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Hi, Due to mild/medium electrohypersensitivity (EHS) I decided to use my heavy music production PC remotely via Ethernet to reduce exposure. The DAW I use is Cubase, operating system is windows 11 my workstation desktop. I have two homes, so I could run my desktop remotely from a light laptop or desktop in the other one via ethernet. For me, audio latency and quality should be as unaffected as possible, lossless audio is very important for recording and also playback. A Focusrite Scarlett Solo interface is the interface I use, 2 channels in, 2 channels out. For input, it's important to have 24 bit audio (since I'm using effects on top of my recordings), for output, 16 bit is enough. Lossless quality is more important than latency, since my interface has direct monitoring and I can set up a latency correction in my DAW. I don't mind a few frames of lag, only having 30fps nor some visual artifacts for this purpose. Also, will my internet be fast enough? Download speed is 90 mb/s upload speed is 17 mb/s. Occasionally I also use my PC for strategy gaming, so I should be able to switch to something like Parsec for this purpose. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

So much info out there...but no real answer for me as to what I need. What would you guys recommend for a build that can handle the following applications (comfortably).. Light Gaming: CSGO, Left for Dead, GTA, FIFA Moderate to Heavy Music Creation: Presonus, Cubase - Using an External USB Audio Interface - Multi-Tracking Live (8ch to 32ch of instruments & singers) Moderate to Heavy Graphic Design: Adobe Suite Moderate to Heavy 3D Logo Animation: Blender Moderate to Heavy Video Editing: Davinci Resolve (max 4k resolution - 10min final video length max) Would appreciate your budget, medium and high end recommendations. Thanks in advance!

Hello LTT, Long time watcher, first time poster. I will try to keep this as TL;DR avoidant as possible because less is more (we'll come back to that phrase at the end). Here's my paint by number 1 thru 5 from the sticky: Location and Unknown Budget This build will be conducted in the U.S. and will have an unknown budget. I would prefer staying close to best performance per dollar, unless spending a bit more allows more future proofing. Aim I want to build a Intel-based composer's workstation using multiple Mini ITX systems as networked sound modules that are controlled by one (up to EATX) master system using Vienna Ensemble Pro 6 and Cubase Pro. The basic idea here is to load up instances of sample libraries and processor intensive VSTi and spread that across several barebones rigs so that the CPU strain can be offloaded and so that all of those resources are ready and available while producing music. Junkie XL has a similar setup with 6 sound module PCs and one master system. Monitors Main displays: Samsung C34F791 34" Curved Displays (3440 x 1440) Why: I want an immersive experience with the option to arrange and mix simultaneously. I am open to changing this to one display if it is a 4k model. I would prefer it to be curved, but I don't want to spend thousands on it. Secondary displays: AOC I1601FWUX 15.6" IPS (1920 x 1080) Why: I would like to run ShareMouse on these machines so I can make adjustments as needed without using Remote Desktop to keep latency low. This means I will need a small format display for my Mini ITX systems purely for making those occasional adjustments. These, or something better, could be placed on my desk for seamless access to the desktops of the sound module PCs. Peripherals This is a "from the ground up" build, meaning everything is being planned and purchased from a starting point of having nothing. I still own my prized Logitech G9x and have enjoyed using it for navigating my studio sessions in the past, but I am interested to know if there is a successor to this mouse I should consider; one that is just as dependable but even more customizable, in terms of available buttons. Why I Am Upgrading I need to arrange and compose music in an uncompromising digital environment. I need to have a dependable, powerful, future-forward network of machines that will serve me for the next decade or so and can be upgraded as necessary. I need a modern build plan to realize the goal of moving toward music production as a full time passion. I need guidance to determine what is a good plan versus what is merely an expensive plan. Now we come back to the "less is more" part of it. Junkie XL, Hans Zimmer, Current Value, and Deadmau5 all use multiple networked computers in their professional workstation setups. A network of slaves tied to one master over LAN is not a niche or esoteric thing to build in this context, but increases in computing power would seem to indicate the number of machines required to achieve the same results will be fewer. This is where I quickly become confused: how many systems, theoretically, should I aim for? Here is a thread over on Level1Techs about my initial ideas for this project (if you want more reading). I will also be asking about this on KVR to round out discussion of this plan and get more opinions. And here are my two designs for the Mini ITX slave systems on PC Part Picker (yes, I know I don't need to include Optane in the Z370, but who knows I might need legacy drives at some point): Z370 Build: VE Pro Sound Module PC X299 Build: VE Pro X299 Sound Module PC No AMD Latency is huge on Ryzen, unfortunately. Because of the NUMA on Threadripper, the per core performance, floating point throughput, and overall Dawbench scores are mighty sad when compared to the 8700K, 7820X, and anything higher from Intel. My old system that is long since past dead was an AMD 9950 quad and simply moving from that entire PC tower to a Core i7 MacBook a couple of years later was enough to experience a nearly 4x performance boost over what I thought was a powerful option from AMD at the time. The playing field is much more level now, but in terms of audio that demands low latency, Intel easily still wins. Preferably X299 I had contemplated building everything using an 8700K, like the Z370 build. This was because per core performance, number of cores, possible overclock, and performance per dollar all seemed to line up within that one chip. But since the price difference between the two PC Part Picker lists is less than $300 (at current prices), I would opt for the X299 option because, for a nominal added cost, I could get more lifespan out of an LGA-2066 design. Even if the Z370 option is a better performer due to cost considerations, it is still only preferable at the moment and pursuing it solely on lower cost ignores the maturation of X299 moving forward. At least, that's my rationale for opting to go this route. Water Cooling I am aware that all systems in this network would benefit from or even require water cooling. I welcome this, having never built a water cooled system before and having taken great pride in seeing previous projects through to completion with my own two hands. What Main System? I think what I need the most help with aside from how many systems I would need is how to sensibly plan the master system that brings all of this together into one place. I do not currently see any benefit whatsoever in trying to run a 7980XE, especially since that price tag exceeds the entire build of one of the Mini ITX modules. But you can try to convince me. I can share more about that in this thread, but for now I'll let this information stand as a "rough draft" of my intentions. Thanks for reading!

Hi Everyone, So I am about to hit a new age with a zero in it and i'm having a bit of an early mid life crisis and thought i'd have a dabble with Cubase again. I went to college to learn about digital music production/sequencing about 15 years ago and really enjoyed it, however I learned the hard way about the importance of backing up data; my house got hit by lightning and my HDD that stored all of my sample libraries, VST's and both my completed and in progress work was lost forever. I kind of lost touch with music making after that as I was super salty about losing everything and, frankly, was too busy smoking pot and being young to care. Well anyway, a decade of growing up and moving into IT later, I'm interested in getting back into it. However... I don't have much kit any more, I still have some studio monitors (Behringer B2030A's) and a sennheiser 8 channel mixer *somewhere* but I have nothing in terms of midi controllers, sound cards or midi keyboards. Wondering if anyone has any advice on some modern (and affordable) kit I could use to get back into it? I'll need something that works with Cubase SX3 (I have SX3 somewhere but I may consider upgrading to something a little less... ancient) and is relatively compact. TL;DR - Used to make music (Cubase), stopped, want to make stuff again but I'm getting old and out of touch with whats good these days. Please advise. Danke, Farden.

So I've got an XPS 13 with the quad-core 8550u, and It's simply not quick enough for running Cubase, Reaper and Pro Tools with enough plugin instances (Kontakt, Soothe etc.). My options are A desktop with a 3700x, and a cheaper laptop that i'll just have for mobile tracking and not mixing, A gaming laptop like one of the new Alienware 15's so I can mix on the go, with most likely a 9750H. My question basically is this. Is there a big gap in performance between the 8550u and the 8750h/9750h to justify staying with a laptop, which is far more convenient for me, or should I just bite the bullet and buy a desktop. Additionally, what should I really be looking at on spec-sheets to work it out? clock speed? core count? cache? I'm usually pretty knowledgeable about this stuff but there's no real channel or outlet that talks about audio professionals and gives good advice for professionals in this field. Also, I play some games but it's mainly F1 2019 nowadays so a gaming laptop or desktop would be fine for that easily. Many Thanks, hope to hear a response back soon xo

Just poking the community about musical minded people and seeing what falls out! I'd love to hear what you guys have made/written/performed, so either drop a link below, with a description, or PM me if you're shy about sharing your creations with the public so freely. If you use Ableton or FL, I'll be more than happy to share my knowledge with you! If there's enough interest in this, I'd love to set up a Skype / Discord group to share ideas/music with each other!

Hello I want to build me a new PC for Producing of electronic music I use cuebase and FL studio as a basis for the Different plug-ins. Unfortunately I am still not entirely clear what factors are really critical to the smooth performance auser the cpu and memory are all neuter genuzt all recently is the labor-memory only for storing of audio sampels used because I do mainly with syntesheizer I work almost no memory (i have a asus notbook with a i3 2310M 2.1 ghz 2 cores and hypertrehding aktuelen with my pc I run very fast to limit the cpu-performance but I never need more than 300 mb memory) It's important that I can make real-time change without changing the sampel rate Xeon Would be nice but is too expensive compared to desktop cpus As I said, unfortunately I still do not know whether cuebase and fl studio uses several cores or only 1-2 I've compnentes picked out and would like to hear your opinion and tips Case: Cooler Master HAF X Cpu: Intel i7 5820K Cooling: Swiftech h220x 4x coller masster 230mm 3x Noctua NF-B9 PWM 140mm Motherboard: Asus x99 WS RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4 2800MHz Gpu: ASUS GTX 970 STRIX Stock: Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 500 Gb for windows, ceuebase and fl studio 2x Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 250 Raide and 2 hdd I have 1tb and a 2tb western digital Power Supply: Corsair AX1200i 3 fans are already included in the case and I need only one to buy have a aire flow for my swiftech radiator the fans should be replaced by Noctua For ssd raid I already have a 250 gb ssd the power supply is ower powert but i do not want to buy a new one in the next few years I waft a little change to it needs no fan to 30% of the performance which will be rare so now please your views and suggestions I am open to anything to me is only important that I can make real-time changes and the db limit at 20 db max as long as I do not need the graphics card thanks for help PS Google translator you're sucks someone should take you with behind the house and save you from your suffer funny you translated that so well...

Hello. So I need some help choosing the right GPU for working with DAW (Cubase 5 or 6 or 7, Nuendo). It should be fanless (passive), because this system has to be extremely silent. What GPU would be the best? Price doesn't really matter. I was looking at something like ASUS GT640 DirectCU silent. System: Asus Z87-C Intel Core i7-4770 (non-K, because I'm not going to overclock it) Noctua NH-U14S Corsair Vengeance Black 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz Low Profile Seasonic X-650 Fractal Design Define R4 White (without a window) Creamware (aka Sonic Core) Pulsar 1 + Luna 2 bridged with a cable

Has anybody used or use Windows 8 Pro with 128GB RAM or More? (Prefebly 256GB RAM, which is what i'm aiming for for my workstation) P.S. This thread was removed for some reason :/