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| codium music |
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 ? |
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| Fledz |
| If you get all of those, I think you're pretty set. Those are some wicked VSTs. |
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| DJDIRTY |
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.. |
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| MoBreakz |
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'. |
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| flutlicht junky |
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. |
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| MoBreakz |
| O yah and make sure the resolution supported by the video monitors is more than 720P |
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| Eldritch |
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. |
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| 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. |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | 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? |
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| TaylorR |
| just download some good samples and free effects plugins and you'll be good to go. |
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| 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+ |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | 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. :) |
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