Easy DAW Setup for Beginner Music Producers: Follow These Simple Steps
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Күн бұрынFollow this simple guide to set up your music production software (or DAW). You'll learn the basics for recording microphones and instruments, as well as MIDI controllers and virtual instruments.
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00:00 - What You'll Need
01:25 - Audio Device Settings
03:40 - Create a New Session
04:25 - Record a Microphone
09:30 - Record an Instrument
11:37 - Record a MIDI Instrument
14:47 - Mix with Plugins
16:33 - Save the Session
17:22 - Export the Song
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- DAW -
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- Audio Interface -
Universal Audio Volt 2
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- Microphone -
Rode NT1-A Condenser Microphone
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- MIDI Controller -
AKAI MPKmini
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- Headphones -
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250 Ohm)
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@iainmcaleese5468 6 ай бұрын
Just amazing. I’m 63 years old and have just started a home studio, mostly for audio drama. You are my go to tutor. Thanks for your content.
@JD-kf2nz Жыл бұрын
Been watching you for years Kyle, from when you were a baby KZfaq channel but putting out seriously high quality content, now here you are at quarter mil subs, amazing!!
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sticking with me all of this time, JD!
@pirojfmifhghek566 Жыл бұрын
The best part about this video is the click track part, because that flaw in the recording demonstrates just how important it is. No matter how skilled you think you are as a musician, no matter how nice the track sounds, and no matter how well you think you can hold a beat, you're probably not on the beat. In a fully live recording, you can play whatever fluid tempo you want. In a multitrack recording, your second track is at the mercy of the first track's tempo. The stress of following that recording will utterly break you, but the temptation to attempt it will be strong. Sometimes the best sounding tracks are the ones where you screwed up the tempo and you will feel very torn about deleting and re-recording it. So the closer you are to the click starting from track 1, the less hair you're going to pull out. This is why practicing with a metronome is essential for all musicians. Do it regularly until it stops feeling uncomfortable. Let the neurons grow and figure it out _before_ you walk into a studio. In fact, I would go even further and suggest that every musician have a DAW setup at home that they use during practice, whether they mean to record something for real or not. Practicing with a metronome and hearing yourself through the headphones can be incredibly disorienting. The tone will be different, there may be a delay, the _metronome_ will have a delay that matches the DAW delay, and you're gonna sound different through the mic. All of this is going to end up in the front of your mind, where it shouldn't be. Do those adjustments and make all that a part of your regular routine before you walk into a studio for real. Do it until it's a subconscious part of your performance and eventually you'll start to feel like the click track is *your* instrument. And even if you're just acting as the technician for a session, using a click this will separate the good clients from the bad clients. If they're willing to play to a click, you've got a good client. If they refuse, you're going to be fixing the timing in post. If they were recorded with effects like delay pedals and reverb through an amp, the plugins are gonna have a helluva time fixing it and will probably fail. So you may want to ensure that it's a bare DI track so you can add in those effects _after_ you've cleaned up their performance.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Well said! Thanks for watching.
@srrrb5953 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Glad to help!
@victoriatrestrail 9 ай бұрын
Thank you. You have a great way of explaining.
@clicks59 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Kyle Great job. Your approach is systematic and well thought out. I recall struggling through these procedures after I purchased my first interface some 15 years ago. I didn’t thoroughly understand routing which was my biggest hang up. Unlike analog systems, you don’t physically move cables to route some of the inputs and outputs. The best advice I ever received when I first started was to choose a DAW and learn it. I used Reaper for years. I decided to take some recording classes at my local college which was using Pro Tools. The cool thing is my local college also offered Pro Tools classes to compliment the recording classes.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks, TB Player. I think a lot of people deal with this struggle, so thanks for sharing.
@user-ri4pq5mc6f Жыл бұрын
OMG I WATTCHED SO MANY VIDEOS AND HEARDED MANY CLASSES BUT THIS VIDEO IS THE BEST!!!! REALLY EASY AND SIMPLE EXPLANATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
@navypti Жыл бұрын
Excellent Kyle. Thank you for taking the time to "spoon feed" us without the jargon and BS. Succinct and easy to undertsand. Much appreceiated.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Geoff!
@BJ-fj6jw 2 ай бұрын
Spoonfeed... nicely put❤ Thanks Kyle.
@evallesg Жыл бұрын
Hi Kyle, another great tutorial. I'm a seasoned podcaster and a huge fan of Reaper, anyhow I really appreciate this kind of tutorials. Cheers!
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ernesto!
@aaax9410 Жыл бұрын
Good on ya Kyle the way you got the timing in your performance spot on outside of the click :)
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks, AAAX.
@optipwr40 Жыл бұрын
Your instruction is very well put together. I don’t use reaper but there are still little gems of general advice throughout. Thanks!
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear the video is helpful! Thanks!
@AaronTMartin Жыл бұрын
Such a great video…thank you! I feel especially lucky in that I am a new Reaper user. I’m very glad I found your channel. Thanks for all the high quality content!
@GermishGuy Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! I just downloaded Ableton and I was really confused where to start. This video really helped me understand. Really appreciate it!
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Glad to help, Thorben!
@popart13 Жыл бұрын
this is great, stripped down and a familiar vernacular answers my questions as I would ask them. brilliant
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Leonard!
@gryg666 Жыл бұрын
This is epic! Thank you soo much for this video!
@musar03580 Жыл бұрын
REAPER. Excellent choice.
@spurber Жыл бұрын
Super clean, thanks!
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@teashea1 Жыл бұрын
Good video - as always Reaper - yes
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Thomas.
@davidreidy5750 Жыл бұрын
Click tracks,gotta love em 😆🤖
@andreronda6700 11 ай бұрын
In one word: WOW. what a crystal clear video. I'm a rookie in this and I'm just starting with this stuff. I want to record singing, my voice and 2 female background singers. For the music we use a ready to use audio backtrack. As interface I'm planning to purchase the Volt 476P. Your video pushed me in the right direction. Thank you so much. Btw is Reaper part of the software package you get with the 476P?
@karnage5888 Жыл бұрын
Hey Kyle, I've been watching you for a while now, and I've honestly gained a ton of inspiration from your videos on audio engineering. I'm planning on talking to a career advisor next week to discuss the details of a college course regarding recording arts technology. I'm 17 years old and I really think this is what I want to do. But I would like to hear it from you, do you have fun with your job or does it ever end up feeling like you're doing tedious work after a while? And how is the work? Is it like working with firms, or is it a solo sort of career? Thanks in advance, Kyle
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
There are many aspects to the industry: live sound, recording, film, system design, corporate AV, etc… It’s hard to say - just make sure to consider the work hours and how it fits into your life.
@teashea1 Жыл бұрын
The Rode NT1 sound excellent.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@pain799 Жыл бұрын
Kyle, excellent video as always. I much appreciate your comprehensive approach. How do you set up your Reaper so that it only starts recording your take once you start playing? It seems that's what's going on there. I'd appreciate some knowledge on this.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
I’ve got it set up for a count-in of a few bars. You can change that by right-clicking the click (metronome) button.
@pain799 Жыл бұрын
@@AudioUniversity Wow. That helps me out so much. Thank you for your work! You've been a godsend with all your videos.🙏
@hopethek Жыл бұрын
can you do this without the interface? say, with an adapter, where you plug the quarter inch into it and then plug the adapter into the computer?
@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Great as always. I have a question, if you happened to have an experience with this. I use Ableton, but lately for a live instruments recording Im thinking to jump to another DAW. I hear and see many composers use Cubase, so my question is, had you happened to have an experience in this area, which DAW would you prefer for this task Cubase or something different. Thank you in advance. Cheers
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
There are many great DAWs, and Cubase is one of them. I think you’ll like it.
@jimwar1890 Жыл бұрын
This video is very helpful to a beginner like me. Thanks. With respect to midi, how does the DAW find plug-ins? Is that automatic within the DAW?
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Good question! It is slightly different for each DAW, but there should be a setting that tells the DAW which folder on your computer to scan for plugins. Then, each time you open the DAW, it will automatically scan that folder and make those plugins available.
@bingobaz6402 Ай бұрын
Can i use a mixer as an audio interface? My DAW will recognise my mixer as an output but not an input so I can not record anything.
@Jacky_Mao 5 ай бұрын
sup guys, i wanna be prod, making different beats like carti or drake,so i can t choose daw for start, specifically, this convenience and low system requirements are important to me, because I don't spend so much time at home and use a PC, most often I use a laptop outside the house, so I have a question which daw to choose? I am considering Amped Studio, Soundation for myself, I would like to try fl studio, but I am afraid that the experience will be sad, since the laptop is only for work and the browser
@Wayo12 Жыл бұрын
Hello, Please help me, I use a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen and I use the headphone output with a adapter from 1/4 to 3.5mm to connect my In ears to monitor myself while recording. Is it posible to use the monitor outputs of an audio mixer to connect directly a in ear earphones using an adapter from 1/4 to 3.5mm? This, to monitor myself while singing live without damaging the equipment. I have a Yamaha Portable PA System with Bluetooth Stagepas 400BT with an audio mixer and a Shure SE215 PRO Wired Earbuds. Thank you very much. Best of regards.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Line Level Monitor outputs can be connected to the inputs of a headphone amplifier, but cannot power the earphones themselves. You’ll need to use the headphone output on front for that.
@Wayo12 Жыл бұрын
@@AudioUniversity thank you! So I would first need an adapter (1/4 left and 1/4 right) to a single 1/4 balanced, connected that to the headphone amplifier (like a Behringer MICROAMP HA400 Ultra-Compact 4 Channel Stereo Headphone Amplifier) and with that, connect my in ear earphones Shure to the Headphone amplifier through one of the 1/4 output but with an adapter TRS from 1/4 to 3.5 mm and having a stereo sound in both ears. What I am trying to do is to not use a monitor speaker but instead a in ear earphones to monitor myself while singing at a live performance. Thank you very much!
@Raja.222. Жыл бұрын
Hi ,I want to learn a music daw .but ,I'm a totally begginer person ,so I'm doubt in processor.i3 or i5 is good for me because I'm totally begginer.which processor is good for me plse anyone reply.
@fluxfaze Жыл бұрын
Keeping things as simple and inexpensive as I can, my kit consists of a MacMini (16GB/1TB) running Logic Pro X (GarageBand also works fine) with a Samson G-Track Pro mic which also serves as audio interface. Nothing else is required, aside from voice and musical instruments. The mic allows me to connect an instrument via 1/4” line input jack and then mix voice and instrument channels to headphones connected via 1/8” stereo output jack using separate switches and volume controls for mic, instrument and headphones. Easy to use with minimal clutter, zero latency to record and monitor high-quality, noise-free tracks. And as tracks are laid down I listen to them without having to toggle between output sources. I just hit playback and enjoy.
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Sounds like a great setup!
@alxd5068 Жыл бұрын
do you have a vid on LoZ and HiZ ?
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Not yet. But this video may help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ld6plc2a2qqde2Q.html
@Vashaco Жыл бұрын
do you get free daw from universal audio vold 1?
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
I don’t believe so. However it works with any DAW. If you’re looking for an inexpensive option, I recommend Reaper.
@Vashaco Жыл бұрын
@@AudioUniversity i see, thank you for your answer! From what I have seen from your videos, Reaper is a great daw, so I might buy it in the future. That means the Volt-1 has only plugins and I'm still fine with it because i am not really skilled enough to create music yet. Have a nice day!
@babistsimoris1891 Жыл бұрын
I can't find the link for reaper
@AudioUniversity Жыл бұрын
Here it is: www.reaper.fm
@KK-mv6xn Жыл бұрын
What happens if we connecting a MIDI or Keyboard (Korg Kronos) through audio interface instead of connecting directly into a system or computer. Please say brow
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