set up a home studio

Ok,

So I was on a roll. Picked up a copy of Cubase and various other programmes. And also obtained a copy of Reason.

Went out and spent £89.98 on an external hard drive – figured I’d need it to store the wealth of musicality that would soon spill from me

Then, felt that the two previously brought SM58s were not suitable ( see I’d need an external mixer – just don’t have the space. So spent another £42.00 on a USB Mic – it’s really nice though ( I think, although it’s yet to arrive)

And now….having installed Reason, and have been asked to specify which midi keyboard I have. I don’t!!!

Have been looking for 2 days. Missed a great bid on ebay. But then I’ve seen a Keboard that functions as a midi controller (which I think means I can use it on the computer) and also as a normal Keyboard. Cost £119.00 – Free postage though.

Problem:
a) – If I buy it, it means I won’t eat for the next week and a half.
b) I can’t really play keys, so for the most part it would be for computer only.

However, I have faith that the cash will come from somewhere and that my keyboard knowledge will improve if purchased.

Isn’t this a lot to invest, if I’m thinking of moving to New York soon?! But in the mean time….

Questions. Logic. Help. Knowledge. Sanity. Words from the WIse. Anything. Required.

Can I afford this?

But it’s an investment in me. So the answer should be yes right?

We’d intended to do this in our current apartment, but it’s just too small. I want a pretty big room with a space for audio recording, a space for painting, and a space for other crafting.

Got my interface in, and started recording some music. Samples sound awesome; mixes, not so much. Turns out, its actually hard to mix music…whodathunk? I have a small suspicion that if I played the pieces perfectly, the mix would straighten itself up, but I think I need to learn yet another skill to get this all working.

Slowly amassing what I need, or think I need. I have a cheap dynamic mic, a condenser mic, MIDI keyboard, and FL Studio as my DAW.

Only things left to get would be a $200 or so interface to get all my mics and instruments into my computer and maybe some odds and ends here and there. So close!