Hi Guys,
I'm hoping some of you who have been there and done it before will have some words of wisdom. I don't expect anybody to do all the work for me but if you have any advice or components or specs etc I'm all ears.
My current setup:
Audio Interface: Pod x3 and Yamaha MG 166 usb (Use the Yamaha live, havent got it working for recording yet)
DAW: Cubase 5 and FL Studio ...
Midi devices: Roland eDrum Kit and Akai Mpk 25 midi Keyboard/controller (I'm currently daisy chaining the roland through the midi keyboard)
I Am going to go for best specs possible(within budget): roughly: i7 or AMD equivalent, 2 harddrives, 16 gb ram. graphics card for 2 monitors.
So here are the questions you guys might be able to help with:
Should I include a firewire port? ... (seen a few devices with firewire, is
Should I include an audio interface in the computer aswell as having the external devices? ( the reason I am considering this is if it had a midi in, it would eliminate need for daisy chaining the edrum through the midi keyboard. There is a latency issue at the minute but this could be from the laptop I am using now.
I realise this post is getting quite long now so I am just going to leave it at that. Feel free to recommend specific brands models or advise on computer, as you can prob see I'm far from an expert.
Thanks in Advance:
I'm hoping some of you who have been there and done it before will have some words of wisdom. I don't expect anybody to do all the work for me but if you have any advice or components or specs etc I'm all ears.
My current setup:
Audio Interface: Pod x3 and Yamaha MG 166 usb (Use the Yamaha live, havent got it working for recording yet)
DAW: Cubase 5 and FL Studio ...
Midi devices: Roland eDrum Kit and Akai Mpk 25 midi Keyboard/controller (I'm currently daisy chaining the roland through the midi keyboard)
I Am going to go for best specs possible(within budget): roughly: i7 or AMD equivalent, 2 harddrives, 16 gb ram. graphics card for 2 monitors.
So here are the questions you guys might be able to help with:
Should I include a firewire port? ... (seen a few devices with firewire, is
Should I include an audio interface in the computer aswell as having the external devices? ( the reason I am considering this is if it had a midi in, it would eliminate need for daisy chaining the edrum through the midi keyboard. There is a latency issue at the minute but this could be from the laptop I am using now.
I realise this post is getting quite long now so I am just going to leave it at that. Feel free to recommend specific brands models or advise on computer, as you can prob see I'm far from an expert.
Thanks in Advance: