Recommendations for PC audio card and DAW

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   Hi, my PC is 10 years old and badly needing a replacement so I'm planning to buy a new PC soon.

I'm not a professional musician but I used to make / play music with Cubasis which is rather crappy but I may take the occasion to upgrade to some better DAW.

My current soundcard is a Creative Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1. which although not too bad (it has MIDI etc) it's around 10 years old so I guess that there are better things right now.

Any recommendations for audio card and DAW? I don't mind spending some money in the soundcard but for the DAW I would appreciate recommendations which are not too expensive, as I say I'm not a professional musician, it's just to have some fun as an amateur and to playback the other instruments as background so I can practice playing mine on top.

TX 

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Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5154	Topic: Recommendations for PC audio card and DAW Posted: August 14 2012 at 07:31
	Hi, my PC is 10 years old and badly needing a replacement so I'm planning to buy a new PC soon. I'm not a professional musician but I used to make / play music with Cubasis which is rather crappy but I may take the occasion to upgrade to some better DAW. My current soundcard is a Creative Soundblaster Live Platinum 5.1. which although not too bad (it has MIDI etc) it's around 10 years old so I guess that there are better things right now. Any recommendations for audio card and DAW? I don't mind spending some money in the soundcard but for the DAW I would appreciate recommendations which are not too expensive, as I say I'm not a professional musician, it's just to have some fun as an amateur and to playback the other instruments as background so I can practice playing mine on top. TX

Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016	Posted: August 14 2012 at 13:20
	A lot of USB or Firewire recording interfaces will work as an external soundcard. That's what I use.

Andy Webb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin Joined: June 04 2010 Location: Terria Status: Offline Points: 13298	Posted: August 14 2012 at 14:25
	I have a Creative USB Sound Blaster that works decently well. My brother uses an M-Audio doohickey (I forget what it's officially called) that works quite well too and is specifically meant for recording.