Whattya got, punk?

[thane1200]

Hi all,

Just curious as to what you've all got in your DAWs. Thanx to Cellerdweller we all know how much RAM we are using. So it only makes sense to further share the inner secrets of our little boxes.

I'll go first...

DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATION

q AMD Athlon64 3000+
q MSI K8 Neo Platinum mother board
q Western Digital 80Gb SATA harddisk
q MAXTOR 20Gb ATA harddisk
q Kingston ValueRAM 1Gb
q PHILLIPS JackRabbit USB CD writer
q SONY DVD drive
q SONY DVD/CD ReWriteable drive
q ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 256Mb graphics card
q Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card (OMG )
q 17" Gateway CRT monitors (x2)

 

[AlexW]

DAW

q Mac G4, 800 MHz
q 1.5 GB memory
q 60 GB internal hardrive
q Apple display monitor (flat screen)
q Internal CD/CDRW drive (not sure of mfr.)
q External Lacie double layer DVD+/-RW drive
q Western Digital 120 GB external FW harddrive
q Charismac 75 GB external FW harddrive

I'm thinking about upgrading the processor soon.

 

[RhythmRmixd]

Dual 2.5 PowerMac G5 w/ 2.5 GB memory running OSX 10.3.5
160 GB internal HD
160 GB Micronet external FW HD
ATI Radeon 9600
CD/DVD-R/RW Superdrive
20 inch Apple Cinema
- Set up for recording thru a MOTU 828mkII and MOTU MIDI Express XT

 

[Markaholic]

AMD Athlon 2000+ (1.7ghz)
MSI mother board
Maxtor 80Gb ATA 7200 8MB harddisk
Maxtor 80Gb ATA 7200 8MB harddisk
768 mb of RAM
1 CD/RW
ATI Radeon 9200 128 mb graphics card
17" ACER LCD monitor
ESI's AudioTerminal 010 soundcard
Rolands SI-24 Interface

 

[mrbowes]

DAW
Dell 400sc
P4 2.8Ghz 800Mhz FSB
1Gb Corsair Value DDRAM
160Gb Seagate 7200rpm HDD
nVidia ti4800SE 128mb VIVO
DVD
DVD RW+/-
Princeton Synergy 17" LCD
E-mu 1820m

 

[giraffe]

a computer

 

[scrubs]

Here's my new, state of the art, machine. It's mostly for gaming, but does music pretty well, too.

 

[RhythmRmixd]

Here's my new, state of the art, machine. It's mostly for gaming, but does music pretty well, too.

Looks like a vintage!!

 

[Idgeit]

Dell Dimension 4600
DAW

2.6Ghz
120GB h/d
512MB ram (really should get some more)
M-Audio Delta 1010LT
Samsung DVD/CD-RW drive (Internal)
Omega CD-RW (USB)
Running Sonar 4.

- Idgeit

 

[shiatzu]

custom built pc
amd 2500+
1 gb ram
1 x 80 gig HD, 1 x 40 gig HD (both WD; 7200rpm, 8meg buffer)
LG DVD drive
LG 52x CDrw drive
64 meg Nvidia graphics card
Maudio Delta 1010lt

accessories:
an old compaq keyboard that i've used for years and love
logitech fastRF wireless mouse
Samsung 17" flat panel monitor

as a side note: is there any advantage to having a better graphics card for audio recording applications?

 

[Markaholic]

as a side note: is there any advantage to having a better graphics card for audio recording applications?

I wouldnt think so...but on the other hand....when i 1st built my pc..i threw a cheesy 8mb card in figuring it'd be fine...but when i was trying to scroll left and right in Nuendo..i noticed the screen having like a rippling effect as i moved around....i put in the 128mb card...problem solved!

 

[bigwillz24]

Custom Built Watercooled
Amd Athlon XP 3200+
1gb Ram
250 gb 7200rpm Western Digital HD
Memorex 8X Dvd-R,+R,+RW,CD-R,CD_RW
Smansung 52X CD-R, CD-RW
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200
E-MU 1212m

 

[Bulls Hit]

Here's my new, state of the art, machine. It's mostly for gaming, but does music pretty well, too.

Awesome. I see you got the one with the carry handle. Nice

 

[scrubs]

Awesome. I see you got the one with the carry handle. Nice

That's right. I forgot to mention that it's a "portable" studio. Yeah, baby, yeah!!!

 

[MichaelM]

AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.7Ghz)
512mb DDR333 RAM
Gigabyte GA-7VA Motherboard
40GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm (OS, programs)
80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm (audio, downloads)
3.2GB old Seagate drive (mp3s)
48x CD Burner
ST Audio C-Port
MSI 64MB GeForce 4 MX440
Pinnacle Firewire card

This is a few years old now, would like to upgrade to an Athlon64 based system when I've got the cash to build it.

 

[Dogman]

DAW- Athlon 1200
512 meg RAM
2 80 gig HD's
Adobe Audition 1.5

Upstairs "Editing" pc

P-4 3.0
1Gig Ram
2 120 Gig HD's
Sony DVD burner

And my shit still sounds like... Shit.
Ed

 

[Fire Dome]

Custom Built

AMD Athlon64 3500+
ASUS A8V mobo
1024 Corsair RAM
Nvidia Geforce FX5700LE (128 i think)
2xMaxtor 160gb hard drives
1 17" flat screen and 1x 15" CRT
delta 1010
Philips DVD+-R/RW

Dave

 

[patsplat]

Home Built...about a year ago.

AMD XP2800+
A7N8X(regular)mobo
1 gig Mushkin DDR PC-2700 RAM(I'm thinking about adding another gig stick)
2-Maxtor 80gb 7200/8mb HDD's
Jaton GF4 MX440-8X-64mb-AGP(dual/VGA) vid. card
Plextor PX-PREMIUM/CD-RW(I'm also thinking of adding a DVD-ROM drive)
Sony FD
2 Dell CRT monitors
Micro wireless keyboard and mouse
Aardvark Q10 with 7.13 drivers
Samplitude pro. 7.23a(gonna update to 8.xx soon though)
Win Xp Home w/SP1a

I plan on runnin' this rig for a while yet...though I've got my eye on an A64 4000+

 

[Mo-Kay]

-Antec Aria quiet design case, built in card reader
-Asus motherboard
-p4 3.0 ghz
-zalman cpu cooler (copper)
-1 gig kingston ram
-80 gig seagate barracuda SATA (system, programs, samples)
-250 gig seagate barracuda SATA
-Liteon 16 speed DVD burner (dual layer)
-some ATI 32 mb video card (hey...I'm a musician, not a gamer!)
-19" LG TFT monitor

-some logitech multimedia keyboard (cheapest black one I could find at the store)
-Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer...so comfortable...more buttons, more size...no more crampy hands...
-not really part of the whole thing...but an Emagic amt8 handles my MIDI
-E-mu 1820m coming next week or so..so I can FINALLY go and use this puppy!

 

[Lanny Cox]

q Intel Celeron 1ghz
q MSI motherboard
q 80 Gig Maxtor Hard Disk
q 8 Gig Fujitsu (sp?) Hard Disk
q 640MB PC133 SDRAM
q AOpen 24x10x40 CD Writer
q LG 2x DVD Writer
q Nvidia GeForce somethingorother 128MB Video Card
q M-Audio Delta 1010
q 17" Samsung Syncmaster monitor

What can I say, the thing works.