Reddit reviews The Recording Engineer's Handbook

While there are some excellent books on the subject and plenty of online media, I would say the best place to start is wikipedia just to familiarize yourself with the field, the basic process, and some of the lingo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_engineering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiomixing%28recorded_music%29

From there you can move on to more comprehensive materials, such as this online multimedia audio course, or hard copy educational materials such as The Recording Engineer's Handbook or The Mixing Engineer's Handbook

Getting some mixing software would also be helpful. If you have a Mac, garageband is actual not a bad place to start for getting the basics of multitrack recording and mixing down. Otherwise, Reaper is basically the lowest cost fully featured Digital Audio Workstation on the market.

If you don't have the gear to start doing recordings yourself, you can always seek out recording stems to practice mixing with. If you don't mind industrial music, Nine Inch Nails provides their fans with multitrack versions of many of their songs for remixing purposes. See the remix section of nin.com. You'll need to register, but its free. Once you have the multitrack recordings, you can import them into your DAW and use them to practice balancing the mix, experiment with EQ, compression, panning, and what not.

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I cannot give you the knowledge you seek on reddit. And I can assure you its not the gear. It's the fact that even in the lost you refer to you guys as complete idiots. But you aren't and idiot, you are ignorant. If you are willing that can be fixed.

You want a recording. That is hard. The knowledge on how to even make a simple recording will require work to achieve. There is no simple answer to a question this broad.

If you don't want to do the work, then just find a studio and pay someone else to record you.

The Recording Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski is a great guide for this, with loads of other useful info in it as well. I know it isn't an app but I feel everyone who records anything should own this.

Have you watched this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEjOdqZFvhY

And read this:
https://www.amazon.com/Recording-Engineers-Handbook-Bobby-Owsinski/dp/159863867X

And the Youtube Channel "Recording Revolution" has some good beginner stuff.

If you're looking into studio recording (home or otherwise) The Recording Engineer's Handbook is incredibly practical, to-the-point, and a reference I still look to.

http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Engineers-Handbook-Bobby-Owsinski/dp/159863867X

As for the actual mixing and recording, save up for a decent DAW and teach yourself online (or if you can save the money, try and find somewhere nearby that gives certification courses/bootcamps). For most types of music, Pro Tools and Logic are the "go-to" standards. Ableton is great for EDM and live performances. I don't have experience with Cubase or other alternatives, but I'm sure most others are fine for the job. It's all about workflow.

The Recording Revolution is a great place to learn mixing/recording tips in a noob-friendly way. Excellent YouTube channel as well, so long as you can stomach gospel music samples.

http://therecordingrevolution.com/

My biggest piece of advice to you: do NOT got to a "college" offering audio recording degrees and the like. Huge waste of time and money most of the time unless you're already incredibly talented/gifted. Better to get out there and actually DO something, learn from mistakes, and improve yourself.

Here's a few I would recommend.

• Audio Interface. At least 2 mic inputs. Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, there are bundles for this btw some come with headphones/mic/cable etc.
  
  
• Monitor Speakers. KRK Rokit 5.
  
  
• Monitor Headphones. Sony MDR-7506
  
  
• Condenser Microphone. Audio Technica AT2020
  
  
• Dynamic Microphone. Shure SM57
  
  
• Reference books. Mixing Engineers Handbook, Recording Engineers Handbook
  
  That would be enough to get you started. Some are a bit expensive but do a google search for alternatives.

Also, these are great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Recording-Engineers-Handbook-Second/dp/159863867X

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You can learn everything you need to know about how to operate it in a weekend. Unfortunately, what you won't learn in a weekend is how to effectively record and mix music. I recommend you pick up a book on mixing audio like Mixing Secrets for the small studio or The Recording Engineer's Handbook if you plan on recording through this mixing desk.