Nuggy’s Blog

So over the past few months I’ve been raiding the bank account, and destroying my credit card, to start a small recording studio at home.

While I can’t sing, and can barely play one instrument, I haven’t brought this to really record myself. I am more after little one-man (Or woman) bands to record and get a bit of experience in the whole production process. I’ve always enjoyed doing sound levels etc at Church and work, so this seemed like the next logical step from that.

The setup I’ve got consists of a Zoom R16 Mixer (That also works as an interface, and controller), A Rode NT1-A Studio Recording Mic and a Shure SM58 for Vocals.

I’ve been doing a mix of things, recording directly to the Zoom to it’s SD card, and also using it as an interface and recording on to my MacBook Pro 13″ into CuBase or Garageband. Although I am seriously considering Logic Pro..

It’s been a bit of a long hike to get to where I am with the recording, and I still have a long way to go before I can record to the quality and standards that I would like. The guys over at Aussie Geeks Podcast and Podcasters’ Emporium have been an awesome help with my annoying questions. So who knows, in the future you might hear me in the chair of my own podcast – but seeing as I have a voice like a mauled cat, I think I will leave that to the ones with faces for radio!

So if any budding young musicians are reading this and are interested in a free amateur recording session, let me know!

You can catch the Aussie Geeks Podcast here and;

You can find Podcasters’ Emporium here