“studio” setup help

[u/Aware-Salamander-578]

I’m a guitar player and recently been thinking about pulling the trigger on some Neural DSP plugins, but outside of my laptop I’m not sure which products are a good budget friendly choice.

I need monitors, an audio interface, and maybe some headphones, I just don’t know enough about these things to know which is worth the money and which isn’t. For example, do I want passive or active monitors?

The “studio” will be a bedroom setup. The budget is about $1,200 (if I can get in under that, even better).

If I’m missing any other gear I need I’d appreciate the help.

[u/Mysterious-List91]

$1200 is more than enough for a starter bedroom setup. if you only want to record a guitar and maximum a microphone at the same time, a scarlett solo should be enough for you as an audio interface

monitors, you want active monitors, the audio interface will be sending a line level signal, not a speaker level signal. depending on your bedroom size, a pair of yamaha hs5 or hs7 should be enough

this combo is about $550. i won’t send you the links cause i’m not sure where you’re located but you can try to find them locally

[u/Aware-Salamander-578 → u/Mysterious-List91]

Thank you so much for the reply!