Choosing the Best Monitors for Your Home Recording Studio

Series Summary

A recording studio is any facility that is prepared and altered for the purpose of sound recording. It can be used for vocal, instrumental or sound effects purposes among other various intents. Historically, recording studios were only soundproof rooms with recording equipment. Today however, the conventional recording studio is a lot more complicated. There are microphones, amplifiers, mixing desks and loudspeakers in addition to the soundproofing equipment. If you are looking to build your own project studio, or home studio, you can find tips in this series of expert videos.

In this series of video clips, you will find expert tips for setting up a recording studio in any location. Watch a video on expert recommendations for choosing monitors and microphones for a recording studio. Learn more about the different components, computers, and professional tools used in a recording studio. Get tips for sound proofing rooms and isolation booths. Learn about the importance of a good set of headphones and their intended use in the recording studio. You will also learn about Berenger converters and Cardioid microphones in these do-it-yourself clips.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I’m Tad Donley and I’m speaking in behalf of Expert Village. I’m giving you tips on how to make your own recording studio. Now over here, these are the bad boys. This is Genelec. These cost $2000 each. You want to get good monitors. What is the most important thing you want to get? Good monitors and a real good vocal mike and if you can get some… the switch needs standard for Mackies are good, they are like $800 or $900 a piece, Mackies are the second best over that. JBLs have the big mouth bass end, so when you hear the bass, you think it sounds great, when you go to the car suddenly there is no bass, you have got to be kind of… forgive me JBL, but you have just got to be careful about this, Advent is still alright, they are around $600 but they are not good, they are not that good. Mackies are good if you want to save some money and get the best out for the money Mackies is probably the way to go. That will be the smart way. I am just telling like it is and Ron will probably say the same thing. Now these Genelecs are great. This is totally flat, whatever, you can tweak you can do whatever. If you can get Genelecs, the big Genelec, you have got the best sound. You do not have to mess with it’s not going to change in the car or wherever you are, it is got a sound exactly like what you made and that is what you want."