my new setup

[DarkYoung]

just ordered my new set-up for the re-vamped studio yesterday

processor:
custom synergy aw7xx pc
intel i7 920 2.66ghz quad duo (8MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB) LGA 1366 socket
3gb OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 / 1333 MHz Gold Edition 9-9-9 @ 1.65v

chipset:
Intel® X58 Express Chipset / ICH10R with Intel® Fast Memory Access Technology

storage:

• Intel® ICH10R Southbridge:
  
  • - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
  • - Intel® Matrix Storage supporting SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10
  
  
• 2 x JMicron® JMB363 PATA and STA controller:
  
  • - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s
  • - Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD
  • - 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA- 133/100/66/33 up to 2 IDE devices
  
  

expansion:

• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots
• 1 x PCI Express x8
• 1 x PCI Express x4
• 1 x PCI Express x1
• 2 x PCI slots

graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7200G @ 450MHz

engine clock 256MB GDDR2

• - DVI-I Output
• - 15-pin VGA Output
• - TV-Out (S-video) Connector

peripherals:

• 3 x FireWire 400 ports Texas Instruments T.I TSB43AB23
  (2 on back , 1 optional headers)
• 8 x USB 2.0 ports (six on back , two on front )

+ 3 PORT BELKIN FIRWIRE PCIe CARD


uad2 duo (with neve 88rs, neve 33609, la2a, 1176ln & plate 140)

focusrite liquid mix 32

delivery on tues/wed - cant wait to get this monster up and running

looks amazing. so did you buy that to order? if you don't mind saying how much does all that stuff cost roughly? doesn't look cheap.

[rhythmtech]

looks amazing. so did you buy that to order? if you don't mind saying how much does all that stuff cost roughly? doesn't look cheap.

yup, made to order. worked out a decent enough price. just over £2100, which isnt bad considering the liquid mix and UAD2 duo are in there aswell.

[DarkYoung]

yup, made to order. worked out a decent enough price. just over £2100, which isnt bad considering the liquid mix and UAD2 duo are in there aswell.

well i'm sure it will be well worth it. would you mind just giving some laymans terms on what the actual equipment does.
like what is a liquid mix, a UAD2 duo?

[rhythmtech]

well i'm sure it will be well worth it. would you mind just giving some laymans terms on what the actual equipment does.
like what is a liquid mix, a UAD2 duo?

liquid mix and UAD are dsp platforms the do analog FX emulations VERY well. they also take the processing load off the cpu by providing their own processors which, in our world is a major help! (especially when running pro tools).


the liquid mix uses outboard processors ainside a hardware controller to provide dynamic convolution compressors and eq (its a process of sampling the actual output of original hardware units)




the uad2 duo is a dual sharc processor (you can get up to quad) that uses programmed algorithms to emulate analog hardware (neve, ssl, spl etc) aswell as a few of their own plug-in creations (precision series plugins)

[DarkYoung]

will this really improve your producing and recording and take it onto the next level?
it looks state of the art, although i'm not sure what is what.

[rhythmtech]

will this really improve your producing and recording and take it onto the next level?
it looks state of the art, although i'm not sure what is what.

no not directly. it will allow me more breathing room with cpu and it will streamline my time hugely (no more printing down fx just to get another one into the mix) and the new plug-ins do sound better than any other on the market but they're only tools of the trade. without knowing how to use them properly they're pretty useless.

but its time i upgraded anyway, since i started college im working more and more with bands (i have about 5 or 6 regular bands at the moment) and these "band" sessions can run into very large track counts. currently im on a P4 3.2Ghz and it just doesnt cut it anymore.

im definitly not into upgrading my pc every 2 years. my philosophy is buy the best you can, knowing it will last. the intel i7 is currently the best out there and i can see it lasting as long as my p4 has (6 years)

[DarkYoung]

no not directly. it will allow me more breathing room with cpu and it will streamline my time hugely (no more printing down fx just to get another one into the mix) and the new plug-ins do sound better than any other on the market but they're only tools of the trade. without knowing how to use them properly they're pretty useless.

but its time i upgraded anyway, since i started college im working more and more with bands (i have about 5 or 6 regular bands at the moment) and these "band" sessions can run into very large track counts. currently im on a P4 3.2Ghz and it just doesnt cut it anymore.

im definitly not into upgrading my pc every 2 years. my philosophy is buy the best you can, knowing it will last. the intel i7 is currently the best out there and i can see it lasting as long as my p4 has (6 years)

thanks for explaining that to me dude. hope you can recoup some of your investment in real terms.

[DJPAUZE]

yup, made to order. worked out a decent enough price. just over £2100, which isnt bad considering the liquid mix and UAD2 duo are in there aswell.

What is your addy? This stuff may not show up :)

Nice wan by the way, looks solid!