Studio recording setup

[dendofyy]

So I am recording specific sounds for reasons its not in my right to specifically share however its come to my attention I will need a reasonably decent setup for recording audio.

I know very little about audio recording so if someone could recommend some equipment that would be great, mic, shockmount, popfilter are necessities and an arm would be nice but as a luxury, preferably to a total of £150 or less and any help would be awesome

[Stagea]

So I am recording specific sounds for reasons its not in my right to specifically share however its come to my attention I will need a reasonably decent setup for recording audio.

I know very little about audio recording so if someone could recommend some equipment that would be great, mic, shockmount, popfilter are necessities and an arm would be nice but as a luxury, preferably to a total of £150 or less and any help would be awesome

 

Would you just be recording voice or will you also record other sources of sound? Will you be mixing in more than one source at a time?

[arcadecalgary]

all depends on the style of recording you are doing . I use a presonus studio live 16.4,2 firewire into a purpose built rig I did expressly for recording. I use a midi controller for some sounds , into reaper as my Primary DAW (best bang for your buck for a good GP Daw) and use ISOTOPE for effects and Reason for mastering. The 150 sterling price point you give is pretty low , possibly an M-Audio fast track , if you can find one used and a cad condenser mic gxl2200, if you can find one used. I use Shure sm57's for intrument mics where a DI is not present (marshall amps , etc) and a few Senheiser 935 silver faces when I want to mix DI and speaker sounds. I use Neuman TLM-193 (2) for vocals and CAD Premium 7 PC drum mics , 2 Gxl 2200's for ambient drum and sm 57's for cymbals and floor toms. the setup I have is a bit pricier than what you are looking for , but basics will be a USB interface , hate to say it , but a decent mic . even an sm58 will do the job for you but will still run you about 125 dollars. for simple off the floor acoustic recordings , I use my Neumans , a 57 overhead and my zoom r16 interfaced , where i seem to get the acoustic sweet spot

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=bG6yhptK6ro

 

this is a quick and dirty recording of a song we wrote , three of us , off the floor , three mics , 2 takes . very little editing , no effects , just for a song writing competition, total time invested about 2 hours