From Demo to Delivery

Chapter 11

The DIY Approach

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer

In This Chapter

■   Introduction

■   Equipment

□   The Computer

□   The Software (Digital Audio Workstation)

•   Decisions…Decisions…Decisions

•   Additional Plug-Ins and Software Instruments

□   The Interface

□   Microphones

□   Monitors

□   Mixing Consoles and Control Surfaces

□   Outboard

□   General Kit

□   Making the Right Choices

■   Studio Considerations

•   Space

•   Noise

•   Acoustics

•   Design

□   Knowledge

□   Objectivity

■   Further Reading

In this section of the book, we look at how you can take matters into your own hands and record the music yourself. This is affectionately known as the DIY approach. In this chapter we introduce the notion of doing it yourself and where to look ...