Ideal sound location and equipment needed:

Location – Recording Studio

·      Microphone – Condensor

·      Computer (good quality as audio software is extremely demanding to a computer, so best one that you can afford is best)

·      Digital Audio Workstation – software for you to record, edit and mix the audio on your computer

·      Audio interface – To get audio in and out of the computer (They include elements such as; mic pre-amps, DI boxes, digital converter, headphone outputs, monitor manager)

·      Headphones – used for two purposes; tracking and mixing. The person recording needs to hear two things simultaneously; backing tracks previously recorded and live track currently being recorded. Mixing done in a quiet and acoustically treated control room.

Types of headphones:

1.    Closed back headphones – providing maximum sound insolation. Durable, comfortable & affordable. Sound quality is lower because of the level of insolation.

2.    Open back headphones – open backs provide best sound quality, but reduce insolation. Not good for tracking, but mixing and general usage, nothing is better. Higher price, lower durability & premium comfort.

3.    Semi-Open Headphones – comprise of a good mixture of closed and open back headphones as they are a good level of sound quality and insolation. Tracking and mixing are their general uses.

4.    In-ear headphones – many outperform closed and open back headphones as they have both better sound insolation AND sound quality. Uncomfortable in many cases (when using a lot), not for sharing – would be unethical if musicians in the studio are wanting to hear what you are hearing.

·      Studio monitors – Speakers (Nearfield Monitors) designed with a flat frequency response to reduce the risk of over-bassy recording playback.

·      Cables – One XLR cable for the microphone, two for studio monitors.

·      Acoustic panels – Absorb sound reflections to remove natural reverb. Artificial/digital reverb is added later creating an illusion that the recording was recorded elsewhere.

·      Bass traps –



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