How To Build A Complete Home Studio - $500 Budget - SmartRapper.com

My video on making a home studio for less than $100:
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My video on making a studio for $300:
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First let's talk about microphones
Microphone Options For Around $200 - $300

Rode NT1-A Kit - $230 or Rode NT1 $269
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This is an incredible microphone I trust anything with the Rode name on it. They are a very trusted brand in audio gear.
This lav I am using is actually a Rode microphone and transmitter and receiver. I paid $400 for this and it works amazing.
The Rode NT1-A Kit which I'll put a link to below comes with a pop filter as well so you won't have to buy one separately.
The NT1A gives you a little bump at the low end to round things out a little, but then hits you hard with plenty of hump in the presence and air regions to bring things to the front of the mix without having to reach for an eq. The new NT1 on the other hand, keeps things nice and flat.
Really I'd say if you are super new to mixing you just get the NT1-A so you feel a psychological boost when hearing your unmixed recordings.

Blue Microphones Bluebird $300
This is a very popular microphone with a very clean sound and a really unique look. You have probably seen these before.
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Now let's talk about pre amps.
A Preamp is what amplifies the signal of a microphone and it is plugged BEFORE the microphone hence the name PRE AMP
My favorite thing to recommend for up and coming people on a budget is the
$100 Focusrite Scarlett Solo (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools
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It's only $100, has a great quality sound and comes with Pro Tools which would cost you $100 anyways.

Now you have only spent around $200

Now you need a mic stand which is $20
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A Pop filter which is only $7
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Acoustic Treatment
My videos on acoustic treatment:

How Many Pieces Of Cheap Acoustic Foam Equal 1 Expensive Piece?
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Amazon Acoustic Foam Vs Auralex (The Crazy Truth)
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How To Put Up Acoustic Foam EASY (NO Wall Damage Guaranteed!)
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Acoustic Treatment VS No Treatment ROOM TEST (CRAZY!)
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And acoustic treatment so your recording environment is set up right and the sound that goes into the microphone has less reverb and is cleaner.
You should buy 3 of these packs and they Are $18 each and you get to choose your color purple, orange, green, grey
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Then you just need some command strips to safely put them on your wall with no damage
You'll need 2 of these and they are $6 each
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I have a video showing you how to put them up which I'll put below. It's how I put up all of the stuff in this room as you can see. And the same acoustic treatment I am recommending is what I have up on the wall here.

The list of everything I mentioned in this video is below for you along with links directly to the items
But here is a round up for you

Now This prices do not include you having your computer but to be honest even super cheap $200-300 laptops or desktop computers have more than enough computing power to run pro tools and allow you to record yourself from home no problem.
It also doesn't include studio monitors which are the speakers to mix your own music. But you don't need that stuff yet. At this level you can do basic mixes through decent head phones or you can pay someone who knows what they are doing to mix and master your songs for cheap.
Right now you are still focusing on growing your sound.

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**Basic Home Studio Gear Set Up For Under 250:**
Focusrite Scarlett Solo that also comes with Pro Tools FREE amzn.to/2wT48ub
Audio Technia AT2020 refurbished microphone $70-100 amzn.to/2f1rWVS
MK-10 Microphone Boom for $20 amzn.to/2wWgHnI
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