Putting Together your Recording Studio
On the Forums
CONFIGURING Your RIG, and Hookup Issues
How do I set up my Rig? What gear works best with What? Also cabling, and all issues regarding connecting MIDI, SCSI, Firewire, USB, S/PDIF, R-BUS, TDIF, ADAT, MTC, SMPTE and others. Also Racks and Studio Furniture can go here.
Discussion on Tweak's Rigs
You can ask questions about each rig here. Advanced users can also suggest alternative ways of acheiving the objective of each rig.
About Your MAC DAW
Here we have discussions of the G4, G5, Powerbook, MacBookPro, Mac-Mini and of course all the Mac-specific hardware and software for building a DAW. It's a great time to be on the Mac platform!
About Your PC DAW
A DAW is a digital Audio Workstation--a computer optimized to run audio applications. They can be tricky to buy, build and maintain. Add your tips! PC Builders welcome!
CONFIGURING Your RIG, and Hookup Issues
How do I set up my Rig? What gear works best with What? Also cabling, and all issues regarding connecting MIDI, SCSI, Firewire, USB, S/PDIF, R-BUS, TDIF, ADAT, MTC, SMPTE and others. Also Racks and Studio Furniture can go here.
Discussion on Tweak's Rigs
You can ask questions about each rig here. Advanced users can also suggest alternative ways of acheiving the objective of each rig.
About Your MAC DAW
Here we have discussions of the G4, G5, Powerbook, MacBookPro, Mac-Mini and of course all the Mac-specific hardware and software for building a DAW. It's a great time to be on the Mac platform!
About Your PC DAW
A DAW is a digital Audio Workstation--a computer optimized to run audio applications. They can be tricky to buy, build and maintain. Add your tips! PC Builders welcome!
Creating Your Studio
- Tweak's Guide to the Home and Project Studio
- Overview of Assembling 4 Home Studios
- How to Configure a Recording Studio Rig
- Studio Setup Tips
- Pics of Home Studios
- All About Cables
- The Signal Flow in a Basic recording studio
- How to set up a patchbay
- Guide Article Impedance for Musicians
- Setting up a Word Clock distribution system
DAWS
- Mac vs. PC for Music
- Review of the Mac G5
- Going Mobile
- Build your own Music Computer
Other
- How to Quiet your Studio
- Set up a LAN in your studio
- Budget Studio Rack
- Use 2 Video Monitors
- Building a DJ /ReMix studio
- Price List of Acoustic Foam
- Studio Racks Price List
Tweak's Articles on
Essential Studio Concepts