=9bD1dMYZSygDfppC

I've only recorded a few songs in my home studio, I would like to do many other songs. Let me know what you think about the production, guitar, vocals, etc. https://youtu.be/Xtteh42tI4o