Recording Music

Recording music involves expressing yourself through the use and manipulation of music elements, text, equipment and software in a digital environment to produce musical composition/s that glorifies God through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Hardware For Home Recording Studio

(1) Equipment:

Computer system with two monitors, speakers, and USB 2.0/3.0 ports
Audio Interface
Microphone
USB 88- MIDI Keyboard
Two Studio Monitors
Guitar / Bass Guitar

(2) Connections:

Connect an audio interface to the computer using a USB cable
Connect a microphone to the audio interface using an XLR cable
Connect a MIDI 88-Keyboard to the computer system using a USB cable
Connect two studio monitors with balanced outputs to the audio interface using balanced cables (2 rings and tip)
Connect guitar/bass guitar to Audio Interface using a TRS or TS Instrument cable

(3) Software:

Computer system using Windows 10 (Completely built by the Johnsons)
Drivers for the audio interface and MIDI Keyboard, and i-Lok
ProTools 12 with all its plugins installed
i-Lok for securing ProTools 12 license
Ezdrummer 2
Ezkeys
Ez Bass

Basic Home Recording Studio Setup

Opening ProTools:

When you open ProTools to create a new session, set these settings:

File type = .WAV
Bit depth = 24bit
Sample rate = 48 kHz (for future video projects)
I/O Settings = Last Used
Prompt for location = Use default

ProTools Playback Engine Settings:

Go to the Setup menu and select Playback Engine.
Select your Audio Interface from the Playback Engine drop-down menu. (Focusrite USB ASIO)
Select the H/W Buffer Size = 32 (Typical)

Lower for input monitoring while recording (less latency and processing)
Higher for mixing and producing (more latency and processing)

Settings

Ignore Errors During Playback/Record: OFF
Dynamic Plug-in Processing: ON
Video Engine: OFF
Disk Playback
Cache Size: Normal
(When setting the Cache Size, lower values for the disk buffer reduce memory usage. Higher values improve disk performance)