buying a new pc as above however I am starting Music Production course at Newcastle College in September and I have to get a new one as my Dell PII is a touch outdated. I have my DJ setup in my bedroom consisting of a Gemini DJFx7000 mixer, and soon to be arriving CDJ 1000 x2. Now I know I need two sound cards and a decent speaker setup. I dont really want a seperate amp so if anyone can give me some advice from personal experience or from pure knowledge I'd appreciate it. I have about a grand to spend. Cheers Boosha
How come you need two sound cards? For music production, I would reccomend (roughly): P4 or AMD Athlon 2.8 GHz + 1024 MB RAM Decent CD Writer 17" + TFT Monitor, for style. A beast sound card, Creative Labs Audigy or Extigy, or perhaps an M Audio.....although there are alot of sound cards aimed at professional use. Theres a huge beefcake of a PC by MESH for just under a grand with the above spec, inlcuding a sweet sound system. Hope that helps
which mesh one is it i have the advert here. would i not need two sound cards...one for each channel/deck?
Nah mate, you dont need two sound cards. The secondary output on the mixer (master2, rec out, booth etc) goes into the Line In on your sound card. See Sleepys post, it's in this forum at the top, on how to set it up
I think maybe I read wrong.....The mesh one actually has 512mb RAM, although to be fair that will be enough. It's the Elite A PCI-X 550. Slightly over the 1K mark though...but its a 3.2Ghz...worth it
mesh seem pretty packed with gear. anyone here got their system ? do you rate it ? think i'll build a one on line with them.
Does it have to be a PC? If you want to produce music, you'd be better off getting a Mac- the productoin course I did at newcastle college all used G4s cos they're solid and ideal for production.
dunno how you came to the conclusion you need 2 soundcards like... buy a fairly good, 3ghz processor, 1gb ram, 100gb+hd 128mb+ graphics card, then go to www.turnkey.co.uk and buy yourself a proper soundcard, i reccomend the m-audio delta 4/4 for the kind of stuff you will need and cost about £120. for monitor speakers, again try turnkey, the ones at the low end of the market are behringer truths, and they are around £250 i think. for £300/350 you can get much better sounding monitors like alesis/m-audio/tannoy ones which really are superior if you plan on using hardware synths, you will also need a midi interface, but cross that bridge when you get to it. if you need any help pm me, starting a studio is a lot of hassle, especially if you don't really know about it or how to go about it.
THat's true but if it's something you seriously want to get into, it'd be worth paying the bit extra imo
I disagree....you don't NEED a Mac to get seriously into Production. What's the real advantage of a Mac over a PC? Not alot, and you get much more for your dollar if you get a PC. Just saw a beast of a PC in PC Pro...it's Tiny, £799, 3.2GHz, 1024MB DDR RAM, 256MB Gfx card, 400GB Hard Disk Extreme beast, and at a bloody fantastic price!
ahhh but Macs are like iPods... they look pretty. aaawwwwww. doesn't matter they more of a hinderance....
I didn't say you NEEDED one, I just meant that if it's the same production course that I went on all the PCs are Macs and that was what they recommended getting.
Not directly, but your wording implied that you could only be a serious producer if you use a Mac It's alright recommending something, but Mac's are very expensive indeed, and are they really so much better than a PC with a higer spec? How many top line production programs are exclusive to the Mac?(That's a serious question as I don't know) Ableton live seems to be causing a stir...and that's on both platforms. IMO the prettyness of a Mac doesn't justify the cost, theres a huge element of style in the price.
I didn't mean it to sound like that. To be honest, there aren't many exclusive programs anymore but it's a solid platform to work on, you're right about it being pricey, I thought you could get a decent one for a grand but it's £1500 for a basic G5. The spec is lower than a PC but they work in different ways so a 1ghz mac can't be directly compared to a 1ghz pc.
Yeah, thats true. Although, what I meant was that you can get a 3.2mhz pc with 1024 mb ram for less than a 1ghz Mac with 256mb ram.
