For sw, I have no troubles with either v1.3+ Audacity or Sony SoundForge 9. SoundForge 8 doesn't work with Vista too well.
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An interface question for you Vista users
- Thread starter Nightsblood
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I think the presonus FP10 is great choice for those vista users too. And firebox too. If they're an old batch, they'll need firmware update but it takes like five seconds and requires no skill, just one click with a mouse.
However, to the earlier vista/xp thing, the one thing xp has going over 64 bit vista is the fact that many plugins are 32 bit only and some are even XP only. So now that even companies like presonus (they took a ridiculously long time to do that) have their stuff updated for 64 bit OS, the next worry for vista users is to make sure the plug ins they look forward to buying work with vista. Very many plugins do not quarantee that. That's why I'm running a XP while drooling over macs for this stuff.
I'm using a Presonus Firestudio Project on Vista 32-Bit, with the Cubase LE 4.0 software that came with it. I have the max RAM you can cram into a 32-bit system with a quad core processor.
The only issues I had with it were some odd pauses in the middle of audio playback (didn't appear to be in the actual recording). I fixed it by shutting down anything and everything that wasn't essential to Windows/Cubase/the firestudio.
So kill your anti-virus, network connections, widgets...I typically go into the Task manager and start killing unneeded processes.
If your not sure about killing processes you can usually google them and find out what they are, just dont randomly kill them or your in for a good crash.
Also you should use the ASIO audio drivers if you can, any decent recording interface should have them with its drivers. Windows audio drivers are a joke when it comes to audio delay.
The only issues I had with it were some odd pauses in the middle of audio playback (didn't appear to be in the actual recording). I fixed it by shutting down anything and everything that wasn't essential to Windows/Cubase/the firestudio.
So kill your anti-virus, network connections, widgets...I typically go into the Task manager and start killing unneeded processes.
If your not sure about killing processes you can usually google them and find out what they are, just dont randomly kill them or your in for a good crash.
Also you should use the ASIO audio drivers if you can, any decent recording interface should have them with its drivers. Windows audio drivers are a joke when it comes to audio delay.
