Free Studio Setup Guide

Build a studio that can loop as fast as you can play.

The exact gear behind every CHERICO loop โ€” 25+ pieces, from the audio interface to the banjolele โ€” with plain-English notes on what each one does in a live looping DAW rig, what's required, and what can wait.

REQUIRED VS OPTIONAL EVERY ITEM LINKED UNDER-$20 SECRET WEAPONS BUILD ORDER FROM ZERO

What's inside the guide

Not a wishlist โ€” a working rig. Every item in the guide is in daily use at CHERICO Studio, achieving 7.1ms of input latency (studio standard is 10ms).

THE CORE FOUR

The only gear you truly need

The interface, the DAW, the headphones, the CPU โ€” the complete signal chain for looping live instruments, and why each link keeps latency near zero.

STATION BY STATION

MIDI devices, switches & mics

Pads, keys, drums, and the $17 foot pedal trick that lets you start a recording from anywhere in the room โ€” hands never leaving the instrument.

START FROM ZERO

A build order that makes sense

What to buy first, what to skip if you already own it, and how to add stations one at a time as the music asks for them.

STUDIO ESSENTIALS MIDI INPUT DEVICES SWITCHES & FOOT CONTROL ANALOG GEAR INSTRUMENTS & AMPS VSTs & PLUG-INS

Stop researching. Start looping.

Get the guide free and skip the months of trial-and-error gear buying.