Getting back to recording

[ppansieri]

Hello there, I am new to this forum and would like to introduce myself and ask some questions. I am a professional musician but have been away from the recording part of the business and concentrating mostly on live playing and freelancing.

The last time I worked in a Home Studio envoronment was in the late 80's early 90's. After all these years I have decided to get back to what I really love, that is creating music instead of simply performing other people's music.

I am in the process of trying to figure out if I should work with a complete PC(DAW) environment or go with dedicated hardware such as a Digital Multitrack module setup. I have been working with PC's for many years but I have also witnessed PC crashes in the middle of recording a session or simply listening to play back. I am amazed at the power of computers and their possiblilities but my main issue is reliablilty. Any suggestions and insight would be appreciated.

Thanks

[brandondrury]

I have been working with PC's for many years but I have also witnessed PC crashes in the middle of recording a session or simply listening to play back. I am amazed at the power of computers and their possiblilities but my main issue is reliablilty. Any suggestions and insight would be appreciated.

After thousands of sessions, I've had to cancel probably 4 because of computer problems. I've had to cancel 2 because the power went out do to storms. I've had to cancel 10 or so because of snow (I live in Southeast Missouri and we don't get that much snow).

So while reliability can be an issue, I'm of the opinion that a modern computer is going to do pretty well with audio. Most crashes occur when the bugs haven't been worked out of a system or if a person is simply pushing a computer too hard. Other than that, most problems I deal with are on the hardware end. This is fairly rare.

Just in case, I have a system in place for backing up my operating system in a matter of minutes.

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Brandon

[ppansieri]

What do you think about 64 bit motherboards? Is the software such as CUBASE compatible or will there be all kinds of bugs. I really want to build a solid machine. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

[brandondrury]

I'm not sure about the 64 bit thing. I don't know much about it. My rig is an Athlon 64 and I run Cubase SX 3 without any problems. Does that answer your question?

Brandon