What do you think of this DAW?

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i'll be getting it with the Mbox since I don't have that much money. I'll also be getting a 19 inch monitor with it as well.
 
ericlingus said:
I'm planning on buying this soon. What do you think?

http://musicalcomputers.com/pd_protools_le_project.cfm
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I assume you already have a computer with a case and monitor and, although I didn't check the details, it seems that if you bought all the items listed in the specs (i.e., mobo, drives, cpu, etc. it would come to far less than $3K if you just bought the items individually installed everything yourself.
 
I don't own my own computer (using my brothers) and I do not know how to install everything myself. So I think this is the best way to go. What do you think of it as a DAW though?
 
it woudl be a pretty nice setup i thin, if you liked protools. you still need speakers and/or monitors though, and a mouse and keyboard.
 
I didn't know how to assemble a computer either until I tried it. It's actually pretty easy, like legos almost. If you really don't feel comfortable, there's usually local builders that will put a machine together for a lot less than 3k. If you are looking for a protools PC, take a look at this thread over at the DigidesignUsersConference. It's huge, but the opening post gets updated every once in a while so the information is still relevant.
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat....page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1#360675
 
I have a suggestion for you to consider. It's good that you are realistic about your skills and experience, but I also agree that putting together a DAW is not rocket science, and possible for all but the most technology challenged. Usually the only tool you need is a screwdriver. The connectors are all keyed so that they can't be plugged in wrong, and the actual putting it together really is very easy - and fun. The hardest part is setting up partitions on your drives, loading and configuring windows, and installing the various drivers for your hardware. But if you get stuck on that, the worst that could happen is that you have to pay a local computer shop a couple hours of thier rate to do it for you. You'd still be money ahead by quite a bit.
Then there's the question of what happens when your DAW has a problem up the road. If you built it, you can probably fix it. If you have it built for you, it will be this black box that you'll have no idea what to do with except send it off to the place that built it for you, and wait, and wait.....and wait for it to come back.
Finally, the computer is just the part of your recording rig that crunches numbers. It has nothing to do with the sound of your recordings. That's all in the converters, preamps, mics, monitors, cables, software, plugins, etc.
I have no Idea what your financial resources are, but I hate to see people shoot their wad on thier totally awesome computer, and have nothing left to spend on the things that really matter to the sound. So keep that in mind.

Regards,
RD
 
well it has an asus motherboard.

those seem to be pretty popular when it comes to recording.
 
i'm going to be buying a keyboard and mouse along with monitors for it. I dont need any mics because ill be recording directly into the computer with either my V tone amp or a V amp by behringer.
 
3k is a lot to spend, and the results u get with the v amp won't be the best. but for 3k u could get urself pretty well set up with nice mic/mics and decent pre as well as computer, but its fair enough if u dont want to build a computer urself. i assume u have at least shopped around though?
 
yes I have. I'm still not certain that i'll get this DAW. I wanna know if it's worth getting or not. I'm just worried about compatibility problems if I go another route. I know if I get this DAW, I don't have to worry about any compatibility issues.
 
It's certainly perfectly compatible with PTLE and should be stable and reliable.

Also, with the custom built route you get a certain amount of support and garauntees.

However, If you bought all those components seperately it would cost you about half the price and you could get a local builder to put it all together for about £50. You could then use that extra cash for mics, preamps, monitors etc; or you could get a faster CPU and bigger HDs.

If you've got the cash and really are wary of doing it yourself, this DAW should be a good option for a PTLE based studio.

the tortoise
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ericlingus said:
yes I have. I'm still not certain that i'll get this DAW. I wanna know if it's worth getting or not. I'm just worried about compatibility problems if I go another route. I know if I get this DAW, I don't have to worry about any compatibility issues.
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Digidesign's website will spell out, letter by letter what is and isn't compatible. It's like 1/2 hr's worth of reading. Here's the link
http://www.digidesign.com/compato/xp/002/

Another thing to consider is that if you are just recording one track at a time with your Vamp, you won't need a super duper computer either. A Athlon XP computer that was top of the line a few years back will be like $600-700 bucks now, but it will still do plenty for what it sounds like you're interested in. In the link in my previous post, there's specs for a under $600 machine that will be plenty powerful
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat....page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=1#360675
 
im just talking about in the beginning i'll probably use a Vamp or my amp for direct connect. But slowly i'll get into more complicated things and start start using mics. I want a computer that can handle pretty much everything because down the road i'll want to do more things.
 
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