On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 03:14:51PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote:
It does indeed. One tends to have extra tools, control surfaces, audio interfaces etc. etc. that are connected to the computer, running at the same time. Add the need for fan and machine silence, multiple real and virtual drives and the entire construction can be quite layered. One also invests for the long term. He last updated his studio in 2007.
Sounds very neat. I have certainly built machines for a number of friends and relatives over the years, and think it is great fun. Doesn't happen much anymore given most people are using laptops these days. I think my newest machine of my own is 6 years old at this point (I am sure someone will make a comment about it having been overkill at the time being the reason for that). Too bad I don't know much at all about audio editing equipment (although it looks neat), and my wife would likely think I have plenty of other things that I need to get done. I could give some suggestions for components to pick though if that would be any help. I did build a machine for a friend about 3 years ago that requested quiet. Pretty sure we succeeded. I have to double check visually that it was turned on when I fired it up the first time because I heard nothing, even though it had a couple of fans and spinning hard disks in it. A quality case and water cooling can apparently pull that off. -- Len Sorensen