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For a long time, I've been thinking of trying to produce electronic music (trap, hard style, hip hop). There have always been excuses. Not enough time, no money to buy equip etc etc. I've come to realize that there will always be an excuse to put this dream off. I'm now starting my slow way of saying 'fuck it', and it starts with a PC: First of, I have no clue what so ever about PC build, but I've got some friends that i can ask for help, and I'm pretty good at reading manuals.
So, I don't need the top shelf specs. In fact, I wanna try to make this as cheap as possible. On the other hand, it would be stupid to cut it so close to the bone that the DAW (FL Studio) starts lagging. As said, i'll be using FL Studio. Oh, and I'm from Norway so a lot of your webshops will be pretty expensive for me, as shipping from US pretty often cost a buttload. Ok, i'm guessing that the crappyness of my post also reflects my poor knowledge when it comes to pc builds. 'scuse my grammar.
Wish you all the best, Svein Olav. Something like this: / Type Item Price CPU $137.95 @ SuperBiiz Motherboard $79.99 @ SuperBiiz Memory $56.99 @ Micro Center Storage $64.95 @ SuperBiiz Storage $73.99 @ SuperBiiz Video Card $28.99 @ SuperBiiz Case $46.99 @ SuperBiiz Power Supply $56.50 @ Newegg Optical Drive $13.49 @ Amazon Operating System $91.71 @ NCIX US Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $681.55 Mail-in rebates -$30.00 Total $651.55 Generated by 2015-03-19 10:16 EDT-0400 An 8-core CPU and at least 8 gigs of RAM, which your virtual instruments will love. A decent motherboard which will let you expand RAM up to 32 GB. Fast SSD for OS and main programs, and big hard drive for storage (upgrade to 3TB for $20 more). A simple but quiet videocard (since no video onboard here). I run a project studio that I built the PC for myself. From my research, for music production, intels are recommended.
Apr 4, 2018 - The accepted wisdom is the Apple Mac is the best computer for music production. It has always been and will probably always be a well-made. Film scoring. MIDI orchestration mockups. Musical instrument tracking, engineering and production. Video editing mainly for YouTube channel. Web development. Part time Macintosh IT consultant. What hardware is included in your Apple setup? My current Apple line up consists of the following hardware: Mac Pro (2009) with updated 5,1 firmware.
As usual, people will/can argue about this, but i7s have worked great for me. I ran an i7 2600 for a 3 years without even hitting the limit of its capabilities. Ditch the video card, use onboard i5/i7 graphics.
Cheaper, quieter. Like others have recommended, an external sound-card with ASIO support will be a big help in reducing latency (delay of sound being played on your speaker/headphone). You can always get one later though. It's more important if you're doing real-time recording, rather than electronic production. I threw together a quick build, but I'm by no means an expert, so maybe there are better motherboards/RAM sticks at the price, but this should be a good starting point. Sound card is not included, so add from below: A basic sound interface would cost, and a decent one. If you can afford to, throw in another 8 GB of RAM and you should be golden.
/ Type Item Price CPU $224.99 @ SuperBiiz Motherboard $114.99 @ SuperBiiz Memory $59.98 @ Newegg Storage $64.95 @ SuperBiiz Storage $44.99 @ Best Buy Case $59.99 @ NCIX US Power Supply $49.99 @ Amazon Operating System $91.71 @ NCIX US Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $711.59 Generated by 2015-03-19 12:52 EDT-0400 Edit: Had used PC1333 RAM by mistake, replaced with 1600. It's not just cores. The i5 4690 is a stronger processor than the 8320, including multi-core operation. Cinebench is a multi-core benchmark, one that you'd expect the FX to win hands down, but the. Also, many older VST plugins/instruments are not multi-core optimized and soon bottleneck on mid-range AMDs.
You save $100 by going AMD, but for RoI, Intel works out better. Not to mention money (and heat/noise) saved on a video card. They also run cooler, which is a big deal if you're trying to build a low-noise system. From experience, I can vouch for the i7. Like I said, I've never maxed out my old i7 2600, and now run a 4770k with 16GB RAM that will probably be good for another 3-4 years. I tried running it with HT off to see how much of a difference there was (essentially making it an i5) and it was chugging along just fine. I have zero doubts recommending it to OP.
I must say that the beyerdyn headset is the best i've ever had. I've had them since 2012, and they are still going strong. And I treat them rough.
I've had several bad falls on skateboard, where the headset was flying off my head, and sliding several meters on the asphalt. Still no harm. They're pretty huge, but they stick to my head even when i go running. Every single part is easily changeable, but i've had no need to change anything, except the jack cable. After i bought the P3's (for my wife) i've come to understand that the precision in the beyerdyn is a bit lacking, specially when listening to classic music.
Im generally into trap/hard style/ trance/ hip hop, and they're unbeatable in those genres. Huge bass and tight mid and top.