Home recording in a nutshell... duh moment #501

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

Apparently, messages here have to be at least 10 characters long, so...

..... Fine.

We simply have a bit of difference in perspectives, it's all good.
However you brushed upon a really good point. Which is to make sure you "really want" to devote the time and money in learning to record and setting up a home studio. Because for simply capturing ideas for arranging, or song composition, or hearing yourself for practice etc., a little Zoom or similar might be just the ticket and room acoustics are not an issue.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by Brent Hahn

The only practical way to know how much audible junk you've got going on in your space is to record some and then find a truly quiet space to listen to it in.

And I think it's healthy and sanity-preserving to ask yourself what your goal is. Is it to work out arrangements, or practice, or show people on a forum like this one something you've worked out? Or are you "making a record?"

That's the thing I keep forgetting to do, but most days the best spot is the spare bedroom (with the door closed).

Now that I have my quiet spot I now have to learn what post recording processing actually gets to the end result that I want.

[rick-slo]

The background stuff is much more apparent once you know it's there. One recording I have has a very faint dog woof at one spot.
I doubt anyone else would be aware of it but I always anticipate it - a bit distracting.

[Brent Hahn]

Originally Posted by rick-slo

The background stuff is much more apparent once you know it's there. One recording I have has a very faint dog woof at one spot.
I doubt anyone else would be aware of it but I always anticipate it - a bit distracting.

I was mixing a record for some clients from the Caribbean and I stopped the tape because I thought I heard a funny noise. The producer said, "Pigeons. In the rafters. After while you'll hear them all over the place."

[Pitar]

That's pretty cool (pun intended).

My recordings would probably host every sound in my residence and beyond, if audible. I used to care, kinda. I mean to say there was a time when my playing was really important to capture clean and unfettered by any extraneous noise. I'd get irritated if I went all in and managed to record a song without any glitches or playing goofs only to hear the ceiling fan's slight whirring pitch pirating the recording. These days I run through a number once and then press the red button. During playback if I don't hear a screw-up it's a take even with my neighbor's mutt barking.

[steve223]

I have a small walk in closet that I record in .... The hanging clothes work good as an acoustic treatment lol