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    What is the total cost of all this stuff?
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    It depends on the specifics of what you get. My first setup was about 300 dollars.
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    How do I easily make a recording studio?
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    If you are referring to a home studio, I would start by finding a room with little sound or noise. You could soundproof the walls, but it may be pricey ($100-$300 for a whole room), depending on what room you are in and taking account of the wall thickness, location, flooring, etc. Some necessities are a desk, chair, computer/laptop, speakers, headphones, MIDI pad (a small keyboard that connects to a computer that has keys and usually drum pads you can program sounds onto), and an audio interface. These are just the bare minimum.
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    Does the recording room need to have a door and be soundproof?
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    It's best to make the studio soundproof, unless you want to spend hours filtering out background noise.
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    How do I find reflection points to acoustically treat? Do I need to treat the control room? It is not good to treat every square inch of every wall, ceiling and floor and it is the living room only.
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    Get a small mirror and drag it across the wall. At any point you see you see your instrument, you treat that section. Light and sound travel in similar ways.
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