VERY bad news!!!

[wagz]

So my "band" is working on the album. Then, hurricane RITA strikes and one of our guys leaves and suddenly says he's not moving back.
The problem is he left with the computer we were using(It was his). It had about 40 + original songs on it. a lot of these songs i did 90%
or more of the work(writing and recording) on.

I don't mind so much if he keeps the songs. The problem is ....now i have to buy a new computer DAW.



I'm STRONGLY considering the following computer(I need a lot of power).
please let me know if you have any experince with them...or could possibly recommend somebody that builds reliable, quiet, and POWERFUL computers for audio.


http://www.liquiddaw.com/

LiquidDaw Raid:
Ultra-quiet liquid-cooled digital audio/video workstation.



Dual Core AMD Athlon 64 4400+ (2.2GHz, 1MB L2 per core)

nForce-chipset motherboard with Firewire, USB2.0, SerialATA, and ethernet

1GB PC3200 DDR Memory

7200rpm 160GB system drive

(2) 7200rpm 250GB audio drives in mirrored RAID array (removable)

Dual-layer DVDRW (Reads/Writes all formats)

NVidia GeForce 5200 Dual-Head AGP Video

Windows XP Home

$2500

[cultureofgreed]

I priced that same PC, or maybe a bit better, and it came to about $1500. Thats close to a 100% profit for them or more, I am in the wrong business.

[dolo]

www.adkproaudio.com

[GPl]

Originally Posted by cultureofgreed

hmm.

Exactly how I'm feeling(looking at your avatar) as I try and figure out how someone hacked my router.........
Who's computer was it? He should at least give you a copy of all the songs. I would go there with a firewire drive and upload the songs if I had to.

That system sounds alright, but I would opt for more ram, and a matrox vid card. Actually, you should check out crypticglobe, a member here. I got some good info from him when building a system.

Get those songs back.......

[Mitch]

Another vote for http://www.adkproaudio.com/ !!

Just got a system from them (ask for Chris) and it's GREAT ! - Great product, SERVICE (nudge,nudge, wink, wink!!)

Do yourself a favor and call them !

[max cooper]

Originally Posted by wagz

1GB PC3200 DDR Memory

You're gonna need more of this. 1 Gig (or 2 512's, as it were) isn't too expensive. I found it's necessary to not fill up the slots with a bunch of 512's as you may want 2 Gig pairs eventually. I think 2 Gig pairs of decent PC3200 are around $240.

Originally Posted by wagz

I don't mind so much if he keeps the songs.

This kind of made me laugh, because I've been in that band before.

[r0ck1r0ck2]

Get those songs back.......

[Drewid]

Totally agree!! He was in the band...your friend...and belongs to ALL of you...(not your "real" question's answer but...)

Don't let him dfegad all over you like that...or say fuuck , too bad, and just up and

I'd on over there and those songs out of him

Then one with him, because you ARE still bandmates.

Point being, he should at least copy them on a drive for the rest of you.

[jcschild]

Hey Dolo, Mitch,

thanks Guys!

Scott
ADK

[wagz]

I'll definitely have to talk to him. He's about 6+ hours away. I think he'll be cool about it.

if not....I'm not gonna freak out.

I just figure I'll write better songs anyway. the more I write...the better i get at it...so it's not the end of the world if he keeps those songs.

also....the song I probably like the most is backed up on his external harddrive...which he left here.




based on your recommendations, i have put together the following from
http://www.adkproaudio.com. I plan to buy from them.


Review System Components
Case Chenbro - SR105 68: 3) 5.25", 5) 3.5" EATX. no power.
Power Supply Antec - TRUE 550W V2.01 EPS 12V Power Supply. 21 db Quiet 120mm fan Dual 12v rails.
Motherboard TYAN - K8W, S2885: DUAL OPTERON/Sata/8Xagp/GBLan /1394/PCI-X
Processor AMD - Opteron 242 1.6ghz 1mb cache pga940 processor Retail Box
Processor 2 AMD - Opteron 242 1.6ghz 1mb cache pga940 processor Retail Box
Cooling Zalman - 2) CNPS7000-AlCu 20DB Pentium 4/AMD Heatink Fan, very quiet. Also works on
Cooling 2 VANTEC - (2) Vantec 80MM Stealth Fans 20DB very quiet
Memory MaLabs - Samsung PC3200 1Gig DDR400 64X8 ECC/Register Lifetime warranty
Memory 2 MaLabs - Samsung PC3200 1Gig DDR400 64X8 ECC/Register Lifetime warranty
Memory 3 None
Hard Drive 1 Western Digital - Western Digital WD400JB 40GB ATA100 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER
Hard Drive 2 MAXTOR - 300G SATA 16M MX6B300S0
Hard Drive 3 MAXTOR - 300G SATA 16M MX6B300S0
Hard Drive 4 None
Hard Drive 5 None
Extra Storage MITSUMI - Mitsumi 1.44 floppy
Controller None
Video Matrox - MATROX MILLENNIUM P650: 64Meg DDR dual head 2DVI or analog
Video 2 None
CD/CD-RW/DVD PIONEER - DVR110B: Dual Layer CD-R 40X, CD-RW 32X, DVD+/-R 16X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X,
CD/CD-RW/DVD 2 None
Pro Audio RME - RME Hammerfall HDSP 9632 NEW! 24 Bit/192 kHz 32 Channel, 1 X MIDI, Stereo
NIC onboard
Operating System Microsoft - WINDOWS XP Professional OEM full version w/manual and keycode.
Other Software Acronis - True Image back up and System recovery disks.
Other Software 2 NONE
Other Software 3 NONE
Monitor None
Keyboards Logitech - Cordless Desktop Optical: Cordless Internet KB and Cordless Optical Mouse.
Mouse None
Speakers None
Warranty 1 Yr Warranty Parts and Labor with Express pick up. Lifetime tech support.

Digital Audio Workstation
ADK-24/96-100PRO $3,399.00



On most of our songs we were running 40+vst fx 25+vsti and 30 tracks.
can the above system handle that? I'm wondering...do I need a dual Opteron...or will this be fast enough? Do i really NEED a dualcore processor?


We were using the RmE digi9652. I already own an EMU1212m, but the RME is probably more stable. I need stability and LOW latency.

at the most I'll probably only track 2 things at once....so I just need the DAW to be powerful and quiet(Normally we keep the computer in the room we track in).

Any suggestions are welcome.