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Home Studio Essentials for Musicians
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This is everything that we have used for the past 5 years to live stream and record radio-quality songs from our home. There is a lot of technology and equipment available today, and it can be hard trying to find quality equipment that will operate a...
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Computers, Cables, Instruments, and Interfaces

 
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Best sounding mic on the planet for vocals or anything else.
Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone - Sweetwater
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Most affordable and versatile.
Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface - Sweetwater
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You will need at least 4 of these.
Balanced Cables: XLR to XLR - Sweetwater
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This makes your Shure SM7b go from good to incredible.
Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 1-channel Mic Activator
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Great midi controller for those bass lines!
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32 Micro Keyboard Controller
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Gotta have faders and knobs!
Akai Professional MIDImix MIDI Control Surface - Sweetwater
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Been playing my strat since 1998
Shop Fender Stratocaster Guitars – Free Shipping
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Plug it in and crank it up
Guitar / Instrument Cables - Sweetwater
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Something to hold your awesome microphone
Microphone Stands - Sweetwater
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Gotta protect the gear
Furman Power Conditioners - Sweetwater
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Mobile and powerful
MacBook Pro - Apple
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Making music is so fun with the launch pad
Novation Launchpad Mini MK3 Grid Controller for Ableton Live
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When you want to listen to all that music
Studio Monitors - Sweetwater
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One for each monitor speaker
Monitor cable - Sweetwater
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Software

Useful Programs for a Home Studio

 
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Our favorite DAW
Bitwig Studio
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Essential Mac audio routing software for live streaming and more
Loopback - Cable-free audio routing for Mac - Rogue Amoeba
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Affordable guitar plugin
PolyChrome DSP - Production Ready Guitar Tones
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