Best card for MY pc?

[Alveus]

Hello, my name is Mike and i recently started thinking about getting together my own home pc studio type thing. I mean it seems to be a hell of alot cheaper than paying by the hour. lol. Anyways i bought a whole bunch of prog's. Cakewalk, Nuendo, CEP2, Sound Forge 6.0 just to name a few. My machine is a Intel Celeron Processor, 400mHz, 384 mb of ram. I have a basic sound that came with the machine. I was wondering what would materials should i buy (mic's, extrenal mixer's) along with what would be the best card for my pc. I dont want to spend too much on the card itself because i still have other materials to buy. I just want something decent that sounds good. What does everyone think?

Thank's for the help!

- Mike

 

[Polaris20]

Hello, my name is Mike and i recently started thinking about getting together my own home pc studio type thing. I mean it seems to be a hell of alot cheaper than paying by the hour. lol. Anyways i bought a whole bunch of prog's. Cakewalk, Nuendo, CEP2, Sound Forge 6.0 just to name a few. My machine is a Intel Celeron Processor, 400mHz, 384 mb of ram. I have a basic sound that came with the machine. I was wondering what would materials should i buy (mic's, extrenal mixer's) along with what would be the best card for my pc. I dont want to spend too much on the card itself because i still have other materials to buy. I just want something decent that sounds good. What does everyone think?

Thank's for the help!

- Mike

Time to buy a new computer too. Sorry to break it to you man, but your system is much too slow for anything more than minor audio.

I'd recommend an Athlon system with a Via KT333 chipset, or a Pentium 4 with an Intel 845 chipset.

 

[Stealthtech]

Re: Re: Best card for MY pc?

Time to buy a new computer too. Sorry to break it to you man, but your system is much too slow for anything more than minor audio.

I'd recommend an Athlon system with a Via KT333 chipset, or a Pentium 4 with an Intel 845 chipset.

It may not be a must to buy a new machine.
You can probably get by with 4-8 tracks if you dont use too many effects that load up the CPU & Ram.
But a faster PC would be something to think about.
I would go with an audiophile 24/96 for low budget but yet great entry level card.

www.m-audio.com

 

[jake-owa]

Oh c'mon, this computer is fine. Just don't try to use an internet browser, games, videophone, or anything else on it. Make it a streamlined audio computer. Make sure to use an appropriate OS such as win 98 or 95 and don't bog it down with apps.

I have a 450 AMD K63 that can do 24+ tracks of 16bit audio with no problems. Remember more than 512 RAM on a machine like that is useless and get a dedicated 80+gig 7200rpm HD for audio only.

 

[Krypto]

Hello, my name is Mike and i recently started thinking about getting together my own home pc studio type thing. I mean it seems to be a hell of alot cheaper than paying by the hour. lol. Anyways i bought a whole bunch of prog's. Cakewalk, Nuendo, CEP2, Sound Forge 6.0 just to name a few. My machine is a Intel Celeron Processor, 400mHz, 384 mb of ram.

Dude, that's like over a grand in software! You could have

a. Bought a very decent (like 2GHz) system with a decent card like an Audiophile.
b. Hired a studio for about 30 hours of time.

Why would you buy Cakewalk and Nuendo?

 

[Alveus]

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Hey thanks for any suggestions so far. I thought i would try different prog's. I heard each prog has its pro's and con's. Either way ill check out the audiophile 24/96. I just want something basic that sounds decent. thanks for any help so far.