Home Recording Studio Essentials: What You Actually Need to Get Started

Home Recording Studio Essentials: What You Actually Need to Get Started

Blog, Home Recording Blogs, Microphones, Podcast, Pro Tools, Recording & Mixing, Techniques
Setting up a home recording studio doesn’t have to be complicated — or expensive. In fact, you only need four core components to start recording, editing, mixing, and playing back audio at home. In this guide, we’ll look at the Home Recording Studio Essentials, explain what each piece does, and help you make sensible choices without getting overwhelmed by gear options. The 4 Essential Components of Any Home Recording Studio Every functional home studio needs these four things: A computer with DAW software An audio interface A microphone Monitoring (headphones or speakers) With just these, you can: Record sound Edit and arrange audio Add effects Mix and export finished tracks Let’s break each one down. 1. Computer – Mac or PC? Your computer is the heart of your studio. It…
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Using AudioMovers for high-quality audio streaming

Using AudioMovers for high-quality audio streaming

Audio Streaming, Blog, Home Recording Blogs, Sound Design, Sound Effects, Techniques
Introduction Recently I had to deliver my first online teaching session. The subject was sound design and I wanted the students to hear the audio at the same quality I was hearing in my home studio.  For this I needed high-quality audio streaming. I knew what I wanted to achieve with the live stream, but I wasn’t exactly clear how to do it. My goal was to share my screen, while demonstrating Adobe Audition, through the Zoom conferencing App. I needed to route audio from my microphone and also route audio from Adobe Audition and possibly from other apps or my web browser. I also wanted to keep the audio quality as high as possible. So, this blog post is all about how I achieved High-Quality Audio Streaming alongside Zoom.…
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Top 10 Home Recording Resources (Blogs, Podcasts & Communities)

Top 10 Home Recording Resources (Blogs, Podcasts & Communities)

Blog, Field Recording, Home Recording Blogs, Podcast, Pro Tools, Recording & Mixing, Sound Design, Sound Effects
If you want to improve your home recording skills, it can be hard to know where to start — and who to trust. The Home Recording Studio blog exists to help, but no single site has all the answers. Over the years, I’ve built up a short list of reliable, high-quality home recording resources that I return to again and again for learning, inspiration, and staying up to date with the audio world. This updated list focuses on resources that are still active, relevant, and genuinely useful in 2026 — including blogs, podcasts, YouTube channels, and communities. 1. Sound On Sound Sound on Sound is a true classic. It was one of the very first recording magazines I read when I was starting out, and decades later it’s still one…
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