Building/upgrading DAW Computers

[soulfulvirtuoso]

Roughly, what basic PC specs would it require for me to multi-track record atleast 8 tracks and to work out a mixing session of atleast 30 tracks (including Auxes) with say 1 or 2 plugin running as an insert on each of them.


I intend to use Cubase SX3 BTW.

 

[Matt123]

Processor - Opteron / Xeon or dual core
Ram - 2+ gigs DDR SDRAM (PC 2700+)
Mobo - socket 939
HD - 1 small startup (20 gig) / Large audio(s) (150-250 gig)
Power supply - At least 500 watt

That will be sufficient in running your suggested setup

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Roughly, what basic PC specs would it require for me to multi-track record atleast 8 tracks and to work out a mixing session of atleast 30 tracks (including Auxes) with say 1 or 2 plugin running as an insert on each of them.


I intend to use Cubase SX3 BTW.

Much depends upon the nature of the plug-ins, but even with the hungriest convolution reverbs, there are ways of setting up your workflow in Cubase that'll mitigate those requirements just fine.

All in all, those needs are fairly minimal: in the past I have been able to work such mixing sessions just fine on a PC as minimal as as a Pentium III/450MHz with 384MB of 100Mhz memory. A stone age configuration compared with most anything available today. Any P4, Celeron or Athalon machine with at least 1GHz of clocking and 1MB of 400MHz DDRAM, which is a very basic off-the-shelf configuration these days, will work just fine for 99.9% of audio applications.

Now video is another stury....

G.

 

[soulfulvirtuoso]

I am enlightened. Thanks for the reply guys.