What is Sound Envelope? Sound envelope represents the amplitude of a sound wave over time, it can be divided into 4 different sections, Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release. ATTACK The time of a wave going from zero to its maximum amplitude. Drum, percussion and picking guitar and bass will have shorter attack time. Other sounds […]
DAW SOFTWARES BUYING GUIDE PRICE WON’T AFFECT SOUND QUALITY This is very important, lots of people think DAWs with the higher price will have better audio quality, this is wrong, no matter you’re using a free DAW or an industry standard DAW, the audio quality is same. The things matter is the interface, tools and […]
STUDIO HEADPHONES BUYING GUIDE Here are the things you need to know before choosing your best studio headphone. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLOSED BACK AND OPEN BACK HEADPHONES Closed back headphones will isolate you from outside ambient noise, which is called sound isolation. It’s good for recording, because it can prevent the sound bleeding from your headphone […]
What is Buffer Size? It’s hard to explain what is buffer size, it’s a little abstract. What buffer size do, is it determines how fast the computer processor can handle the input and output information. With lower buffer size, the computer processor handles the information very quickly, it takes more system resources and it’s pretty […]
What bit depth should I use? What sample rate should I use? 192kHZ or 96kHZ? Lots of people don’t know what’s the difference between bit depth and sample rate, they think the higher the better, but what are bit depth and sample rate really mean? Bit Depth First of all, we need to understand what […]
STUDIO MONITORS BUYING GUIDE Before we dive in which is the best home studio monitor, let’s take a look what you should notice. DON’T CHOOSE MONITORS WITH “GOOD” SOUNDING You won’t want to buy monitors that make your mixes sound good, you want to buy monitors with flat frequency response that deliver accurate and raw […]
INTERFACES BUYING GUIDE First, you need to know what you need. How many inputs and outputs do you need? Do you need MIDI input and output? What’s the bit depth and sample rate you really need? (If you don’t know what is bit depth and sample rate, CHECK HERE) Which feature is must have and […]
WELCOME TO BUDGET STUDIO WEBSITE! A LITTLE BACKSTORY I’ve developed an interest in music production at very young age. When I was in middle high, I have a friend who has a wealthy background own a home studio. That’s the first contact with all the studio stuff. Me and some of my friends spent lots […]