Dear friends, this article is aimed to those of you, who like us, have always had the call of doing music and record it. Thanks to the advancements on technology there is now available a wide variety of high quality audio equipment accessible to the budget of many of us. Our recording experience has been one of trial and error. Our gold is to, let you know some of the basic components needed to achieve nice home audio recordings. It is as well to invite you to become part of ArtinSound.net's team by been part of our recording sessions from your home.

1. The Microphone
If you are looking forward to record voices and acoustic instruments it is very important to have a studio microphone. Remember the microphone is the element that captures the expressions from the source, which is the instrument. The best the signal from the source is, the best the final result will be. Before buying a mic search about the best options available for your needs.

2. The Audio Interface
Once the analog signal from the microphone has been captured, you need to amplify it and convert it into a digital signal readable by a computer. For this process you need to use an audio interface. Our recommendation is to get equipment dedicated only to such processes. Before deciding to buy one check the quality of the preamps and the fidelity of the sound.

3. The Software and The Computer
Using an audio recording and editing software will aloud you to receive and edit the signal sent by the interface into the computer. There are several brands of software. We recommend you to choose one compatible with your computer and audio interface set up. As for the computer it needs to be strong in order to support heavy works.

4. The Audio Monitors
Once you have recorded and edited your tracks, you will need to mix them, balance their volumes, equalize them, add effects, compress them and more. All of this is going to be done by you while listening to the signal from your monitors. So, as you can imagine they are very important. If you would like to have further orientation regarding this topic, or would you like to be part of ArtinSound.net's recording team, please contact us: info@artinsound.net