What Is The Best Computer For Audio Recording?
No one answer to that question but here are a few good answers:
Personally, I'm more of a Mac fan and so are most pro recording studios I've worked in. Having said that... I've been in many studios using a PC system very sucsesfully as well.
Mac's aren't any faster than PC's of equal power that's for sure but it's more of what you don't get on a Mac that keeps me away from PC's... ahh, the memories of constant crashes weird malware, viruses, spyware, constant maintenance, tweaking and optimizing. Hey, the Mac's aren't perfect but most of those things either don't exist or they are very minimal.
So here are the top picks for Mac and PC;
If you're going with your current PC here's a check list you need to look at for computer compatibility.
Your best bet though is to get a PC that was built specifically for music production and therefore reduce your problems and headaches that will surely arise with an inadequate computer.
This Is A Powerful PC Built For Music
Recording
MusicXPC Pro S3 P4 3.2 $2,799.00
Check out a few quick stats to see if you ever had a computer that is anywhere close to this:
- 2 onboard CPU's known as Intel Core 2 Duo
- up to 8MB's of DDR2 800 MHz RAM
- 1.1 TeraByte storage over 4 Hard Drives
The Music XPC Pro comes in a rackmount version as well
MusicXPC Pro R3 P4 Rackmount Music Computer $2,999.00
The Apple Mac Pro - Packed with Power!
Apple Mac Pro 2.8 8CX/2X1G/320/2600XT/SD-USA $2,799.00
As powerful as this baby comes out of the box with it's two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel processors it still has tons of expansion capabilities for memory, expansion cards, storage drives and plenty of i/o ports for more external devices.
After your computer decide on which recording software program