If you’re building a home studio on a $500 budget these are KARRA’s top recommendations for beginners in 2025. Whether you are recording vocals, producing beats, engineering, mixing, or mastering, this affordable studio gear will help you get started creating music at home. KARRA shares the best microphone for vocals, audio interface, studio monitors, headphones, midi controller, and cables. KARRA also shares her favorite free DAW’s and plugins for beginners. If you want to find the best prices on all of the gear featured in this video, search used gear on websites like Ebay & Reverb!
Home Studio Gear:
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen https://us.focusrite.com/products/scarlett-2i2-3rd-gen
Rode NT1 Signature Series https://guitar-center.pxf.io/6yx41m
Sennheiser Profile USB Mic https://guitar-center.pxf.io/OeaPZP
Mackie CR 3.5 Monitors https://guitar-center.pxf.io/3JR4an
Sennheiser HD280 Pro https://guitar-center.pxf.io/RGLeov
Audio Technica ATHM50X https://guitar-center.pxf.io/vP0AvL
Akai MPK Mini MKII https://www.akaipro.com/mpk-mini-mk3.html
IK Multimedia Irig Keys 2 Pro 37 https://guitar-center.pxf.io/yqOVvG
Pyle Pro Microphone Stand https://bit.ly/4hiB3dP
15’ Canare Mic Cable http://bit.ly/3XT3d8c
10’ 2 Canare Speaker Cables https://bit.ly/4izsNHG
Neewer Pop Filter http://bit.ly/433W5ZT
InnoGear Desktop Microphone Stand https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F82BPLV?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Lewitt LCT 440 Pure https://guitar-center.pxf.io/Dyq4za
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen https://guitar-center.pxf.io/9L9Kaj
Best Home Studio Setup on a $1,000 Budget 2025
https://youtu.be/caj1F2jDvUk
Best Home Studio Setup on a $3,000 Budget 2025
https://youtu.be/EyB1p4SEXrI
Free DAWS:
Luna https://bit.ly/3Zp5bOm
Reaper https://www.reaper.fm/
Bandlab https://www.bandlab.com/?lang=en
Free Plugins:
Melda MAutoPitch https://bit.ly/4kcp17S
MJUC JR https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/MJUCjr
T-De-Esser https://techivation.com/t-de-esser/
Fresh Air https://slatedigital.com/fresh-air/
Heatwave https://slatedigital.com/heatwave/
Ozone 11 Equalizer https://bit.ly/3F9PfZI
Valhalla Supermassive https://bit.ly/3GZiizI
TAL Reverb https://tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb-4/
TAL Chorus LX https://tal-software.com/products/tal-chorus-lx
KClip Zero https://kazrog.com/products/kclip-zero/
Frontier Limiter https://d16.pl/frontier
YouLean Loudness Meter 2 https://youlean.co/youlean-loudness-meter/
00:00 -Intro
1:11 - Audio Interface
2:54 - Microphone
4:42 - USB Microphone
5:52 - Pop Filter
7:03 - Studio Monitors
9:16 - Headphones
11:29 - Midi Controller
13:36 - Cables
15:11 - Free Software
17:24 - Free Plugins
18:05 - Vocal Recording Session
19:41 - Outro