Rain Recording

Overview

Specs

Solstice specifications

	Home Studio	Home Studio Plus
Processor	AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz	AMD Phenon II X6 1055T 2.8GHz (up to 3.4GHz)
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H	Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
Memory	2GB Corsair DDR3 PC2-1066	4GB Corsair DDR3 PC2-1066
OS Drive	500GB Samsung F3 SATA II (Up to 1TB)	500GB Samsung F3 SATA II (Up to 1TB)
Audio Drive	Combined with System Drive, upgradable to 1TB	1TB Samsung F3 SATA II
Optical Drive	DVDR/RW	DVDR/RW
USB	10 USB 2.0 (6 rear, 2 top, 2 int)	10 USB 2.0 (6 rear, 2 top, 2 int)
FireWire	2 Ports on TI Chipset	2 Ports on TI Chipset
Graphics	ATI Radeon 4250 VGA, DVI-d, HDMI	ATI Radeon 4250 VGA, DVI-d, HDMI
PCI/PCIe	2x PCI, 1x PCIex1, 1x PCIex16	2x PCI, 1x PCIex1, 1x PCIex16
LAN	Gigabit	Gigabit
Audio	7.1 HD Multimedia onboard Compatible with all USB, FW or PCI audio interfaces	7.1 HD Multimedia onboard Compatible with all USB, FW or PCI audio interfaces
PSU	Corsair 430W	Corsair 430W
Input	Wired, wireless and laser options	Wired, wireless and laser options
OS	Windows 7 32bit	Windows 7 64bit
Warranty	One year hardware warranty Lifetime technical support	One year hardware warranty Lifetime technical support
Price (inc VAT)	£599	£719
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1GB = One billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Actual formatted capacity is less.

Software

Hardware

Testimonials

Customer Testimonials & Reviews

Read what Rain Customers think about their Solstice workstation:

"Rain's Solstice proves that you don't have to find a pot of gold to afford a specialist PC offering good performance and low acoustic noise"

–Martin Walker
Sound On Sound

"Dear Rain, Just sending you this message to give you a giant thumbs up in regards to my Solstice machine. Finally I have a system that provides zero restrictions for creative music composition. Multiple tracks of VST instruments, assorted effects, running glitch free with multiple tracks of audio.

With my previous system I could not even run 2 instances of Moog Modular with out an issue. Now with the Solstice machine the ability to freely asign any combination of vsti with effects & audio arrangements, has freed up my compositions and brought back the means to go crazy with ideas, with no fear of running out of grunt in the processor/reliabilty department!

I use the following software/hardware with the Solstice:
Cubase 4, Arturia Moog Modular, Arturia CS-80,
Waldorf Attack Percussion, Stienberg Halion sampler, and assorted 3rd party VST instruments, outboard synths include, Fairlight MFX series 3, Waldorf XTK Wavetable synth, Korg micro, Emu Mo Phat. Alesis io2 usb audio interface, M-audio 88 usb controller keyboard.

So, Thank you for your powerful & dedicated music/audio computer. It truly comes to the party regarding power and performance!"

–Andy Frampton

"I have to say I've had no problems at all with it, despite hitting it with some of the biggest mix projects I've ever had to deal with. It's great to have a machine with this kind of horsepower, because it allows me to choose the most appropriate plug-ins for the mix job at hand, without having to make quality compromises to conserve CPU horsepower, and there are Mix Rescue challenges I can now take on that would have been unthinkable on my previous setup."

–Mike Senior
Sound On Sound

"Wow! The computer has exceeded my expectations. - I drive a silver Porsche Boxster S on the weekends- I'm all about looks. This computer has the LOOK. It's classy and perfect for my home recordings... Thank you!!!"

–Alan R.

"The recording is coming along great, we love this machine... The Rain Solstice is hands down the best, fastest, easiest unit I have ever used."

–Shawn Meister
Guitarist, Underbelly