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MAN my new producing machine is a MONSTER
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| Matthew D |
P4 3.0Ghz with HT and 64 bit supported
2 GB DDR2 Ram
160 GB HD
100 GB HD
E-MU 1820 Sound Card
XFX Geforce 6800 XTreme dual video output graphics card
Reason 3.0
Nnuendo (Cubase on crack)
Absynth
Sony 16X Dual Layer DVD burner
Ableton live 5.0
and about 10 full DVD's worth of audio samples :)
and I'm gonna be adding serato to my arsenal in the coming months :)
god I'm finally here. I finally have the machine to do everything I want to do musically this year. I can't WAIT to get started!!! I dont really pray that often, but I had to stop and thank god for allowing me to not only dj as a full time job, but for giving me the tools and now finally the time to work on my own music. |
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| Zild |
| LOL... you're running a pentium by choice, lol |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
LOL... you're running a pentium by choice, lol |
never had any problems before |
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| Matthias |
I feel ya. I just quit my full time job so I can focus soley on producing, as well as the increasing amount of paid gig opportunities I've been getting. I've had all the right tools Ive needed since November, but with working full time never had the time to relax and sit down with em. Guess I better list my setup... ;)
AMD Athalon dual processor 3.4ghz
4GB DDR3 ram
100gb hard drive
180gb external LaCie firewire drive
Audiophile 24/192 sound card
Dual GeForce 7800 GT 512mb (SLI)
Sonar
Sonar 5 producer edition
Acid 5
Ableton LIVE 5
Powercore PCI with Novation V-Station and Virus (unlimited instance liscence) installed
T-racks 2.0
Roland XV 88
Roland MC-909
Thomas Penton percussion smaple cd |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthias
I feel ya. I just quit my full time job so I can focus soley on producing, as well as the increasing amount of paid gig opportunities I've been getting. I've had all the right tools Ive needed since November, but with working full time never had the time to relax and sit down with em. Guess I better list my setup... ;)
AMD Athalon dual processor 3.4ghz
4GB DDR3 ram
100gb hard drive
180gb external LaCie firewire drive
Audiophile 24/192 sound card
Dual GeForce 7800 GT 512mb (SLI)
Sonar
Sonar 5 producer edition
Acid 5
Ableton LIVE 5
Powercore PCI with Novation V-Station and Virus (unlimited instance liscence) installed
T-racks 2.0
Roland XV 88
Roland MC-909
Thomas Penton percussion smaple cd |
Nice setup! Although I think you mean DDR2 Ram. DDR3 RAM is still in prototype phases. Anywho we'll have to swap sample sometime! I really didnt go all out on the video card just cause I dont really game or need anything hardcore like that but still wanted the dual monitor capability I currently have.
And I probably need to get your input on on keyboards/synths/workstations cause I'm looking at getting a triton and/or possibly a virus. |
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| DJ Cubano |
interesting to see you guys using the non-common platforms for creating music, props to you guys!
I could list my but I don't have the time. I use both PC and MAC, but production work 95% comes from the dual G5. |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthew D
Nice setup! Although I think you mean DDR2 Ram. DDR3 RAM is still in prototype phases. Anywho we'll have to swap sample sometime! I really didnt go all out on the video card just cause I dont really game or need anything hardcore like that but still wanted the dual monitor capability I currently have.
And I probably need to get your input on on keyboards/synths/workstations cause I'm looking at getting a triton and/or possibly a virus. |
The memory plus the video card I got more to run World of Warcraft to the max rather than audio production :o but I will admit it does help make the programs run smoother on the fly when displaying the waveforms.
As far as hardware, I've only used mainly what I own and fiddled around with the other synths at guitar center. Most of the headliner producers I've talked to say they use the softsynths in Logic. I think you would dig the Roland 909 tho.
If you ever want to swap any production ideas, samples, whatever Im down. Now that I dont have the full time labor job tying me down, it really frees up the schedule. |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Cubano
interesting to see you guys using the non-common platforms for creating music, props to you guys!
I could list my but I don't have the time. I use both PC and MAC, but production work 95% comes from the dual G5. |
actually I read somewhere that gabriel and dresden (or was it deep dish) use Cubase SX 3 (which is basically Nnuendo without some the bells and whistels) to do alot of their stuff. |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthias
The memory plus the video card I got more to run World of Warcraft to the max rather than audio production :o but I will admit it does help make the programs run smoother on the fly when displaying the waveforms.
As far as hardware, I've only used mainly what I own and fiddled around with the other synths at guitar center. Most of the headliner producers I've talked to say they use the softsynths in Logic. I think you would dig the Roland 909 tho.
If you ever want to swap any production ideas, samples, whatever Im down. Now that I dont have the full time labor job tying me down, it really frees up the schedule. |
awesome.. yeah I'm afraid to load up that WOW game on my ... I remember how addicted I was to Warcraft 3 hahaha. Not only that I think I'm gonna leave the internet OFF my production machine and just use my laptop for that .
dude... I just flipped through my mother board book... my can support up to 8 ING gigs of RAM hahah I'm totally gonna max that bitch out as soon as I can hahah |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthew D
awesome.. yeah I'm afraid to load up that WOW game on my ... I remember how addicted I was to Warcraft 3 hahaha. Not only that I think I'm gonna leave the internet OFF my production machine and just use my laptop for that .
dude... I just flipped through my mother board book... my can support up to 8 ING gigs of RAM hahah I'm totally gonna max that bitch out as soon as I can hahah |
It can be addictive the first few months, especially if you have played the first 3 games as the storylines, characters and geography are all in this one. Ive already gotten both my horde and alliance characters to lvl 60 so I only reallly log on peak hours when theres a good battleground match going on. Where I liked the game the most was playing it with the games music off and the new promos or tracks I've purchased playing in the background.
Keeping the internet off of your production computer is a good call. I honestly wish I had a seperate computer for internet and gaming, but all in due time. What kind of motherboard you have? The ABIT I have has a max of 4gbs, which in my opinion I havent noticed too much of a difference when I had 1gb on my old computer. Then again...I wasnt doing much production work on it either. Im sure with 8gb you can run a load of simultaneous plug-ins. |
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| Matthew D |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthias
It can be addictive the first few months, especially if you have played the first 3 games as the storylines, characters and geography are all in this one. Ive already gotten both my horde and alliance characters to lvl 60 so I only reallly log on peak hours when theres a good battleground match going on. Where I liked the game the most was playing it with the games music off and the new promos or tracks I've purchased playing in the background.
Keeping the internet off of your production computer is a good call. I honestly wish I had a seperate computer for internet and gaming, but all in due time. What kind of motherboard you have? The ABIT I have has a max of 4gbs, which in my opinion I havent noticed too much of a difference when I had 1gb on my old computer. Then again...I wasnt doing much production work on it either. Im sure with 8gb you can run a load of simultaneous plug-ins. |
yeah I got an ASUS motherboard. Those hoes are good for damn near anything (especially gaming). But yeah I was worried about not having enough PCI slots for all my cards but this mobo has an intergrated nic card as well as plenty of USB 2.0 slots and other e as well.
who built your system? or did you buy it. |
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| Matthias |
| quote: | Originally posted by Matthew D
yeah I got an ASUS motherboard. Those hoes are good for damn near anything (especially gaming). But yeah I was worried about not having enough PCI slots for all my cards but this mobo has an intergrated nic card as well as plenty of USB 2.0 slots and other e as well.
who built your system? or did you buy it. |
I bought the parts for it and my father put it together. He's ripped up and rebuilt computers to run his Flight Simulator stuff. I had the audiophile and the first 7800 from the first computer..although I had trouble running the 7800 cuz the power supply was only 330w vs the 600w I have now. Regarding Mac laptops like the G4, I wonder if most producers buy theres or how those are customized for live performances. |
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