Home recording studio?

Question

I am a beginner in music composing . i am having a small setup at my home. also i have done music for some short films . here is the details of my system and setup.

mother board : DG45ID
processor : quad core Q9505
OS : windows XP sp2
memory : DDR2 6GB (2GB X4)
software : nuendo,reason,and etc.
sound card : M audio audiophile 2496 (latency 512 samples,codec sample rate 48.000)
analogue Mixer : behringer xenyx 1204fx
mic : samson condenser
monitor speaker : KRK rokit 5
midi keyboard : m audio prokeys 88sx
HDD capacity : around 3 TB (1TB int. + 2 TB ext.)

These are the setups which i am using.
But sometimes i get a problem(not always) like cpu memory full or kinda clip sound whenever i load large size vsti . why it is happening?? And if i wanna do music for short films, i convert the movie( around 15 to 20 mnts short films) to avi and Xvid codec.then import into my recording software(nuendo) and will do music for it..and i dont have any graphic card. but is it very important? if yes, then why it is important? and tell me which one should i buy. please give me some advice to improve my knowledge in recording technics and technology.. thank you in advance ...!!!

Answer 1

For video processing a graphic card is not that necessary, the most important when it comes to non-real time video processing is you processor.

The clipping problem is while recording? I mean real time? If so it could be your sound card, which is not the best, and not up to the level of your setup. Probably could also be bad recording, maybe you are recording with to much gain, and the vst is showing it more.

I dont know which vst it is, probably you could play a little bit with a compressor pre-vst.

Is it happening with all large vst's? Are they open source? Or if paid, are they original or pirated?

We really need to know which vst's are having to problem to be able to help you.

Is you cache setup to high/low?

Are you applying the vst to a complete, mixed track?

Or to single tracks? If so, how many of them?

I mean if you apply a very large vst independently to 30 tracks and try to play all of them with the vst real time your setup will struggle quite a bit, but if you are only applying it to 2-3 tracks there shouldn't be any problem.

If you update your info i'll update my answer with more helpful info.

Answer 2

Hai!!! I'm not A Pro in Music making'... But i Did some research in it.... According to me... Graphics Card is Very Important for Video Playback.... Because The quality of the video is depends on the Graphics Card u r using.... You said ur Video Conversion took 20 mints to Convert Rite... There are Special Video Converters Which supports Graphics Card for Faster Video Rendering.... So Before Buy a Video Card You first analyze the Software which you're using now.... Werther it Support Graphics for fast acceleration... Then Buy Which is Preferable for you...

Answer 3

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