Do you guys produce on the same pc....

[P. Rene]

that yall record on, pretty shooked from my last pc dying. I'm rebuilding and wanted to know if you guys produce (software) on the same pc you record on. Peace.

[mentalattica]

I do, I have a few different hard drives that I seperate my files on and back up regularly. Just consistantly back files up so if you PC or hard drive gives out on you, you'll have all your data.

[Charlie-O]

Not a pc, but I have 3 diff. drives I work off of. System drive doesnt fdo any recording. I just bought a macbook, and that will become my production computer very soon. Not too much work for the g5 any way sense I use the mpc4000 for everything but softsynths, wich get sampled eventually. Can't wait to get my macbook tuned in, I think the recording compter will run alot smoother, when thats all its doing is recording.

[cynic one]

yup i produce and record on the same pc.

[verb1]

I produce and mix everything on my laptop. Any time I work on anything, I back it up immediately on 2 different drives.

[Tibbon]

I've got my laptop that i keep with me 90% of the time, that I can use as a sketchpad for stuff and then i just send the logic session over the network when i'm home to my main G4 MDD.

I also have a Commodore 64 that i do some work on and then record it into Logic.

[TonyBelmont]

I produce, track and mix entirely in Logic on a Mac Pro at this point. Sometimes the beat will start on my G5 at my other studio , but it will be imported into the Mac Pro when vocals are to be tracked, etc. It has made my life a lot easier.

[tone4407]

I used to use the same PC for personal use and music, but I recently built a brand new PC strictly for the music studio. It has no connection to the internet what-so-ever so I can rest easy knowing I won't get viruses. The only downside is transferring files and samples I get off the net over to the new audio PC!

[beat you down]

Originally Posted by tone4407

I used to use the same PC for personal use and music, but I recently built a brand new PC strictly for the music studio. It has no connection to the internet what-so-ever so I can rest easy knowing I won't get viruses. The only downside is transferring files and samples I get off the net over to the new audio PC!

same here!

[Solar]

I only use on PC for my MUSIC .. nothing else.. its only dedicated for my msuic production, from Sequencing, recording, Mixing etc..
I got another PC simply for internet, word text etc.. Thats all
And different HD and back up on seperate drives also..

Never know even the extra HD can DIE on you ... nothing is really reliable, so even you do backup on other HD, always take a time and make DVD's backup of your most important projects

Peace

[KevWest]

yes and no this is my main music computer I dont do a lot of recording outside of midi tho. And Im usually working on music while Im online I rarely surf just to surf and when I do Im on my other pcs. I have 3. 2 desktops and a laptop and my 2nd desktop is supposed to be the surf system I just rarely use it

[primeminister]

I just recently had a computer die on me ( I got it in 1998, so I figure it was just at the end of it's rope) and I had to build another computer. Take my advice, either get a few LARGE hard drives (thier pretty cheap now), or get one huge drive and a back-up external drive and partition them the same way. I also make it a habbit to back everything up on DVD at the end of each month. I produce and record on the same machine, if you take care of it it shouldn't be a problem.

[Samplecraze]

Originally Posted by tone4407

I used to use the same PC for personal use and music, but I recently built a brand new PC strictly for the music studio. It has no connection to the internet what-so-ever so I can rest easy knowing I won't get viruses. The only downside is transferring files and samples I get off the net over to the new audio PC!

Network this with the internet pc and firewall it etc

[blayz2002]

Originally Posted by tone4407

I used to use the same PC for personal use and music, but I recently built a brand new PC strictly for the music studio. It has no connection to the internet what-so-ever so I can rest easy knowing I won't get viruses. The only downside is transferring files and samples I get off the net over to the new audio PC!

Another way to make this a smoother process is get a firewire or usb external drive save your downloads to that then I would virus & spyware scan it then just hot swap to the music pc. That way you got a back up and a good solution for transfering files safely.