mpointon wrote:
Unless you’re going mad with the number of tracks and having loads of VSTs running simultaneously, you don’t need a super-super machine. There are important things you need:
An SSD. Hard drive speed is king for modern DAWs.
A fast interface with good quality ASIO drivers.
The more RAM you can throw at it, the better your track concurrency will be.
But in truth, $500 or thereabout will probably get enough for what you need. But an SSD is vital. You don't need a big SSD - 128 to 256GB is more than enough so it'll keep the cost lower - just get a 1TB external drive for archiving your recordings onto when you're done.
I like your reasoning, but i disagree about that you can get that for $500! :P
From my PM to Mike:
Well, so there are a few factors that you need to consider: CPU, RAM and Storage. The more amount of VST effects you run while recording will give a heavy CPU load, but if your not using a lot (or any) VST effects you can survive with an average CPU. RAM will always be good to have, i would say a bare minimum of 8GB, but preferably 16GB. Storage i would go for a fast SSD as your system drive, and a bigger mechanical drive for storage :) Do you have an audio device/card? I would recommend Steinberg UR22 MKII, cheap and reliable, Yamaha pre-amps in the input gives you a decent sound straight into the card
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eGiL on October 20 2017 14:59
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