Home Recording Made Easy
Home Recording Made Easy
Record your guitar at home with Studio One
Home Recording Made Easy is a home recording course for guitar players, taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. You set up PreSonus Studio One, connect your audio interface, learn basic navigation and record your first audio tracks and song. Later lessons cover inputs and outputs, templates, sample rate and buffer size, metronome tips, guitar VST plugins, online mastering and cleaning up vocal recordings. The course has 12 video lessons, just under 3 hours in total.
What Home Recording Made Easy is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he shows you how to connect your audio interface to Studio One and get started, and where to get the software.
Course intro: Connecting Your Audio Interface to Studio One and Getting Started · 15:40
Free preview lesson: How to Find Register and Download a Presonus Studio One DAW or Membership · 5:18
Is Home Recording Made Easy right for you?
- Guitar players new to recording. The course starts with downloading Studio One and connecting your audio interface.
- Players who want to capture song ideas. One lesson shows how to record a musical idea quickly in your DAW.
- Anyone confused by recording settings. Lessons explain inputs, outputs, sample rate and buffer size.
- Players who want to finish a recording. Lessons cover guitar VSTs, online mastering and cleaning up vocal recordings.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Register and download PreSonus Studio One
- Connect an audio interface to Studio One
- Navigate the basic Studio One layout
- Record audio tracks and a complete first song
- Set up inputs and outputs and save a template
- Understand sample rate and buffer size for recording vs. mixing
- Use guitar VST plugins
- Use online mastering sites like eMastered
What the course covers
Every module and every lesson, in the order you learn them.
Home Recording Lessons
Getting Studio One, connecting your audio interface, basic navigation, recording audio tracks and your first song, capturing ideas quickly, inputs, outputs and templates, sample rate and buffer size, metronome tips, guitar VSTs, online mastering and cleaning up vocals with Clarity Vx.
See all 12 lessons
- How to Find Register and Download a Presonus Studio One DAW or Membership 5:18
- Connecting Your Audio Interface to Studio One and Getting Started 15:40
- Getting Started With Studio One – Basic Navigation 22:46
- How to Record Basic Audio Tracks in Studio One 7:57
- Recording Your First Song with Studio One 30:27
- How to Record a Musical Idea Quickly in your DAW 17:09
- Setting Up Your Inputs and Outputs Inside Studio One AND Create a Template to Save Time 10:57
- Understanding the Basics of Sample Rate and Buffer Size for Recording vs Mixing 5:40
- Metronome Tips for a Better Recording 16:25
- What are Guitar VSTs and How to Use them 26:05
- Using Online Mastering Sites Like eMastered 8:45
- INSTANTLY (and easily) Clean Up Your Vocal Recordings with Clarity Vx 3:53
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Learn at your pace
There are no deadlines. Take one lesson a day or binge a whole module on the weekend.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
Home Recording Made Easy questions
Which recording software does the course use?
Do I need an audio interface?
Is this course good for beginners?
Does the course cover mixing and mastering?
Can I record guitar without an amp?
How long is the course?
How much does Home Recording Made Easy cost?
Can I watch on my phone or tablet?
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Where to go after Home Recording Made Easy
Gear Vault
String changes, truss rod and hardware setup, reverb and delay tips, and demos of pedals, amps and the Kemper Profiler.
Learn Songs By Ear
Pitch matching, rhythm, intervals, chords, progressions and song structure, then recognizing melodies and mode sounds by ear.
Interactive Jams
Seven interactive jams in different styles and keys, from heavy rock in E minor to acoustic fingerpicking and funk.
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