Music Recording Software / Computer

[ck1]

I'm looking to buy a computer for recording / editing music and will run something like Cubase/Studio One. Is there any particular spec or features that are important for this?

[Espresso125]

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[TheChair]

It really depends to a great extent how many tracks your are likely to be working with, how many virtual instruments (if any), how much simultaneous effects processing you might use, etc, etc.
I recently upgrade the computer in my studio to the specs below, and it performs perfectly. We use it for tracking live bands with anything from 5 to 30 tracks, and mixing/mastering a varying number of FX per track. We use Studio One Pro in the main, and Reaper for quick jobs:
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor (8 physical cores/ 16 threads)
Asus Prime B450M-K motherboard
33 GB DDR4 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with 2GB
Crucial M.2 P5 SSD 903GB as the main drive
Corsair SATA3 SSD850GB as the secondary drive
Two Dell P2719H 27 inch monitors.

If I could afford it, I would replace the monitors with bigger, higher resolutions ones, as they can get really cluttered if you've got a lot going on.

We use a Tascam Model 24 as the interface, as this gives us 24 input channels, and a number of outputs and monitoring option.

We use a Head Amp Pro 6 headphone amp and distributer for live recordings.

For easy control, there's a Presonus Faderport, which integrates perfectly with Studio One.

Monitors are Swissonic (Thomann's own-brand) ASM7.

For high level monitoring, there's an 800 watt DB technologies PA system.

[ck1]

Wow, that's a lot of kit, hopefully I won't need so much!
I'm going to be using it for instrumental guitar pieces so I'll be creating drum tracks from the software and then adding bass, rhythm and lead guitar parts individually.

[TheChair]

In that case, I'd say for for a decent multi core processor, with at least 8GB RAM, an SSD drive and a good screen. Far more important is going to be a decent set of headphones and a good quality audio interface. Focusrite make decent Audio interfaces and the Presonus Studio 24c is good and includes a copy of the Artist version of Studio One for around 100 quid. Check out audio interfaces before you buy your DAW software as most come with "lite" versions of well-respected DAWs.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/presonus_studio_24c.htm

[Buenchico]

A good starting point (obviously) would be to take a look at the official system requirements for the software that you're proposing to use. See here for Cubase (and for other software from Steinberg)
https://new.steinberg.net/system-requirements/
and here for Studio One
https://www.presonus.com/products/studio-one/tech-specs

Unlike high-end video-processing, you really don't need anything very special in terms of computer hardware for decent audio-processing. The ThinkPad laptop that I'm typing this on could handle Studio One with ease as far as processing power and screen resolution is concerned. (This laptop cost around £1000 new but I picked mine up, in 'as new' condition, for just £200 on eBay). I might need to add on an external SSD, probably costing under £100, to store lots of audio files but that would be it in terms of computer costs. (i.e. less than £300 in total). You really don't need to go overboard with your spending!

[Buenchico]

PS: Before you fork out between £85 and £449 for Cubase (depending upon your choice of version), consider Reaper, which gets great reviews across many independent sites. It's free to try and only costs $60 (about £43) for a non-commercial licence: https://www.reaper.fm/
(Its system requirements are very modest indeed. In even runs in Windows XP!)

[TheChair]

It's all very well saying most audio software will run on a fairly basic system, if you've got 4 or 5 audio tracks, each with their own EQ plugin, a compressor or two, some reverb and overdrive on the guitar, a multi and compressor on the master mix, that pretty soon adds up to a lot of simultaneous real-time processing, which is why I say you need a multi-threading processor. A DAW is not like Audible, it does all it's processing on the fly, until you render the project.

[Buenchico]

^^^ I'm not disagreeing, TC. I'm simply pointing out that the laptop I paid two hundred quid for has specs that I reckon could handle Studio One fairly well (and should have no problems at all with running Reaper): https://ibb.co/bmWh1Xc

https://www.techadvisor.com/review/lenovo-thinkpad-x250-review-3620635/

I simply don't see the need to spend mega-bucks on audio-processing hardware (or, indeed, for software) for home use.

(BTW: I'm assuming that 'Audible' should read 'Audacity' in your post).

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