building a pc based digital home studio

[Blue Budda]

hello out there!!!....I am looking for advice on building a pc based digital home recoding studio, and need advice!!!!
any suggestions on software, platforms (Red Hat?)interfaces, pci cards, cubase vs cakewalk, etc., please help!!! I only have about $3000 to spend, but want to be able to upgrade as needed,(or as more cash is avialiable!!!)Thanx!!!!! Blue Budda

[Happenstance]

Hey man. I'll let the pros get in depth, but I can get you started here. Run a search on the web page for "Computer" and "Digital" - you'll be reading for a while, plenty of info. Specifically, check out the pages Dragon put up: www.homerecording.com/going_digital.html and http://www.homerecording.com/digital.html

Hope that stuff helps.

- Matt

[jethani]

Hey Blue--

Just out of curiousity, why PC? Using a Mac as the heart of my home studio, I'm always interested to hear what other digital audio folks are using.

Cheers!

[neadam]

Because while macs are technically superior to the PC for most all multimedia applications, especially digital audio, to go that route is usually not for the faint of wallet... Besides, PC's are now getting so cheap and so fast that you can do the whole digital audio recording thing for a REALLY cheap price. And the quality will only be SLIGHTLY less. Read all over this website for some great ideas, and check out other recording forums as well. www.pixelite.com/windaw
recordingwebsite.com
good luck.

[drstawl]

On the issue of PC vs. Mac, my little brother is a major supporter of the Mac platform for Multimedia. But he uses this stuff professionally and he doesn't have to pay for it... But I still say the PC wins when compared dollar for dollar. Remember- if your computer is fast enough, it will work for digital audio whether it has a Motorola CPU
or an Intel CPU. The equipment that changes the signal from analog to digital and back is what really matters. And of course all that stuff on the front end of the recording environment; mics, pre-amps, mixers, effects etc.....