It’s not really a home studio, but I wish it was. I’m moving in that direction, so hopefully someday I can call it a home studio with a little more reality to the statement. Here’s the gear breakdown:
Apple Computer – Intel Core 2 Duo Laptop that is more than good enough for the job, currently using Garageband
23″ LCD Monitor – Works well as my home studio monitor and gives me more real estate from my laptop
M-Audio Radium 49 Midi Keyboard – Got it cheap off of craigslist and works well with Garageband for midi sounds
M-Audio Studiofile AV 40 Speakers – These studio monitors are awesome. Great sound from my computer for playback, and also work really well with my PS3.
Tascam PortaStudio 4-track – I use it alone or as kind of an audio interface to get sound into the laptop. It’s pretty old school, but a lot of fun. I wish it didn’t have as many “pops” as it does when recording to tape.
Nady Starpower Dynamic Mic – Pretty nice for like $20. I use this and the built in mic on the laptop.
That’s the main gist of it. I have a bunch of random instruments, but the above list covers the main “home studio” part of it. If I could add to my home studio, I would get a quality USB interface with phantom power, and a nice condenser microphone. I’d also throw in Logic too. =)
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Not bad. I had forgotten you’d picked up a laptop. Those speakers do look nice too. Much better than the super low-end Logitech ones I have, though I can’t say I really have any complaints with mine (then again, just about anything beats the internal speakers on a Mac mini).
Oh, while I’m here, I’m guessing you don’t control http://www.closetfoodie.com/ any more?