eris23007hotmail.com Posted January 10, 2001 Share Posted January 10, 2001 My friend is putting together a studio that will involve synths/samplers, efx, a mixer, etc. all run by Cubase. To that effect, I'm helping him assemble an Athlon 1GHz system w/ 256MB RAM & a motherboard that has an integrated ATA-100 controller. Right now I'm planning to get him an IBM 45GB 7200rpm ATA-100 hard drive. The big questions I have invovle two things: first of all, SCSI vs. IDE. Is it necessary any more to get SCSI on a hard drive or CD-Burner? IDE has become fast enough that it seems to me SCSI is no longer necessary for the hard drive on this sort of system (we're not doing a RAID either). However, I'm less convinced about a CD-R on SCSI vs. IDE. I know that I've heard many people complain of buffer underruns with IDE burners, and that could be a major problem for a CD-R in a studio computer. So, for that reason, I've been scoping out SCSI CD-R's and controller cards. My friend is currently planning to get a Tascam CD-R Deluxe package. It includes a TEAC CD-R (6x write), an Adaptec controller card and software that "provides 24 bit/96 kHz capabilities with advance real-time processing." (quote from the Tascam web site) However, I found that an HP SCSI CD-R at 12x and a better Adaptec controller could be purchased for less. That said, the HP has different bundled software. After looking at the HP web site, I doubt that their bundled software supports that high of a bit depth/sampling rate, and I also doubt it has real time processing. So, then, the question becomes, if I choose the HP or go with an IDE CD-R, can I find reasonably inexpensive software that will perform these functions? I could really use some professional advice! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted January 10, 2001 Share Posted January 10, 2001 Check out my response to your questions under my "gear questions" post, and thanks for replying to MY questions! Oh, one more thing I didn't put on my reply: I think CD Architect is about $399.00 list, but it doesn't support high bit rate CD's, maybe Wavelab does, but if he's going to be sending them off for duplication, that's a non-issue - he'll need to make the CD's 16 bit and at a 44.1 KHz sample rate. Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html email: pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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