Finally taking the plunge into music production!
Would really appreciate some recommendations on some hardware!
DAW: most likely Ableton for now and Cubase down the road.
1. Laptop:
opened to both mac and pc. but more leaning towards pc as it's cheaper and allows for upgrades down the road + gaming. Does anyone have a particular laptop they would recommend? In addition, what cpu, size ram, hard drive should I aim for?. Start with 16gb of ram and upgrade to 32 when required, ssd hard drive, i7 ?
2. Headphones+-DAC:
I'm looking at the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-80 and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-250 headphones at the moment, but opened to other suggestions as well (the beyerdynamic dt770 pro-250 requires a DAC i think) Does anyone know any good DAC as well? Does it even make much of a difference using a DAC vs not using one?
3. Audio Interface:
Is Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 the best in the market?
What about Steinberg UR22 mkII?
I will be plugging in a guitar, digital piano, speakers, headphones, and in the future possibly a microphone.
Question:
In regards to hard drives, vst/vsti, samples, software. What's the best way to set everything up? A small ssd for running the operating system + DAW, a large external SSD for storing vst/vsti/samples, and a large storage drive data storage?
Would really appreciate some recommendations on some hardware!
DAW: most likely Ableton for now and Cubase down the road.
1. Laptop:
opened to both mac and pc. but more leaning towards pc as it's cheaper and allows for upgrades down the road + gaming. Does anyone have a particular laptop they would recommend? In addition, what cpu, size ram, hard drive should I aim for?. Start with 16gb of ram and upgrade to 32 when required, ssd hard drive, i7 ?
2. Headphones+-DAC:
I'm looking at the Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-80 and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO-250 headphones at the moment, but opened to other suggestions as well (the beyerdynamic dt770 pro-250 requires a DAC i think) Does anyone know any good DAC as well? Does it even make much of a difference using a DAC vs not using one?
3. Audio Interface:
Is Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 the best in the market?
What about Steinberg UR22 mkII?
I will be plugging in a guitar, digital piano, speakers, headphones, and in the future possibly a microphone.
Question:
In regards to hard drives, vst/vsti, samples, software. What's the best way to set everything up? A small ssd for running the operating system + DAW, a large external SSD for storing vst/vsti/samples, and a large storage drive data storage?