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TRACK 01 · INTRO

Your bedroom is the studio.

The gear that actually matters for making music at home, in the order to buy it. No $5,000 console needed, just a good interface, honest speakers and a few panels.

Open the mixer

The mixer

One channel per piece of gear, in buying order. Hover a channel to see the meter move.

CH 1 · INPUTMS

2-in USB audio interface

Plugs mics, guitars and speakers into your computer with clean preamps and low latency.

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CH 2 · OUTMS

5" studio monitors

Flat, honest speakers, so your mix sounds right everywhere else too, not just in your room.

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CH 3 · CUEMS

Closed-back studio headphones

For tracking and late-night mixing. Closed-back means no bleed into the mic.

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CH 4 · MIDIMS

49-key MIDI keyboard

Play melodies and chords into your DAW. Velocity-sensitive keys and a few knobs are plenty.

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CH 5 · DRUMSMS

MIDI pad controller

Finger-drum beats and trigger samples. Makes programming drums feel like playing.

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CH 6 · ROOMMS

Acoustic panels

Put them at the mirror points beside your desk to tame echo. A better room makes a better mix.

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CH 7 · ROOMMS

Monitor isolation pads

Decouple speakers from the desk and angle them at your ears for tighter bass.

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CH 8 · CABLESMS

Balanced TRS cables

Balanced cables between interface and monitors cut hum and noise. Buy a pair.

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Tap tempo & delay times

Tap the pad along with a song (or type the BPM) to get delay and reverb times that lock to the beat.

120 BPM