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A $500 pc today is very doable and can be very powerful, if you're willing to build it yourself. If your old machine is more than a few years old, I wouldn't bother to try and save anything other than maybe the keyboard, mouse and whatever monitor you have. I'd do something like this... $100...

will this be located at or near your house? do you need a kitchen? Can you get one that doesn't have the inside finished so you can build out your own design?

rigid fiberglass like Owens Corning OC703 or rockwool like Roxul Safe would be the good stuff. Anything made of foam /= not the good stuff. Yeah, you'll want to cover your traps. Fiberglass and rockwool fibers can become airborne and be a nuisance. The common response is, if you can breathe...

Well, foam is ALSO an absorber. Foam is a fine mid and high absorber. Problem is, you really need the whole range.. What most people refer to as "bass traps" are really broadband absorbers- that is, they absorb well across the whole audible range. Basically, where foam leaves off, rigid...

Bass traps are absorbers. Specifically they absorb low frequencies well. You want bass traps in the room corners and more absorption at the first reflection points. This article lays it out pretty well (no pun intended). If you want to keep it on the cheap, Roxul Safe rockwool is a lot less...

a pc is every bit as capable as a mac, especially now that they run on basically the same hardware. If you have some extra cash, invest in your room and monitors.

The only one I would even consider using would be the Roxul. The last three are fluffy batts. Great for thermal insulation, but not really intended for sound absorption, UNLESS you want to leave it in the bag (compressed) and stack them in your corners (kind of a waste of space IMO). With that...

So, how close *is* your mic to your computer? I do vocals in my open unfinished (but acoustically treated) basement. I have 2 full height gobos that I but together to form a corner and I set my mic stand up in between (picture a 2 sided booth with no ceiling). I'm probably 12'-15' away from my...

what kind of music? The only time I've had problems with ambient noise was when I did a folk band where I had to crank the preamp gain for acoustic guitar and banjo and stuff. Preamps make more than just hiss too. Just sayin. If its definitely ambient noise, then you'll have to track down the...

tell us more about your microphone(s) and preamps and other equipment. If you're hearing hiss in your recordings, I'd be really surprised if it was the fans in your computer. Are you recording vocals? Loud singing? voice over? How high do you have the gain turned up? A better picture of your...

Everything in my place is 4" thick, so thats really the number I'm comparing to. I could have sworn I saw info on 4" OC703 in the past, but I couldn't say where. I've treated my place in several phases over the years. I've used both the AFB, the Roxul Safe and OC703. The Safe and the 703 were...

The low frequency absorption numbers aren't so great on the safe n sound. Its a lot less dense than the "Safe".The 125Hz absorption co-ef is only 0.52, which more or less means it absorbs about half of the sound in that frequency hitting it. The Roxul Safe in 3" is a bit better at 0.63. At 4"...

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The local home center wont have it... But go to pretty much any commercial metal stud distributor and they'll have shelves of it. Its used daily in commercial construction as fire stopping and inside stud walls for sound (I'm talking office buildings, apartments, etc, not just special studio...

There are some excellent layouts here to get you started. John Sayers site is a great resource even if all you do is look around to get inspired. (Of course, HR is also a great resource). Are you planning on using all 3 bays? Are you going to hire a contractor or do this yourself? Obviously that...

Around here, a bag of rockwool is about ~$60. Mattress and foam does a pretty poor job no matter what your budget is.

not spawn of satan. Just heavily marketed, overpriced and under-performing. But, thats not just Auralex. Its all foam.

well, as mentioned above, it'll let you use all of your ram. I like the way Win7 looks and acts (for the most part. It was a bit to get used to). I did a quick google search and didn't see any real complaints about the reliability of the 64bit driver for the Delta44. I might do a bit more...

yeah. Drivers are written for either 32 or 64. 64 bit has been lacking for alot of audio interfaces just because they aren't really on the bleeding edge. Shop for an interface and check for *reliable* 64bit drivers.

Do you have your interface yet? If so, available drivers would be a deciding factor. If not, shop around and see what's out there. A year ago, I would have told you to wait a year while s/w and drivers catch up to Win7 and 64bit tech. I'd say its close now. I have Reaper running on a WinXP32...