Building the dream ...

[gavkay21]

I was having a discussion in class with a freind and I want to save up for a home studio. I have decided i want to build my own PC with a dual monitor set up. I also want to have a some active monitors with it and a midi controler/keyboard.

So what would you guys recomend for the perfect spec for the ultimate music making PC?
(Budgets is about £1500 or $2400)

[Usernamemyarse]

At 1 hour ago, gavkay21 wrote: I was having a discussion in class with a freind and I want to save up for a home studio. I have decided i want to build my own PC with a dual monitor set up. I also want to have a some active monitors with it and a midi controler/keyboard.

So what would you guys recomend for the perfect spec for the ultimate music making PC?
(Budgets is about Ã'£1500 or $2400)

Pretty much anything as long as you use it ONLY for music production and remove the stuff you dont need for music (Unnecessary drivers and programs).

[loansindi]

At 17 minutes ago, Usernamemyarse wrote: Pretty much anything as long as you use it ONLY for music production and remove the stuff you dont need for music (Unnecessary drivers and programs).

I wouldn't even go that far. Keep your machine running smooth, but you don't need a dedicated computer for music production.

Any modern machine with a mid-to-high range CPU, plenty of RAM, and enough hard drive space to suit you will do you fine. If you don't spend much on a video card, $1000 will probably be the very upper limit of a machine built to reasonable specifications.

Invest in a decent audio interface (2x2 at the minimum). This will do a couple things, it'll give you lower-latency monitoring if you decide to do any live recording, it will allow you to do live recording with proper microphones, and it'll give you better audio routing options (for example, you can now connect your machine to a pair of monitors/an amp for PA/whatever).

Consider rolling a small analog mixer into that budget, that you can use in case you ever want to record multiple sources. Similarly consider a decent pair of headphones, some mid-range monitors (m-audio is a popular brand in the reasonable price range).

With a budget as high as $2400, you can also probably afford to outfit yourself with some shiny new software to play with. Go have fun.

[Carefoot]

At 2 hours ago, gavkay21 wrote: I was having a discussion in class with a freind and I want to save up for a home studio. I have decided i want to build my own PC with a dual monitor set up. I also want to have a some active monitors with it and a midi controler/keyboard.

So what would you guys recomend for the perfect spec for the ultimate music making PC?
(Budgets is about Ã'£1500 or $2400)

So any computer will do what you want with those settings even a mac its pretty much industry standard that all pcs nowadays are capable of dual monitors (just need to use your own video card)

most of the ati line of 6k+ is all dual monitors and for tripple + you need to connect cards togethor.

but you can get a dual monitor set up for 400usd ez

for perperherials I like the fanciest shit ever, I have a 300 dollar HHKB2 and a steelseries xai because I like shooters.