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Do we need to spend thousands of dollars on recording gear or software?

When it comes right down to good sound, the mix and master, I personally believe I can get by on most basic DAW platform with good to excellent preamps and conversion.

That fact that I use and discuss excellent gear is because its available to me, and because its also a passion of interest.

Video Recording Inside Studio? Best hardware/software

Im installing an IP Camera security system for a friends new music studio.

They would like a video camera system to record musicians playing drums, piano, singing etc and provide video on USB drive at end of session. Also, live stream video and audio via website if they want.

What's the point in buying WaveLab or other mastering software?

I used to own wavelab for mastering. Unfortunately it's not compatible with my new computer and I'm not shelling out $500 for an upgrade. I've been using Nuendo multi-track for mastering. Any of you do the same? Use your multitrack software for mastering?

Does CD ripping software/CD drive effect quality of the rip, for archival purposes

Hey all, I'm digitizing my CD collection in the next month or so. (edit technically it already is digital but, u get what I mean) This is so I can have acesso to it from anywhere, as CD players are more and more rare. Since this is archival, I want as close to an exact copy of the CD as possible, ripped inTo the computer. They have usb CD burners on Amazon for like $20.

Are software updates necessary ?

I've been using Windows 7 for 5 years now and have never updated a thing. The computer is never online. I haven't had a problem until a while ago when I had to restore from a backup because windows would not boot up. Ever since then things have been noticeably slower. Again, it hasn't been an issue until I got a couple of CPU heavy plugins (that I really like).