Music Production PC's

[Bledbox]

First of all, if theres a topic for this then please redirect me, I tried searching but my internet isn't loading up search results...

Basically I'm not that good with computer specs etc but my current PC cannot hack music production. When I'm making a track it often freezes up or struggles with playback. I recently upgraded my CPU which helped a little bit but the problems still persist.
Ideally I want to set up a music pc, just for production and keep my current PC for standard internet and stuff. I run a cubase orientated system, rewired with fl studio and I use a few vsts. I've been looking around, how does this PC look for my needs?
http://www.inta-audio.com/studio-equipm ... usic-pc-p2
I can provide specs on my current PC if needed, just ask and I'll post them up, but yeh any help would be appreciated

[AnalGangstaHo]

Can't comment on the pc you suggested mate but are you using an external soundcard? Might make all the difference...

[Bledbox]

Yep I use an usb mixer/soundcard
http://www.alesis.com/multimix8usb

[trike12]

can you post specs on the computer in the link here?
cant open the link.

whats your budget?

i might be able to help as i just bought myself a new machine, which is really a beast

[Bledbox]

Yeh sure, it's on a website called Inta Audio who make specialised music PC's

X2 Project Music PC
Intel Dual Core E7500 Processor
3Gb DDR2 800Mhz
750Gb of Hard Disk Storage
Dual Head Graphics Card
Windows XP Home or Windows 7 Premium

its £599, my budget is up to about £800 although I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible

[dj instigate]

Yeh sure, it's on a website called Inta Audio who make specialised music PC's

X2 Project Music PC
Intel Dual Core E7500 Processor
3Gb DDR2 800Mhz
750Gb of Hard Disk Storage
Dual Head Graphics Card
Windows XP Home or Windows 7 Premium

its £599, my budget is up to about £800 although I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible

That price is a SKAAAAANK lol
Dont get a dual core
Quad or i7 all the way

[deadly_habit]

Yeh sure, it's on a website called Inta Audio who make specialised music PC's

X2 Project Music PC
Intel Dual Core E7500 Processor
3Gb DDR2 800Mhz
750Gb of Hard Disk Storage
Dual Head Graphics Card
Windows XP Home or Windows 7 Premium

its £599, my budget is up to about £800 although I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible

That price is a SKAAAAANK lol
Dont get a dual core
Quad or i7 all the way

yea build an i7 imo

[dj instigate]

Yeh sure, it's on a website called Inta Audio who make specialised music PC's

X2 Project Music PC
Intel Dual Core E7500 Processor
3Gb DDR2 800Mhz
750Gb of Hard Disk Storage
Dual Head Graphics Card
Windows XP Home or Windows 7 Premium

its £599, my budget is up to about £800 although I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible

That price is a SKAAAAANK lol
Dont get a dual core
Quad or i7 all the way

yea build an i7 imo

U could build a i7 for the price of that dual core n probs still have some change left over lol

[Bledbox]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

[deadly_habit]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

yea that multimix if not 2.0 is a pos

[Bledbox]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

yea that multimix if not 2.0 is a pos

yeh i've had it for years though now, bought it as a mixer which to be fair it works well as but soundcard...nono

[deadly_habit]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

yea that multimix if not 2.0 is a pos

yeh i've had it for years though now, bought it as a mixer which to be fair it works well as but soundcard...nono

yea man if you are gonna build a pc can def advise you

[Bledbox]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

yea that multimix if not 2.0 is a pos

yeh i've had it for years though now, bought it as a mixer which to be fair it works well as but soundcard...nono

yea man if you are gonna build a pc can def advise you

Thanks man, I'll come back to you if I decide to build a pc then

[deadly_habit]

whats an i7? type of cpu?

Since posting this I've become suspicious of my soundcard. Its marketed as a mixer with usb capabilities and has no drivers made for it, none came with it and none available to download. I'm using ASIO4ALL to run it but it seems a bit dodgy that it doesn't have its own drivers. I'm gonna borrow my mates mbox and see if it makes any difference which will mean I just have to buy a new soundcard rather than a whole new pc. Thanks for the responses, I'll post back here with solutions/problems I get
thanks

yea that multimix if not 2.0 is a pos

yeh i've had it for years though now, bought it as a mixer which to be fair it works well as but soundcard...nono

yea man if you are gonna build a pc can def advise you

Thanks man, I'll come back to you if I decide to build a pc then

gonna be loads cheaper than "audio" pc sites if ya self build, also easier to upgrade and maintain

[DZA]

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topic ... l=en&s=dhs

[sackley]

I recently got a Lenovo M58P USFF (basically a compact office computer) off the lenovo outlet site (don't know if they have that over there... list was ~us$900 and it was marked a bit under us$450 redistributed)

3 ghz core 2 duo intel
4 gbs ddr3
only 160 gb hdd, but whatever... will upgrade
integrated graphics, but has an open pci slot...
windows 7 pro

Just using integrated sound w/ asio4all since I can't afford a dedicated AI atm and it still hasn't had any problems with numerous plug-ins and free synths (mostly from the free production .zip)

I know I could have (and would have preferred to) build a comp, but I don't have the time or money, and I just needed something to hold me over until I can do that...

Just basically saying I'm happy with this box so far, even though it's not necessarily the most powerful one available.

Good luck!

[regend]

if you're serious about music production i'd build one. check out this motherboard if you are looking for a low cost board: the ASRock X58 Extreme for about 179.00 USDM and an i7 processor for about 279.00 USDM

[HAACK]

gonna be loads cheaper than "audio" pc sites if ya self build, also easier to upgrade and maintain

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[b166er]

Peep http://www.maximumpc.com/article/featur ... ome_pc_647 on how to build a screamer for $650 (dont know what it'd be in pounds.) The tut will teach you everything, if you know how to read (hey some people dont!). NEVER buy marketed specialty PC's, you pay 25-40% more for... a specialty marketed PC.

[Bledbox]

thanks for all the help/advice/links guys I'm still trying to test to see if its my mixer that is the problem, I borrowed my mates mbox 2 which is a dedicated soundcard only for it to not work because my computer does not have logic, so I've made no progress in understanding the problem. Further more I find it hard to actually describe the problem so I might film it to see if anybody diagnose the problem. I did this around xmas time on the cubase forums and got told it was a cpu issue, upgraded to a dual core and seems to have made no difference