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