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"Rain Computers"
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this company or their product. The web site looks interesting, however it seems they don't show all of their product details or show internal photos. I could not find much about them, but they do seem to try and build for the musician. At least that's what their web site would indicate. Danielle |
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On 5/28/2011 1:23 PM, DanielleOM wrote:
The web site looks interesting, however it seems they don't show all of their product details or show internal photos. I could not find much about them, but they do seem to try and build for the musician. I had a nice chat with a guy from Rain Computing at the NAMM show a couple of years ago. They do pay attention to what works best with music hardware and software and attempt to choose components that will work best with the customer's hardware. They have some stock models, but if you have particular hardware or software that you'll be using, they'll tailor it to your needs. You can send them the hardware and software and they'll install it and be sure it works before sending out your computer. There's no guarantee that theirs will work right out of the box, but they'll work with you and swap parts as necessary if you have problems. Just try that with Dell The reason why they don't provide a lot of detail as to what they put into their machines is that people were going to the web site, seeing what motherboards, I/O and graphic boards, power supplies, and memory they were using, then buy the parts on line and assemble their own equivalent at lower cost. They're really set up for the musician who doesn't want to fuss with a computer and is willing to pay a little more than rock bottom DIY price to get someone else to do the thinking and take the risks with incompatible parts. Most people who get their computers have good things to say about them. -- "Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com - useful and interesting audio stuff |
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DanielleOM wrote:
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about this company or their product. The web site looks interesting, however it seems they don't show all of their product details or show internal photos. I could not find much about them, but they do seem to try and build for the musician. At least that's what their web site would indicate. There's an excellent and very complimentary review in Sound on Sound this month. -- Tciao for Now! John. |
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this isn't a popular opinion, but i think buying a "workstation" is
the way to go. i'm talking about hp, dell, and apple. many people mistake what i'm saying. i do not advocate buying the consumer products just the workstations. i have tried PCs, Macs, a boutique daw and now a DIY daw. unless you are a serious builder i think there is no advantage to DIY. in the long run DIY will not save you money or sanity. imo neither will a boutique DAW. after trying most of the stuff out there (granted not huge samples) my next machine will be a mac pro. macs pros start at $2,500 my diy was maybe $1,500 (i7 950, 12G ram, 3TB storage) but required lots of time picking out parts and some trouble shooting. i think the mac pro with dual xeons would dust it too. my DIY will have no resale value and neither will most boutique daws. my 3 cents. |
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cporro wrote:
this isn't a popular opinion, but i think buying a "workstation" is the way to go. i'm talking about hp, dell, and apple. many people mistake what i'm saying. i do not advocate buying the consumer products just the workstations. I'm using a HP ML115G5 box via rdp now - not a sound recording box, using usb audio for monitoring via sp-dif to Yamaha surround-preamp. I may put a real graphics card into it some day, ex works on board is limited to 1020x768, but via rdp it really ought not matter. It does seem to suffer from a bit of dma contention however so the point of adding a real graphics card is to be able to use radmin instead with a larger virtual display. Raid 1+0 via mobo disk interface + a disk for the OS and sw installation. i have tried PCs, Macs, a boutique daw and now a DIY daw. unless you are a serious builder i think there is no advantage to DIY. in the long run DIY will not save you money or sanity. imo neither will a boutique DAW. after trying most of the stuff out there (granted not huge samples) my next machine will be a mac pro. macs pros start at $2,500 my diy was maybe $1,500 (i7 950, 12G ram, 3TB storage) but required lots of time picking out parts and some trouble shooting. i think the mac pro with dual xeons would dust it too. my DIY will have no resale value and neither will most boutique daws. my 3 cents. I'll stick with rdp'ing from a laptop, gives me a nice interface and good listening chair ergonomics and the power of real hardware with a real disk setup and a mobo that is meant to move data fast. Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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"Rain Computers"
Wow - they ought to be nice for the price. I just checked out a Rain
Computers Solstice Studio Audio Computer on MusiciansFriend - it sells for $2,199.00 which is about $1,000 more than I charge for a roughly equivalent computer. Mike C http://www.PCdaw.net |
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On 6/8/2011 10:18 AM, Mr Soul wrote:
Wow - they ought to be nice for the price. I just checked out a Rain Computers Solstice Studio Audio Computer on MusiciansFriend - it sells for $2,199.00 which is about $1,000 more than I charge for a roughly equivalent computer. Yeah, but do you help the customer get it working with his hardware and software, and make changes so that it works? That's the sort of thing that some people are willing to pay for up front, and what others pay for in time, sweat, and lost hair later on. -- "Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com - useful and interesting audio stuff |
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Yeah, but do you help the customer get it working with his
hardware and software, and make changes so that it works? That's the sort of thing that some people are willing to pay for up front, and what others pay for in time, sweat, and lost hair later on. I will if I am asked. I have often ordered and installed all the hardware/software that a customer wants. Mike |
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