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| Thread ID: 81198 | 2007-07-20 01:00:00 | New mobo for recording studio PC - any heads up? | braindead (1685) | Press F1 |
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| 570458 | 2007-07-20 01:00:00 | I'm looking to build a new DAW that will handle multitracking, softsynths and so on. I've read that some of the mobo NVidia chipsets and PCI-e16 vid cards have caused a lot of headaches...stuttering, hangs etc. I have two 'old' PCI peripherals and two ATA66 HD's I want to continue to use until they die. Contrary to what I thought, I'm told that really fast gaming machines don't cut it for audio work. Any suggestions much appreciated. |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 570459 | 2007-07-20 01:13:00 | Well I would use a dedicated sound card instead of on-board sound. Depending on the amount/size of the files, you may want to use a PCI raid card with memory to buffer the HDD, plenty of RAm and a cheap dual core CPU should be fine. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 570460 | 2007-07-20 01:29:00 | Thanks SolMiester Having a dedicated firewire or USB2 soundcard is a given in DAWs. It's the mobo brand/type I'm wondering about. |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 570461 | 2007-07-20 01:43:00 | Dont know what fast PC's have got to do with it. Nothing wrong with using one, for recording. A mobo with a standalone soundcard (with or without digital in/out), would be good enough. Cant see whats wrong with mobos that have HD Audio. Altho, I havent got one myself. It'll also depend on the software you use (If you're getting software / and whether the user knows what theyre doing), on how good the finished recording will be. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 570462 | 2007-07-20 03:11:00 | Contrary to what I thought, I'm told that really fast gaming machines don't cut it for audio work. Any suggestions much appreciated. That is possibly because the emphasis is on a faster or multicored CPU and more RAM rather than a fast GPU. Audio production is also something that Macs do well - aka Garage Band (beginners) and Logic Pro (professionals) |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 570463 | 2007-07-20 03:28:00 | There is also Cubase which is cross platform www.steinberg.net | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 570464 | 2007-07-20 06:11:00 | Yeah I would personally go for a multi-core CPU based system and a high end sound card, possibly one that has been designed for a recording studio environment. I used to play drums in a jazz band years ago and used my "grunty" Pentium 100 and Creative Sound Blaster16 to record our live performances. Recording was fine once you get the input level set right otherwise you end up with a hell of a lot of distortion. When all was done I would use Creative Wave Studio to edit the songs... Back then it was quite limiting.. HDD sizes were limited ( I think I had 4x2GB Western Digitals) but they were adequate when Windows 95 didn't take up as much space. We got plenty of gigs using demo tapes and CD's (once CD writer drives were available) Don't buy the most expensive mobo, just make sure it can take a multi-core CPU and then also spend a bit more on a sound card. You will need to get a decent chunk of RAM too, I would go 4GB but that's just me. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 570465 | 2007-07-20 11:42:00 | Yeah, that's a tough one, most mobos you see reviewed in pc magazines these days have very few pci slots, 2-3 . . the general rule of thumb it seems, (think dual slot video cards and support for all the latest accessories, on-board sound, SATA = less space) having said that you still can get boards with 3+ pci slots, but they're hard to find (somebody feel free to correct me on that, I'm only guessing . . ) More importantly, here's a site that's probably worth looking at . . . audioforums . com/forums/" target="_blank">www . audioforums . com . . you should get some answers there, somebody queried a mobo for a DAW in the PC equipment forum . . Anyway, hope it helps . . |
aroc (3256) | ||
| 570466 | 2007-07-21 03:15:00 | Many thanks for the added info. Much appreciated. From your suggestions and my research I think the Asus P5B-E Intel P965 LGA775 Pentium D & Core 2 Duo & 65nm mobo might be a good candidate, along with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33Ghz LGA775 4M Cache 1333FSB cpu. |
braindead (1685) | ||
| 570467 | 2007-07-21 03:38:00 | Don't forget to add some decent audio production software to the mix along with a good helping of RAM which looks like it might be starting to go up in price due to pending shortages. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
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