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Hey guys. Newly divorced and ready to creat a studio since the B left town.
Lol. Well anyway my recording computer is the $80 variety and reboots every 10 minutes. Now the shopping winch is gone I can buy better stuff.

Should I build my own?
Is there anything different between a good computer with fast hard drives than a DAW?
Should this be my starting point making this purchase?

Your time to provide me with any links, ideas, or help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for not searching the site but I'm not sure what I'm searching for?

What are you guys using for recording now? I've been out for several years.
 
Not really.. Any desktop with a firewire card, tb of drive space, and 4+ gigs of ram will easily keep up with any tracking / mixing you plan on doing with it. Even my crappy laptop from 5 years ago can keep up with tracking 16 tracks at once. Mixing will start to bog down a pc if you have tons of plugins and vsti's and stuff. As far as building goes, if you wanna hand-pick specific mobo's or video cards or whatever components, and you like to build computers, go for it. Otherwise online places like tigerdirect or newegg or pretty much anywhere will put together good systems for about the same price. In the old days you could save a lotta $$ building your own. Not so much any more.

O, and congrats on your new found freedom :D
 
That is awesome. Thank you. Yeah the new found freedom rocks.
 
First, decide what DAW you want to use. If you plan to use Pro Tools (which I recommend) there is a somewhat short list of specs the computer must meet. In addition to Avid | Home, check Avid Audio Forums - Powered by vBulletin for a wealth of information.

If you want to build computers, build your own computer. If you want to make music, buy one that is already built and optimized for music recording. It won't cost much more than a build-your-own. Plus, if you buy a "built" computer, you only have one point of contact for warranty service; if you build you own and need warranty service you'll have to go through the manufacturer of each component of your computer (lotsa luck).
 
The B left town huh?

You know there is a song in there some where. Could be your first recording done on your new gear. :drunk:
 
ya protools might be 'industry standard' but whatever you initially learn on will be fine. Cubase, Reaper, PT, all do 98% the same thing. Protools locks you into using expensive hardware.... Everything else is just as good, 1/2 the price, and works on any asio compliant driver. If I was starting now I'd go Reaper. I use Cubase cuz it comes with a lot of interfaces, including my very 1st one.
 
Another vote for Reaper. A very powerful tool that will not leave you wanting.


Was that a Spin Drs reference?
 
a mac mini and logic express is an relatively inexpensive way to get into recording if you're an apple fan
 
suprstar said:
ya protools might be 'industry standard' but whatever you initially learn on will be fine. Cubase, Reaper, PT, all do 98% the same thing. Protools locks you into using expensive hardware....
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I thought Pro Tools 9 put an end to that.
 
It did. PT 9 isnt hardware dependent :D. I personally use a 13" macbook and logic express. I highly recommend both. The mac because its powerful, hassle free, and fancy. Logic, because its a solid daw that comes preloaded with everything you need to instantly start makin jamz (plugins, synths, etc). Theres my 2 cents

Drew
 
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