buying a new computer...

[Specialsauce]

im buying a new computer, which will primarily be used to produce music in a home-recording type setting, and i need some help here.

First, i need a good OS for this purpose... I know most people here will recomend ubuntu stright off the bat, but i have experience with aardour under ubuntu, and it is NOT pretty. Also, gentoo is out of the question due to my new, super slow internet connection. So i was thinking BSD of some sort, but im open to suggestions. I know i can do this thout windows, so dont try to convince me otherwise...

Also, if anyone here has any experience with home recording, can you pretty much sum up what i need to get, and how much its going to run me? Im expecting having to buy a mixing board, some microphones, i already have amps and that kind of stuff.... also, does processor speed/ram have much to do with it in this setting? do i need a supercomputer?

Thank you, ill post up more questions on this matter, as i get them, and im sorry im such a nood at this.

[somuchfortheafter]

mac

[yatt]

im buying a new computer, which will primarily be used to produce music in a home-recording type setting, and i need some help here.

First, i need a good OS for this purpose... I know most people here will recomend ubuntu stright off the bat, but i have experience with aardour under ubuntu, and it is NOT pretty. Also, gentoo is out of the question due to my new, super slow internet connection. So i was thinking BSD of some sort, but im open to suggestions. I know i can do this thout windows, so dont try to convince me otherwise...

Also, if anyone here has any experience with home recording, can you pretty much sum up what i need to get, and how much its going to run me? Im expecting having to buy a mixing board, some microphones, i already have amps and that kind of stuff.... also, does processor speed/ram have much to do with it in this setting? do i need a supercomputer?

Thank you, ill post up more questions on this matter, as i get them, and im sorry im such a nood at this.
If you want a computer for working with audio/video, a Mac is probably your best choice.

[Specialsauce]

If you want a computer for working with audio/video, a Mac is probably your best choice.
just one thing - i really, really want to use hydrogen and ardour, and most f all, JACK... is there something equivelant/better for mac, thats free. Also, im not a big fan of the mac interface... in fact, i might go as far as to say i hate it. I would really love to do this under linux or BSD or something free....

also, what kind of system specs do you think im going to need?

[mips]

http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=128
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=94618

Read through the above and it will give you some idea as to how doable it is in Ubuntu...

[renzokuken]

my older borther has just finished creating his own fully equipped recording studio. he uses Macs. best way to go i would think if u got a bit of cash

[ssam]

you might want to keep your eyes on the http://jokosher.org/ project

[Specialsauce]

you might want to keep your eyes on the http://jokosher.org/ project
thanks! that looks really cool.... hopefully i'll be able to use that.

And also, Gentoo IS now a possibility for me because we're switching isp's, and ill be able to use it. what do you guys think of using gentoo for this purpose?