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otheos · 06-04-2002, 07:44 AM

Wait a minute!

First, is this box going to be in the recording room? I seriously doubt that. In that case the sound control room is not sensitive to a fan noise so the PC noise is definitely not an issue.

Now is he going to use the PC for digital multi-channel recording? If yes, he needs lots of storage, as a single track can easily exceed 3GB (24 tracks, but this is directly related to the soundcard). And speaking of soundcards, again the M-Audio linked above are a one-way but they are expensive and Software costs too. The 1010 will do for a medium/large studio.

Again, is he going to edit multitracks with the PC? or is it simply going to burn CDs, edit wav files (stereo) etc?

So it ends up to what exactly he plans to do. is he planning to move the whole post-production mixing editing to PC? This will be expensive!! Is he planning on using a pc for assisting his work (import/edit single tracks, burn CDs, etc)? This will be cheap.

AMD/Intel is not important, the storage and the soundcard will dictate the cost.

06-04-2002, 07:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
otheos Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cardiff, Wales UK Posts: 1,368	Wait a minute! First, is this box going to be in the recording room? I seriously doubt that. In that case the sound control room is not sensitive to a fan noise so the PC noise is definitely not an issue. Now is he going to use the PC for digital multi-channel recording? If yes, he needs lots of storage, as a single track can easily exceed 3GB (24 tracks, but this is directly related to the soundcard). And speaking of soundcards, again the M-Audio linked above are a one-way but they are expensive and Software costs too. The 1010 will do for a medium/large studio. Again, is he going to edit multitracks with the PC? or is it simply going to burn CDs, edit wav files (stereo) etc? So it ends up to what exactly he plans to do. is he planning to move the whole post-production mixing editing to PC? This will be expensive!! Is he planning on using a pc for assisting his work (import/edit single tracks, burn CDs, etc)? This will be cheap. AMD/Intel is not important, the storage and the soundcard will dictate the cost.