There certainly hasn’t been a bucketload of good about pandemic lockdowns, but when you have ambitious and creative musicians stuck at home, they tend to figure out ways to get their music out there. Many creators upgraded their home studios, traded tracks back-and-forth with sequestered band mates, and produced tons of content. Bravo! But if the price of entry has caused you to drag your feet on acquiring the gear to make tracks at home, you should know there are some relatively inexpensive products available to get you into the personal-studio club. Even better news is that obtaining the recorder to start you off can be free. If you have a computer, laptop, or tablet, really great digital-audio workstations (DAWs) such as Apple GarageBand, Audacity, and PreSonus Studio One 5 Prime won’t cost you a dime. (I won’t even mention what my first professional, analog multitrack set me back when […]