HELP NEEDED

[mayhem danger]

I need some help......I have got about £1000 to get a new PC or bulild one up for producing tunes, internet acsess etc. Thing is cause i need it to be slick for producing I have been told I need specialist bits inside not just a good soundcard like my last PC. Can anyone advise me on the best parts to put into a PC for music making?? I.e - soundcard, motherboard, processor etc. Whoever can help me get a sweet PC together can get a couple V.I.P passes to the next two kinetic nights. Pretty sweet eh? Build a PC listen to jungle for free. Safe get back to the random man...........

[dj raw]

a mate of mine can build you a decent pc for well under a grand.

text/ pm me if you are intersted :D

[Mikee Merge n C]

Do you know Indigo from Susperia?

Think he's a good man to ask about that...

I was gonna get him to sort me out one when I thought I would be recieving some decent money. Never happened. :(

[Manikular]

if you need any specialist help, please don't hesitate to ask mate

[vice]

Originally posted by Manikular@Jun 6 2003, 06:26 PM
if you need any specialist help, please don't hesitate to ask mate
he just did ask! lol!

[Manikular]

ok a few questions.

1. will you be using the machine for audio only
2. will you be using outboard gear as well [such as an external sampler, synths etc.]
3. what software do you envisage using for your music.

a good motherboard is key.. i would personally recomend an athlon becuase the floating maths calculations run much better than the pentium 4. bear in mind that an athlon chip number doesn't represent it's speed. for example a 2700 athlon isn't 2.7 ghz BUT would still shit on the equivilent pentium.

ram - you need at least 512meg, i would recomend a gig at least. get fast ram, ddr at least.

make sure the thing is expandable, 7 pci slots should do it.. and if you can get firewire or usb2 connection, that will help with connectivity and what not.

soundcard.. will you be using midi? or will you use the pc as a standalone? it might be worth getting a soundcard with inbuilt effects processors if you can afford it, this will free up the cpu.

boh

[Philblunt]

ED! there is a company called Red Submarine, they make PCs for music production and they are well good prices.
They will discuss your needs with you. Trust me on this.