Building a Machine

[Riku]

Hello

I'm building a computer and I don't know much about the subject.
My goal is to record and mix music, mainly audio, the usual rock stuff.

This is my plan:

I'm going to buy a little mixer (Behringer Eurorack MX802A) because of the preamps, Johnnson J-Station for guitar and bass sounds and Tannoy Reveal Studio Monitors...I have few good mics and I also have free access to a moderate studio where I'm planing to record the drum tracks... The point is that I could move my project from my school studio to my PC.

Any comments about this?

This my plan for the cheap and reliable solution?

-Motherboard: Abit KT7
-Prosessor: AMD Duron 800Mhz
-RAM: 256 Mt, 133Mhz, SDRAM
-Soundcard: TerraTec EWX 24/96
-Harddrive: IBM Ultrastar, 36 LZX 80-pin (18.3 Gt) I know this is too little but Yes money is a object
-CD-RW

Comments? Please help me... What kind of software should I use...Cubase, Cakewalk or Logic?

Thanks

 

[ola]

A few comments:

Beware of compatibility issues between certain AMD mobos and certain soundcards.

Save up for another month and get a larger HDD

If you buy N-Track insted of e.g. Cubase, you have several hundered more bucks to spend on HDD space. You were planning on buying the SW, weren't you?

Are those monitors powered? If not, you need to take the monitor amp into your calculations.

/O

 

[Riku]

hip

Sorry about the double posting. Don't burn be I'm a Newbie.

 

[Riku]

thanks ola

Those monitors aren't powered so I'know I need a proper amp. It's on my calculations.

Has anyone any experiences with Terratec souncards and AMD motherboards???

Should I use two HDD? I could buy a cheaper one for Software and use the 20 Gt for recording? How does this sound?

What are the minimum requirments for that other drive?

 

[ola]

Two HDDs is hyvvä (i think ). Use any crap for OS and SW and the other, good one, for audio data only. When you have made a fresh install of Windows and your necessary SW, you can put a ghost image of the OS/SW disc on the audio drive so you can "re-install" easily. Did that last bit make sense?

/O

 

[Riku]

tack och bra

No it didn't, but I'm a newbie so what can you expect.

Jag vill har mycket pengar och köpa mera hehehehe

Gotta go now thanks ola