Before you continue reading, you may want to listen to the recorded song below.
If you're an inspiring musician, artist or just an ordinary individual who plans to record their very own songs right on their computer but don't have enough money to spend to buy highly expensive recording equipments, then you better continue reading this article. Basically you only need 4 important recording equipments and that is
U - CONTROL UCA202 Audio interface,
Behringer Xenyx 1002fx mixer,
Behringer C-1 microphone condenser and
output monitor or headphone. Once connected them all together then you'll have a ready and simple recording setup.
Having said that, I'll show you how to connect
Behringer Xenyx 1002fx mixer to the computer and start recording right away. This is a very simple set up and you don't have to be a computer geek to learn it how. Just take a look at the images that you'll see here on this article then you'll get it done in just about 5 minutes.
But first things first, you'll need the following equipment:
1.
U-CONTROL UCA202 - This small equipment will connect your mixer to your computer. Simply plug it to one of your USB ports of your computer, no need for any special driver or software. The
UCA202 has low-latency 2 IN / 2 OUT USB/Audio interface with digital output.
If you're living in Cebu, you can try buying this at SOUNDROOM SM, the las time I checked, they don't have any stocked anymore. If you're living in the US then this wouldn't be hard to find. Checkout this link from Amazon if you wish to buy this online.
2. Sound output Monitor or Headphone - I can't recommend any in particular which best for you because the one I am using here is just an ordinary computer a4tech headset. But of course I'm saving some money to buy the professional type studio monitors or headset. I'm currently have my eyes on
Behringer MS16 Powered Studio Desktop monitors. You can check user reviews of this item at Amazon. It seems many users rated it high but you better research it thoroughly.
3. Behringer C - 1 condenser microphone - I bought the Behringer C - 1 microphone because primarily its less expensive and the quality is excellent for my opinion. You can listen to my first recorded song by clicking the play button on my Youtube video.
The Behringer C - 1 condenser is just an awesome condenser microphone for a very cheap price and yet an impressing recording quality. I highly recommend this to all inspiring musicians, artist, or individuals who plans to start recording their songs on a very tight budget. It cost only around 3000 Pesos already discounted if you buy this at SoundRoom SM Cebu. This is all worth it.
If you're looking for Behringer C 1 review, you can checkout
CheapGearGuy on Youtube. Because of his review I decided to buy this condenser microphone.
4. Behringer Xenyx 1002FX Mixer - A portable sound mixer which fits to your backpack or to your laptop. It may overwhelm you of its buttons and the special feature it has but this portable is easy to operate. At first, I was having trouble on figuring out on where to start plugging all the RCA cables but not for long I was able to get it to work with my Behringer C-1 microphone. Works great and sounds really crispy cool.
The Behringer Xenyx 1002FX fits both for live and home studio recording for those who want to start creating their own music. Go check it on
Zzounds.com
Nevertheless, the picture below shows you how I set up my simple home recording studio in my room. Take a look at the pictures below of how the RCA cables are connected from the Xenyx 1002fx mixer to the UCA202 audio interface then to the computer.
Hope this helps. If you have any question and comments please post them below. You may also subscribe or follow my blog to learn more about my home recording setup..
