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soundcard for recording live music + pc

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  • 21-11-2010 1:47pm
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    djrlittleton
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭


    looking to build a reasonable pc for recording music,
    and i wish the great brains of boards in its spec,

    what soundcard do ye recommend with various inputs for mics guitars etc,

    if i was to build a pc or buy off the shelf, recomendations for spec please

    basically this is for a very musical mate who wishes to record him and his bands and do some home decent sounding cd demos and some post production


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    #2
    indough
    Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭indough


    i use an emu 1010 pcie card (also available as pci) and 1820m box combo

    940190pic.jpg


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    A quiet case would be a priority.

    http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=36379
    ... with a quiet PSU as well -
    http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30021

    I'd imagine you'd need considerable storage. What kind of budget is in mind?


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    #4
    djrlittleton
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭djrlittleton


    how would 700 to 1k go with a decent possible audio interface?
    (budget for can go as far as 1500 so i am just being told)

    big factors are ease of use and quality of recording,

    @indough what is the next card up and box up and how much? cheers for the help lads, its a new subject to me but it seems you can throw a pile of cash into this very fast!

    no prob with building the pc i can do that for him, not a clue as to what equipment he may need on recording front


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    #5
    indough
    Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭indough


    there is a new box called 1616m but it looks worse rather than better to me

    some people are a bit wary of the emu software but i dont mind it. also from now on pro tools is going hardware independent so he'll be able to use that with any interface


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