Best motherboard/CPU for sound studio (PC)

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Yannick

Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
 
Yannick said:
Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
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The last PC I built for a musician had the following:

Asus P5B Deluxe
C2D E6600
2 gig Crucial memory
7300GT
2x500gig sata 2 hdd's
Antec P180 case
Antec PSU
(he had his own USB sound solution)

And he's very happy with it.

SteveH
 
Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
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It's hard to go too wrong. AMD/Intel price wars have definitly made a
consumer market. You'll want to browse (probably places like
Newegg.com) for a motherboard that works with your processor and has
the features you need. You might look for one with a SPIDIF
connection, lots of SATA connections for hard drives, RAID features,
etc... Intel's own motherboards often lack little bells and whistles,
but are highly rated, polished, and stable. I think that's what I
would recommend for your system. Asus boards are considered very
good. I just built a computer using Foxconn. Gigabyte and Biostar
also make good boards, as I've heard. Really though, the most
important thing will be your Sound card/Adapters.
 
hi
i will recommend
1. 1Gb 0r 2Gb Ram
2. minimum of 80Gb of hard disk
3. a mother board that has usb ports, pci slots of minium of 2
4. Processor ( 1.4 to 2.50 ) Intel Core Duo.
5. Sound recording softwares
6. Head sets
7. mic
8. the case you must use is a case that air vent at both sides.
9. A 15 or 17 inc LCD monitor

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Yannick said:
Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
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I don't know how important the motherboard is but I have been satisfied
using an audio card as a means of capturing sound and also giving the
best playback since an audio card has much better range than sound cards
or chips do. The bass is noticeably far superior to the best sound card.
 
Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
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Most audio applications have a requirement of about 512Mb RAM/1Gz
processor. Standard new hardware will cover that easily. For recording
purposes you might want to think about the acoustic noise level of the
various fans in a PC. 4xx series celerons have a very low TDP, for
instance Asus make fanless motherboards.. Many ITX systesm are
entirely fanless, although they may struggle to run the software.

see, eg.

www.silentpcreview.com
 
Yannick said:
Hello,

I want to build a new PC that I will use for audio purposes mainly
(audio recording, VST(i), Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, ...)
my audio adapter is a Behringer BCA2000 on USB (I am not very
satisfied with it, drivers are very buggy but that's what I have!)
I think the best choice for the CPU would be an Intel Core Duo (though
any other suggestions are welcome)
but I really have no idea about the motherboard choice.
Does anyone has any experience or recommendations about that?

Thanks folks.

Yannick
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The best thing for editing audio is an audio card. It is far superior to
sound cards and sound chips. There are a number of them but my
experience is with the Emu which has quarter inch inputs and outputs as
well as RCA inputs. The bass is much better than a sound card and the
sound quality in general is superior. Of course the very best is not to
use a computer but a sound recorder which is basically a dedicated
computer. The prices on these has come down to make them affordable.
 
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