Dan,
I am and have been a huge fan since I found you 8 years ago at the ripe age of 16. I've always loved, not only the music, but also the prolificity of production.
Currently, I'm building a machine with the purpose of home recording. I have a couple of questions, and since I'm a big fan of your work as a producer, I thought that I might as well ask.
- Do you have any first-time-producer pre-amp recommendations?
- Do I really need a suped up, balanced output soundcard, or will something like a Soundblaster Audigy2 suffice?
- I'm hessitant to start with Pro Tools with the hardware restriction. Do you have any recommended alternatives? I was thinking of starting with Cubase, since I have a copy laying around, but wouldn't mind spending some money if there's a fantastic piece of software out there that's going to start me off on the right foot. Or would you highly recomment that I swallow the pill and go with Pro Tools?
- I'm buying a dual core processor to mitigate the workload on the machine. Would you also recommend a harddrive array? Also, in your experience, how critical is the speed of the HD? Will a 7200 RPM drive suffice?
I am and have been a huge fan since I found you 8 years ago at the ripe age of 16. I've always loved, not only the music, but also the prolificity of production.
Currently, I'm building a machine with the purpose of home recording. I have a couple of questions, and since I'm a big fan of your work as a producer, I thought that I might as well ask.
- Do you have any first-time-producer pre-amp recommendations?
- Do I really need a suped up, balanced output soundcard, or will something like a Soundblaster Audigy2 suffice?
- I'm hessitant to start with Pro Tools with the hardware restriction. Do you have any recommended alternatives? I was thinking of starting with Cubase, since I have a copy laying around, but wouldn't mind spending some money if there's a fantastic piece of software out there that's going to start me off on the right foot. Or would you highly recomment that I swallow the pill and go with Pro Tools?
- I'm buying a dual core processor to mitigate the workload on the machine. Would you also recommend a harddrive array? Also, in your experience, how critical is the speed of the HD? Will a 7200 RPM drive suffice?