Home Recording Studios – How To Get One For Far Cheaper Than You’d Ever Imagine

Executive Summary about DVD Recording by Brandon Robertson

You might be thinking that creating your own recording studio is expensive – too expensive for you to even consider. Perhaps you’ve noticed this yourself: A lot more musicians are building their own recording studios today, and recording themselves.

As a matter of fact, with technology being as advanced and cheap as it is these days, it usually makes more sense for musicians to spend their money on their own recording gear than paying a studio to record it themselves.

One of the most important facts that musicians need to keep in mind – especially if you’re someone who hasn’t made a studio recording yet – it takes a lot of time to make a recording sound polished. As a studio owner myself I can tell you that an average band of musicians making an average, not-very-polished recording of one song will take about 2.5 to 3 hours per song.

Now calculate the cost of mixing and mastering and you’ve spent a lot of money – anywhere between $150 and $300 dollars for just one song, if you have your music mixed and mastered at that studio. Now consider the cost of making a four song demo, at a recording studio, based off of these numbers.

If you create your own studio, the best part is that the next time you record it will be totally FREE!!!

Home Recording Is Easier And Better Than Ever With New Technology!

Making the virtual connections usually only takes a few seconds and requires little knowledge or experience. Almost all of this has been bypassed with modern home recording. And before digital audio all together, it was an absolute nightmare to get the gear all working properly and synchronized.

So once you have the gear, what you need most next is an understanding of the basics of sound recording and connections. Learning the principles is the best way to understanding sound recording because it will allow you to be more creative for artistic sake and more creative when you need to record something unusual (like a new instrument you’ve never recorded before). As a studio owner myself, I rely on the principle to get me by because I’m constantly encountering new recording situations.

What you need to know about connections is easily understood in just a few minutes because it mostly has to do with a few digital connections you might need and a few analog connections dealing with mic cables, guitars cables and similar.

Generally things are designed to simulate real gear, such as mixing boards and processors.

DVD Record Modes – Recording Times For DVDs

Executive Summary about DVD Record by Robert Silva

How Much Time You Can Record on a DVD

A very common question I receive from owners of DVD recorders and persons considering a DVD recorder purchase is: “How much time can I record on a DVD?” This answer to this question for each DVD recorder is explained in both the published specifications (which are available online) and the user manual for that DVD recorder.

However, for those that are still in the purchasing consideration stage, here is an overview of the recording times available on a standard 4.7 GB blank DVD and how these recording times are labeled. These times are for single layer, single sided discs. For double-layer, or double sided discs, multiply each time by two:

XP – 1 Hour , SP – 2 Hours , LP – 4 Hours , EP – 6 Hours , SLP – 8 Hours , SEP – 10 Hours

In addition, some DVD recorders also feature HSP (1.5 hours), LSP (2.5 hours), and ESP (3 hours).

Also, keep in mind, just as with VCR recordings, the less recording time you use to fill the disc the better the quality and compatibility with playback on other DVD players.

XP, HSP, SP are the most compatible and provide what is considered standard DVD quality (depending on the quality of the source material)

Can DVD record from TV/VCR/etc?

Yes, if you have a DVD recorder. When DVD was originally introduced in 1997, only players were available. Most DVD units sold today are still play only, but recorders are available and affordable. DVD recorders are being added to satellite and cable receivers, hard-disk video recorders, and other advanced consumer electronic devices.

A DVD recorder works like a VCR – it has a turner and A/V inputs, and it can be programmed to record shows. Many DVD recorders include an electronic program guide (EPG) that gives you on screen TV listings from which you can pick shows to record (no need to enter day, time, channel, and so on by hand).

Although DVD recorders use digital recording, most input are analog video that is digitized inside the recorder. As of 2006 there are no DVD recorders with digital tuners, so they are unable to directly record digital broadcast such as U.S DTV or European DVB.

Note that DVD video recorders can’t copy most DVD movie discs, which are protected. Unfortunately there is more than one recordable DVD format, and they don’t all play together nicely.

Don’t be further confused by DVD recordable drives (DVD burners) for computers. These recorders can store data, but to create full- featured DVD-Videos requires additional software to do video encoding (MPEG), audio encoding (Dolby Digital, MPEG, or PCM), navigation and control data generation, and so on.