Budgeting planning software
I have a budget of around $5000-7000, and I would prefer a Windows setup. I was thinking something along the lines of a desktop with anywhere from 4-8 gigs of ram?
I have a 1 TB external hard drive I received as a Christmas gift, so storage certainly won’t be an obstacle. As for the type of music I plan to make, I will most likely need a studio made for overall/general use. I plan to do hip-hop based records, but I may choose to incorporate live elements at times (perhaps a very, very small choir or a quartet, scenarios wherein I’ll need to record either vocals or instruments).
Of course I plan on layering any live instrumentation I record as opposed to having them all recorded at the same time (which, if memory serves, would have an impact on the number of mic in/outs I would need on my interface). Though I have no equipment at the moment, the one piece I certainly plan on purchasing at is an MPC-1000.
.: With regard to software, I am wide-open and willing to take in any recommendations you all are willing to offer. I won’t be needing anything overly expensive, as it probably has plenty of features I’ll never touch. Also, I would like to operate on Firewire if at all possible, but I know that because I am using a Windows setup (probably Windows 7 if I purchase a new desktop.
Custom-built?) I face the possibility of compatibility issues.
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