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Searching for a good setup

Hi there. i'm just a little step from buying and building my home studio. I've decided, that the list of my software and hardware will be following :

Computer

Core 2 duo e4300
2gb DDR2
250GB HDD
2 LCD Samsung 19' or 21'
M-audio audiophile 24/96 ( i have it already )
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Speakers

Esi near 05 - ( i have them already )
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Midi controller

CME UF5
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Software

Cubase SX 3 + REFX nexus, atmosphere, v-station, vanguard, z3ta and something else....

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What do you think about this setup ?

If you get all of those, I think you're pretty set. Those are some wicked VSTs.

Nic wiecej nie potrzebujesz - You don't need anything alse..

Well, a second hard drive for recording would be nice, and a sampler of some sort. Other than that it's plenty to make tunes..

thats a nice setup. Try to get a Hard Drive with a Fast RPM 7200 or better and 16 MB Cache.

Also go with the 21 inch over the 19 inch monitors. I have a 19 and 15 inch rite now and wish i had a 2nd bigger one stead of the 15 inch. So I think im gonna upgrade to 19 and 21'.

Or get two 17/19" TFT. You can get a decent dell 17" for about �150 which is �300 for 2 x 17" flat screens.

You may need a drum sample player like Battery - though Computermusic the mag have a free sampler and drum sampler player i think.

O yah and make sure the resolution supported by the video monitors is more than 720P

Get an e6600 instead of the e4300, and scratch Nexus and Vanguard from your list.
With V-Station, Atmosphere and z3ta+ you'll have more than enough.
If you feel like you need more synths then consider one of the freeware ones. Like Synth1 or KarmaFX.

Thank you all for the reply.

Eldritch : Well... I'd like to buy e6600, but it's a little bit expensive than e4400. This is the only reason i've chosen e4400

MoBreakz : I'll think about faster Hard drive, and Bigger Monitors

DJDIRTY : Pozdrawiam.

I'll refresh this topic after i'll buy something from the list

See you later.

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Originally posted by codium music Thank you all for the reply. Eldritch : Well... I'd like to buy e6600, but it's a little bit expensive than e4400. This is the only reason i've chosen e4400 MoBreakz : I'll think about faster Hard drive, and Bigger Monitors DJDIRTY : Pozdrawiam. I'll refresh this topic after i'll buy something from the list See you later.

The e6600 is worth it, trust me. You need as much CPU as possible for the VSTis. You don't want to be freezing the VSTis all the time do you?
I suggest you hold off on buying alot of VSTis at once, get a few first, learn how to use them, and then see if you actually need any more. I suggest you start off with z3ta, Atmosphere and Battery (Or some other sampler). I assume you don't own any of these VSTis already, correct?

just download some good samples and free effects plugins and you'll be good to go.

Yeah better to buy as best cpu power than you can and add vsti as you go. nexus or atmosphere, vanguard or v-station and def get z3ta+

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Originally posted by flutlicht junky Yeah better to buy as best cpu power than you can and add vsti as you go. nexus or atmosphere, vanguard or v-station and def get z3ta+

I agree, Nexus or Atmosphere. Not both. It's just wasted money, in my opinion.
It's better to know a few select synths well, rather than to have lots of them.
I'm glad I started producing in Reason (It only has two synths).
I think I would have gotten lost in Cubase with all the VSTis.

Well...Essentially...Even though reason have only two synths, they both are very very powerfull. . For a period of time i had a great fun with reason

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Originally posted by codium music Well...Essentially...Even though reason have only two synths, they both are very very powerfull. . For a period of time i had a great fun with reason

Yes, absolutely. Sort of my point. You can do so much more with two synths that you know really well than with a bunch that you don't know that well.

My advice is to get z3ta, it seems like such a powerful synth from what I've seen and heard. And another synth, to get a little variation in your sounds. Plus maybe a rompler like Nexus or Atmosphere.

Definitely save up and get the E6600. Weeeeeellllll worth it!

whuts dat?

Thank you again for you help.

I've just ordered :

core 2 duo e6600
2gb ddr2 800mhz
radeon sapphire x300

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Audiophile 24/96

And that'll be my setup. What do you think ?

You should be fine with that setup. Learning is the most important thing anyway.

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