#homestudio

Shiny! Re-finished Speakers and a Spaceship

7-DAYZ

Oct 17, 2018
2 min

Shiny! Re-finished Speakers and a Spaceship

But we'll start with the spaceship. Because they should always take priority (sci-fi movie/tv show producers take note!). Anyway, I have been doing some Inktober projects for fun, and this was the latest project as I'm working on improving my perspective drawing skills. Since it fits the 7-DAYZ brand of upbeat music, cool sci-fi stuff, and space, I thought I'd post it. I actually didn't meant to draw a Star Trek type starship when I began, but then those TNG style nacelles ar

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 7 - My First Custom Built Studio PC

7-DAYZ

Sep 14, 2018
3 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 7 - My First Custom Built Studio PC

If you're a computer geek like me, or if you like cool looking hardware, I think you'll get a kick out of today's blog post. Today I'm going to take you on a tour of my one of a kind, custom built studio PC. One of the key aspects of a home studio is the PC (or Mac) that'll serve as the hub for all your music making activity. With as demanding as modern DAW software can be, never mind all the plugins you'll want to run, as fast as you can afford is usually the best type of co

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 5 - Acoustically Treating Your Room

7-DAYZ

Aug 1, 2018
3 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 5 - Acoustically Treating Your Room

You need some equipment to get started in a home studio, but one super important part of the setup is the room you're in. Pretty much every room will need some help to sound its best. There's a great tutorial on this over at E-Home Recording Studio. The way you acoustically treat the room can drastically change the way you hear sounds and will affect both recording (if you're doing that in the space) and mixing/mastering. Theoretically, if you're doing everything "in the box"

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 4 - Headphones

7-DAYZ

Jul 12, 2018
2 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 4 - Headphones

Now that we've got some software, an audio interface, and some speakers - let's take a look at headphones.I know its been a while. Lots of changes for the home studio, and our media business, but more on that later. For me, and I think for most home studios, a good set of headphones is imperative. There may be a time when you really need hear the details in your mix, or try to drown out the distracting noises in your house, and for this a solid pair of headphones is invaluab

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 3 - The Audio Interface

7-DAYZ

Apr 19, 2018
2 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 3 - The Audio Interface

The next piece you'll need for a solid home recording setup is a solid audio interface. These are basically more advanced versions of the sound card found in your computer, but specifically designed for audio work and MIDI instrument inputs. They serve as the hub of your home studio, connecting any mics, instruments, or other inputs to the DAW software on your computer. The e-Home Recording Studio blog has a good breakdown of essential things to know when picking your DAW. I

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 2 - Choosing a Digital Audio Workstation

7-DAYZ

Apr 3, 2018
4 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 2 - Choosing a Digital Audio Workstation

When you decide you want to make some tunes, you're going to need a few things, as I mentioned in Part 1 of Building out the Home Studio. And probably the most important choice you'll face, is what kind of software you want to build your studio around. If you don't have experience with any of these tools, as I didn't when I started, this choice can be pretty daunting. However, there's a good overview of the major reasons at E-Home Recording Studio - a great resource for anyon

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Building out the Home Studio, Part 1 - Where & Why to Start

7-DAYZ

Jan 31, 2018
2 min

Building out the Home Studio, Part 1 - Where & Why to Start

Want to make some music? Here's what I use, and what I've learned, in creating my little homestudio work space and getting the first EP actually published and out there for people to hear. My plan is to have this be an ongoing series so that as 7-DAYZ grows it shows the progression in what I've learned, the gear I'm using, and my process. Hopefully, it will help you take a few shortcuts or give you a good reference point for starting your own musical journey. For a long time

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From Old and Busted, to the New Hotness (The Speaker Saga, Part II)

7-DAYZ

Dec 21, 2017
3 min

From Old and Busted, to the New Hotness (The Speaker Saga, Part II)

So there I was. Two broken, old 1980's vintage speakers, which had been further damaged by my poor skills at wood staining. There were drips everywhere. Dried drips. And they were black, but not nice black - ugly-half-glossy-botched-stain-job black. All appeared lost. But as Capt. Peter Quincy Taggart would say - "Never give up. Never surrender!" Out came the sand paper - but this time I was determined not to have all the stain bead up on the oak veneer because I didn't sand

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Can't afford studio monitors... (The Speaker Saga, Part I)

7-DAYZ

Dec 20, 2017
3 min

Can't afford studio monitors... (The Speaker Saga, Part I)

So I (re) made some. My dad had a pair of old Infinity speakers he'd gotten from a cousin many years ago - sadly these speakers initially came to our family because his cousin committed suicide and left his nice audio gear to my dad. We used them growing up. I didn't know a thing about what made audio gear good or bad at the time, but my siblings and I loved that they'd get turned up with the Mannheim Steamroller blaring at Christmas time - they sounded great. Then one fate

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Choosing a microphone; tested and approved by my 5 year old

7-DAYZ

Dec 20, 2017
2 min

Choosing a microphone; tested and approved by my 5 year old

A new audio toy has arrived. My new home studio mic came and I got it hooked up today. It's an essential piece of gear as I continue to build out my home studio - at least that's what I told my wife ;-). I went with the Audio Technica 2035 for a couple of reasons, and so far I'm very happy with it. I wanted something I could record EDM vocals, voice overs for my YouTube channel, and also use to record my acoustic piano if I ever wanted. For those reasons I went for more of

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7-DAYZ

Apr 2, 2017
2 min

The Arrival

I have always dreamed about having my own orchestra. You know, a bunch of professional musicians I could wave my hands at and brilliant music would come forth sounding exactly as it does in my head (because not only are they part of an orchestra but they'd also be telepathic right?). Sadly, this will probably never happen...BUT - technology is a wonderful enabler and sometimes when you ignore it for about 20 years, you can get what you've always dreamed of (but with much less

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