soundforge,what are you running with it?computer specs,help

i got robbed this weekend and got my computer got took, so i was wondering what kind of computer you guys were running your soundforge with. all this computer is gona be used for is soundforge and dirty pictures pretty much lol.

i was looking at the soundforge audio studio specs at thier website and it says
# 900 MHz processor
# 256 MB RAM
# 150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
# Windows-compatible sound card
# DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
# Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
# Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on disc)

and the regular soundforge 9 needs

* Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, XP, or Windows Vista™
* 900 MHz processor
* 150 MB hard-disk space for program installation
* 256 MB RAM
* Windows-compatible sound card
* DVD-ROM drive (for installation)
* Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning)
* Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later (included on DVD-ROM)
* Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (included on DVD-ROM)
* Internet Explorer 5.1 or later (included on DVD-ROM)

i was wondering how this computer would run it, i know it meets the minimum requirements, but i also know that the minimum requirements dont necessarily mean the program will run efficiently.

HP Pavilion DV1000
1.73 GHz
1 gig ram
60 gig HDD
XP
200$

and here is another one that im looking at

DELL Inspiron 1100 Laptop
Intel
Celeron CPU 2GHz
2.39 GHz, 512 MB of RAM 27.6 GB hard drive
DVD Burner
D-Link Wireless Card
Windows XP
Carrying case included
300$

and here is yet another

DELL Latitude D600

Pentium M - 1.60 Ghz Centrino @ 2MB L2 Cache
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 64MB Video Card
Sound Card
56K Modem
10/100 LAN Card
40GB Hard Drive
CD Drive (24x)
2 USB 2.0 Port
240$


any help would be greatly appreciated, what are you guys running with your soundforge? thanks again.

I'm sorry to hear that dude. Basically, if you can put memory in your mpc, you can put together your own machine in short. But those specs are bare minimum that you gave and you don't want to base your daw off of that. I can hook you up with some info and myself and a few other katz around here can walk you through building your own daw.

If your budget is under $350, I'll show you the components you'll need and we'll take it from there.

I run SF8 on a custom built rack daw, with 4 hd's. Intel dual core 945, 3.4ghz processor, 2 gigs ddr2 800 and some other stuff. Nothing to brag about.

thanks dab,

that sounds like it would work, but i really want the portability factor of a laptop becuase i travel alot and im going to be moving all of my stuff into storage and going back to alaska when my semester finishes up, then i think i would need a big bulky monitor too becuase i dont have enough funds for a slim screen.

its not like my whole set up got taken, just my chopping computer and all i would be doing is chopping samples in soundforge on it. i have an external drive i could back all that stuff up on too so HD space isnt really an issue.


i also have another computer, my macbook pro, which is essentially my music computer, its what i make all my beats on with logic and my mpc.

i just like the ease of soundforge to chop samples in and i would rather buy a computer again than buy a program that runs on my mac and have to work around the programs set-backs; i have tried adaucity and i didnt really like it, and i downloaded the demo to bias peak and i didnt like the workflow in it either, and that program costs more than 300 dollars anyway.

you dont think SF would run efficiently at all on any of theese computers?

also, has anyone tried those programs like boot-camp or parallels, that could be an option too i guess, but then i would have to find a version of windows XP still.


thanks alot again.

Well I guess if you go with a decent laptop, you should be ok. Yeah, I love sf for a number of reasons. Been using it since ver. 4.5 and can't say nothing negative about it.

I started off running SF 4.5 on my Dad's old pc before I got my audio computer and it ran fine, and that was a slow machine. It's basically not that processor intensive unless you are mastering with lots of plugins, so chopping could be done on a low spec pc without many problems.

dope, ill keep looking, i might find a deal on a refurbished one or something also. thanks alot you guys.

it is hard to go back to something else after you have been using soundforge huh? in my opinion its the best one out there hands down.

Damien-- I love using SF too, so this thread caught my attention. At this point it's the only program I use a computer for (when it comes to music).

I wanna let you know that ALL those laptops you mentioned are basically OVERQUALIFIED to run SF. You will be more than good. SF doesn't do a lot of real-time processing at once, like a DAW or that kind of thing. You'll be straight.

elevated wrote:Damien-- I love using SF too, so this thread caught my attention. At this point it's the only program I use a computer for (when it comes to music).

I wanna let you know that ALL those laptops you mentioned are basically OVERQUALIFIED to run SF. You will be more than good. SF doesn't do a lot of real-time processing at once, like a DAW or that kind of thing. You'll be straight.

dope! thanks alot meng!