Your Computer Must Have Muscle and Vast Drawers
Your computer should be a good modern machine with a high-powered CPU and a lot of RAM. My studio PC has an AMD Phenom triple-core CPUs with 4GB RAM. Multicore CPUs make a big difference. A single-core CPU should perform fine for two-track recording and simpler recordings like podcasts and interviews. For example, I have an old ThinkPad with an 800 MHz CPU and 256MB RAM running Linux that performs nicely as a field recorder for interviews. For more than two tracks, multicore is the way to go. Don’t worry about AMD versus Intel; they’re both fine, so use whichever you like best.
You need as much storage as you can afford. CD-quality audio (44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV) uses around 5MB per track per minute. ...
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