Why would you want to know about online recording studios? Because the traditional costs of using a recording studio can be extremely high. Many of those reading this article have experienced this first hand. This article will provide a brief overview of the huge opportunity presented by online recording studios.
Traditionally speaking, you have to pay hourly for studio time. Even if you are well-prepared with arrangements, time can go by quickly in the studio and end up costing you a lot. And in terms of drum tracks, if the studio does not have a a house drum set you will be paying for studio time while the drums get set up, while getting levels on the mics, of course during the recording of the drum tracks. You also will be paying for studio time while the drum kit gets broken down.
Add to the expensive studio rental the fact that you have several people to pay. The session musicians have to get paid, the engineer (or team of engineers) has to get paid, and cartage has to be paid for. If your music requires a Hammond B3 organ with a Leslie speaker cabinet then you should have it, but it is expensive to rent and move a big rig like that!
Suffice to say, these expenses are enough to deter most people from getting the pro tracks they need for their music. Some may try to play their own keyboard tracks or guitar tracks when they really need professionals to play them to get them to pop.
Some may end up programming their own “custom” drum tracks with single-hit drum samples, wasting too much time and ending up with ”canned”-sounding, uninspired drum tracks.
Some may want a Wultizer or Rhodes piano for their track but end up using a lame synth version.
A solution exists to the exorbitant costs of getting pro tracks whether you need drum tracks, mixing, or any other service.
That solution is the use of an online recording studio and an online studio drummer and any other session musicians you might need. This refers to a recording studio that offers its services online. In most cases, these online recording services are offered at a significantly discounted rate compared to normal rates.
Of course, below a certain price point you may be dealing with a a lower quality level, but that is for you to research and decidefor yourself. Generally, there are some excellent recording studios online that offer great services at reasonable prices.
For example, many of these online recording studios offer custom drum tracks for prices ranging from $100 to $300 for each drum track. The $300 per drum track price could still save you money, because you are paying only per service (in this case the recording of the drum tracks)without having to pay for hourly studio time. Paying a flat fee for each service also means not paying for the setup and teardown time, not paying for cartage, not having to pay engineers, and no nervously watching the clock. There is no need to worry about how much time the drum tracks take to get together because it is a flat fee! This of course applies to bass tracks, keyboard tracks, or any other instrument.
Online recording studios are also very advantageous in that the process is easy. You don’t have to go anywhere, except to your computer, and you also don’t have to take care of getting studio musicians to the recording studio. This saves you more money, because often the session musicians charge for transportation costs, including gas expense, possible plane tickets, and a per diem.
Because of the traditionally high costs of getting professionally recorded tracks, only bigger-budget projects could afford professional recording studio services in the past. Everyone else had to go through the entire process using their own home recording devices. Now those with a fairly modest budget can afford to get drum tracks and other professional studio services, online. This is great for music, and great for the ability of newly elligible people to develop their musical ideas in to something that really sounds the way they envision it, or sometimes way better!
Worthy of mention here is the fact that many of these online recording studios offer mixing (and mastering) services as well. To be very blunt, too many talented people mess up their music by trying to do the mixing themselves. It takes a trained ear to get a good (let alone great) mix within a remotely reasonable time frame, and a pro mix can make a truly invaluable difference in your music.
Do yourself a favor and research the various online recording studios that are out there. Make the right choices and you will end up with the pro touch you need to make your music stand out.
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