Re: semi-literate newbie
- From: "Mike Rivers" <mrivers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 22 Jan 2006 07:26:28 -0800
bonzadog wrote:
> I am in the process of educating myself about PC-based recording.
> Unless it becomes more hassle than it is worth, I intend to have a PC
> custom-built based along the lines of a system built by an unnamed
> music supplier.
> Estimates by custom builder look to be a savings of a few hundred.
Has your builder ever assembled and debugged a music PC? If not, spend
the few hundred extra on the unnamed music supplier or some other
lesser known supplier of music PCs. Othewise it will become a hassle.
> I am hitting a wall with the techispeak regarding sound cards.
> I have looked at the M-audio Audiophile 192 for installation in
> custom-built.
> Question is: If I purchase the Digidesign Mbox 2, do I still need to
> purchase an high-quality sound card; or would the two together be
> redundant?
If you want to run ProTools, you have to purchase an MBox or other
Digidesign hardware, or, alternatively, get the M-Powered ProTools with
selected M-Audio hardware. I'm not sure if there's a ProTools version
for the Audiophile 192 card, but I can see no reason to have both an
M-Box and another sound card. The unnamed music supplier would know
this and would be able to discuss your hardware and software needs
together.
> Also, I'm becoming familiar with the virtues of Glyph hard drives. If I
> have Western Digital or Maxtor system & audio drives installed instead,
> am I compromising the setup?
Glyph is just one more supplier of external hard drives. The're very
(to use the term in a good sense) "professional" and may be an
unnecessary expense for a beginner. An external drive for your audio
projects is a good idea, but for the money you'd save over buying a
Glyph by buying an off-the-shelf firewire drive at a computer store
(these are commodity items and it's rare that one won't work) you could
buy your computer from someone who has experience with music hardware
and software and can deliver a tested turnkey system to you.
That's my advice. Get a computer that comes in the state that you can
treat it as an appliance and get to recording. The things that you
learn about recording willl stay with you and be applicable regardless
of where you go with hardware and software. Things that you learn about
the workings of a computer in the process of making it behave like a
music production suite will change with your next computer, sound card,
or program.
.
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