Thank you all for the advices and suggestions! The studio is being severely modernized, so it's my turn to collaborate.Īlthough it's all a hobby among friends, since the most we've ever done are a few gigs in bars and other studios - not for profit - the fact is we're all getting old but eager to make a leap in quality. They sing, dub, make music for hobby, and I transform their hobby into uncompromising CDs.Īfter a long time limited to the same resources, we are striving to improve the quality of all work, from recording to mastering. The task always ends up being left to me, but my resources basically boil down to a handful of very well-configured computers, without, however, a good audio card or something that equals it. A group of friends are constantly recording there and they make the necessary mixes, but no one has the patience to master.
True mastering is done with very high quality audio devices - great preamps, and with great converter systems, using top notch monitors, in a room that has been acoustically balanced.īut if you just want to get into doing it in your home studio, one of those models I mentioned above - and your Samplitude program - will get you going, with much greater quality, and far less hassles.Ī close friend has a large, comfortable studio in his big house. I just mentioned these because they are very decent for the price ( $100 US or so), and will be light-years better in quality over the cards designed for gaming and internet/youtube stuff. I'm not saying that these 2 suggestions are the only devices available, because they are not. Ultimately, the quality will, of course, depend on your budget. If your budget is tight, You are far better off to get into a dedicated preamp/audio interface, something like a Focusrite or Presonus USB device 2 channel, XLR/Balanced, which will interface with your computer effortlessly, as long as you have an open USB slot. There are high quality audio cards, but Soundblasters and the other cheap ones mentioned aren't even close to those. The converters are as cheap as they come, they are noisy, and very often will not support higher sampling or bit resolutions, at least not with any decent quality. Realtek, SoundBlaster, Conexant, are examples of these. Stay away from cheap audio cards that are designed for low quality use.
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