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jengofett
PostPosted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:57 am    Post subject: What should My PC Set up be ?? Reply with quote



Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 63

bros & all,

I guess its been a while and dah ah lama rasanya tak view in da forum. Ok to cut it short now i wanted to have a PC suitable for Audio Recording, I have always been a hardware kinda guy sebab menggong sangat to use the PC.
(History) I do have a Digital Multi Track & Synth Work Station... tapi sebab dah tua ni my drum pattern still boring and lifeless so I open up to the world of pc.
And I have personally tried the BFD and guitar rig ..... = Wow . Shocked


What would your suggestion be, I am open for any suggestion.
As for Soundcard I have narrowed down to M-Audio(firewire).

Questions :-
Given a Chance a budget of RM 2K for these 4 items :- (Clone PC)

a) Processor (dual core?amd?)
b) Mother Board (?????)
c) RAM (????)
d) Hard Disk (????)

Do I need a dedicated Graphic Card??

Or Just get the Dell Dimension 5150 package (Yg selalu dlm paper tu)
your input is much appreciated.

PC expert pls help.

regards
faridz
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aB
PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 158
Location: KL

not an expert, but the following setup works fine with me....

Yang penting : CPU & RAM & Soundcard
pentium-4 (processor 524) 3.06GHz
1GB DDR2 RAM
2 hard drive, each 80GB (1 untuk boot up and benda2 MSoffice etc, 1 lagi purely for audio stuff)

yang lain2 not so important i think. lepas kilat sambar my PC last month, aku beli one of those "stock pc" kat Megabuy (boleh ansuransur!) and got all the specs @ RM1988. ada DVD writer lagi! (brand Acer je)....

It works smooth (so far), with Nuendo2.0 + Guitar Rig2.0 + FruityLoops running simultaneously (of course not running berjuta layers of guitars la).
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jengofett
PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 63

Hi thanx for the advise,

after so looooong waiting, infact quite new to the pc scence, always a multitrack user so ada sikit pening la..

just bought me a laptop 1gig ram 80 hd amd turion dual core 1.6. so aku ada sikit confuse ngan sound card ? are u using internal or external sound card, if u use an external sound card ...e.g M audio ka/whatever does the internal sound card need to be cancelled off. Laughing

regards

faridz
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GryMlock
PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 24 Nov 2003
Posts: 3699
Location: Agombak Ago go!

tak perlu. just install saja. you'll have 2 audio devices and u'll get the option to pick which soundcard to use.
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aB
PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 158
Location: KL

jengofett wrote:
after so looooong waiting, infact quite new to the pc scence, always a multitrack user so ada sikit pening la..


don't worry, forum ni semua orang pemurah with advise&tips. aku pun baru setahun migrate from physical tascam multitrack, tape deck, mixer, amp, mic, rackmount fx & midi.. wayar berselirat selirat, and into fully DAW.
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jengofett
PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 63

thx bros,

Shit it true, since joining the Ibands it has open up my view on PC recording, its actually just need another excuse to buy "gadgets", ahak ahak....
yeah been in that boat of cables yg berselirat racks etc etc ... shit the world of computers .... One(1) softwares (guitar rigs/pirated rm 6) = rm thousands of hardwares.
But guess what I still keep all those things... nak jual or trade sayang bangat.
At least now the wife tak leh bising sangat just tak lah bersepah sangat...

Ok Mr Record Producer Man Whats next ???

PC = Check
Softwares = Check
soundcard = check on the way
gear = check
materials = ????? (malas!!!)
I guess aB, Your Syndrome "you have all the things now but no materials" is menular ban berjangkit la.

dude thx for the input.

regards
Faridz
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sta_painter
PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 92
Location: Kuala Lumpur / Johor Bahru

utk advice yg paling baik...login to this site...

http://www.soundonsound.com/articles/Technique.php
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silbi
PostPosted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 12 Oct 2005
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dulu masa kat UK aku selalu envy mamat2 saleh yg dok layan music sequencing pakai Atari punye system...rasam macam cool giler. THe best part you can get em for cheap from Loot or cash comverters those day...

my englsh housemate dulu pun layan Atari gak...he did some pretty basic sequencing with his sytem...he hooked it up to a small monochrome tv...looked really awesome those days...

AB / Jengo - korang boleh bukak museum audio hardware siot...haha...
tapi vintage stuff kena simpan...mana ler tahu appreciate value

read somewhere that some bands overseas are now picking up old vitage synths to enhance their live playing sound and capabilities...i guess looks a lot more fun than having just one notebook on stage...
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doppelganger
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



Joined: 07 May 2007
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anyone ever uses a notebook for recording apart from those apple ibooks?
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