I have no clue how to record my music (using a studio software)

Well well, look what we have here. Now you might not recognise me, but I just so happen to know of you, and I am aware of the project you are working on. As someone who's been doing this for a while, as well as someone working on another project of the same medium as yours, let me offer some words of advice.

First, make sure you have your style sorted with not only your music team, but the rest of the group as well. If you start writing in one genre or style only to find out all the other musicians are writing in their own styles as well, you're gonna have problems.

Secondly, if everyone on your team records all their own instruments for all their own songs, consistency is gonna go out the window and all the tracks are gonna sound disjointed when put side by side. What our team has done is put a list of all the instruments we will be using, and we have specifically assigned one person to record that instrument for every song, for example I've been assigned guitars and electric bass.

Following on from the previous point, virtual instruments are your friends. You aren't going to have access to a string orchestra, so if you want to use one, don't be afraid to sample. But again, make sure that you decide as a group what samples will be used for one instrument. This keeps the separate tracks sounding like they're 'coming from the same place' so to speak. Of course as a counterpoint, don't rigidly stick to using the same instrument sound if it doesn't achieve the desired effect.

So talk to your team, and it might turn out you don't need to record anything yourself. And lastly, make sure one person is assigned to make the final mix, and that they have a proper pair of speaker monitors in an acoustically treated environment, so you don't end up with wild EQ differences in your final mixes.

Aside from the tips specifically regarding composing soundtracks, here's a few tips to get you started on audio production, as you may wish to pursue that path regardless of how things go with this one specific project. Plus, it's always nice to be able to make your own decent sounding recordings if you want to demo a track or a concept.

To start of, you need a DAW. A DAW is your all in one tool for recording sounds into and editing them. I'd advice looking at comparison videos and reviews to find which one is best suited for you, though two good starter DAW's are Reaper and FL Studio.

Secondly, you'll need a mic and a mic preamp if you're gonna record live instruments. There are two types of microphones generally used in recording; condensers and dynamics. Dynamic mics are generally better for recording instruments, though it's always good to have one of each as condensers are more sensitive and can pick up some of the subtleties that can get missed by a dynamic. Your preamp is just something that you plug your mic into, and it processes the sound before sending it into your computer and DAW. Something simple and cheap like a Scarlett 2i2 or Steinburg ur22 will be fine for your purposes. Remember that condenser mics require power, so if you have one make sure your preamp has what's called 'phantom power' which will send power to the mic through the preamp.

Now it is important that the room you are recording in has at least some form of acoustic treatment. You can buy proper acoustic panels to put on your walls online, but at the bare minimum you could hang curtains around. What this does is stops the sound from bouncing off the walls and creating unwanted reverb, or echo. It's all about breaking up the wall and removing the flat surfaces. Some bass traps for the corners of your room

Now a bit of a redundant point, but back to

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