Soldam's Altium FC500 studio for the audio pros!

[Doberman]

Soldam's Altium FC500 studio for the audio pros

Posted Feb 2nd 2007 9:46AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Desktops

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Unless you're an Engadget intern or working in the media arts, chances are that your rig doesn't offer 3x displays. Well check the build-to-order Altium FC500 studio setup from Soldam's WINDy DAW series of digital audio workstations. The kit starts with a 2.93GHz X6800 Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB (1GB x 4) PCS-5300 DD2 SDRAM, up to 4x 7200rpm SATA disks (RAID 0+1) with eSATA expansion, a ±R DL DVD super multi-drive, gigabit Ethernet, 6x USB 2.0, 4x Firewire, and of course a couple of NVIDIA Quadro NVS440 graphics cards with 256MB of GDDR3 memory from which to hang your trio of 19-inch displays... with room for a fourth all at a ho hum 1920 x 1280 (WUXGA) pixel resolution, each. And because this is targeted at audio pros, it comes flauntin' a high-end DSP from Universal Audio: the UAD-1 PCI card. It all comes packed in an Altium case said to efficiently keep the rig cool while keeping the noise down. Sound good? Now the price -- at ¥1,375,500 (about $11,373):dead: maybe you'd like to take your chances and roll your own?

 

[yes]

hmmmm??? decent price alot of plug ins for firewire,....alot of memory good sound card hmmmm if i had a extra 12 grand i would prolly get it But i rather stick wit what i got for now till i get my digidesign board

 

[GHP]

that shit is tight but I don't think you really need that much computer. I've seen full on sessions get tracked on much less without a crash. Its still sick though if you are running a host only system like an LE rig you the extra power might come in handy

Plus you could build one yourself for much cheaper 11gs is crazy