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Windows working ok for those who use it for recording ?

#41
Geri O said:
(who doesn't like to call enthusiasts for certain computer platforms "Zealots" or other names used by 10-year-olds, even if they do get on my nerves),
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Ouch, must have hit a nerve...
I think you misunderstood my comment, enthusiasm is fine, regardless of your OS of choice. Its when that enthusiasm turns to some tribal form of idolatry,rendering you incapable of seeing any merit in the "rival" OS/product/sports team/religion that problems occur. In one of my old bands the drummer was a complete Apple fanboy, so much so that he flat-out refused to track in a particular studio simply because the engineer used a PC for recording.
Enthusiasm good, irrational pigheaded fanboyish superiority complex bad.
 
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Windows has been fine for me. I'm not doing anything elaborate, just 2 channel recordings using a PreSonus AudioBox and some odd homemade gear that shouldn't exist.

When I got the PreSonus, it would not work with one of my PC's. It turned out that the computer was a hopelessly ancient machine that was barely capable of running any OS, much less Win10. I went on a buying binge, and bought some "new" refurbished cheap desktops from NewEgg, to replace the worst of the worst machines in the house. Problem solved.

It's interesting that I went through my "fanboy" phase long ago, but today I'm completely ambivalent about it. All of the software that I use is capable of running on any platform, so it has simply ceased to matter. Now of course it matters if you have a platform specific app.

My next computer is going to be a 4-bit minicomputer built from primitive logic gates. So far I've got the program counter and program ROM working. Next step: The registers. I don't think it will be running any recording software. ;)
 
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this thread was not intended to drift in the direction of other OS's and their relative merits. It was really just intended to gauge how Windows was working out for TB members who are using it in their recording set-ups.

I appreciate the positive tone and intent of the replies so far. Also seems to validate my original sense that Windows, while no means perfect ... particularly without some tweaks and adjustments, does in fact seem to work perfectly ok for most users (at least here on TB) recording needs.
 
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fdeck said:
Windows has been fine for me. I'm not doing anything elaborate, just 2 channel recordings using a PreSonus AudioBox and some odd homemade gear that shouldn't exist.

When I got the PreSonus, it would not work with one of my PC's. It turned out that the computer was a hopelessly ancient machine that was barely capable of running any OS, much less Win10. I went on a buying binge, and bought some "new" refurbished cheap desktops from NewEgg, to replace the worst of the worst machines in the house. Problem solved.

It's interesting that I went through my "fanboy" phase long ago, but today I'm completely ambivalent about it. All of the software that I use is capable of running on any platform, so it has simply ceased to matter. Now of course it matters if you have a platform specific app.

My next computer is going to be a 4-bit minicomputer built from primitive logic gates. So far I've got the program counter and program ROM working. Next step: The registers. I don't think it will be running any recording software. ;)
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as always fdeck, you are living on the edge :laugh: :thumbsup:
 
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Let me amend my earlier post in a simultaneously more snarky and more helpful manner: In 2021, if you're trying to record, produce and/or engineer music using Windows or Mac and you can't get good results out of it, the problem is not the OS, it's the user. :smug:

In all seriousness; Modern computers, operating systems, audio interfaces and plugins are all so incredibly good that it's very hard to go wrong when choosing where to spend your money.
 
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No one's mentioned 32-bit Windows vs. 64-bit Windows. I believe XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10 all came in both 32 and 64 bit versions. I noticed a BIG improvement in speed and stability when I upgraded to a 64 bit version of windows. I currently use Windows 7, Reaper and a Mackie Big Knob USB audio interface. Very pleased with the performance and stability of this setup.
 
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Hypocrite said:
Ouch, must have hit a nerve...
I think you misunderstood my comment, enthusiasm is fine, regardless of your OS of choice. Its when that enthusiasm turns to some tribal form of idolatry,rendering you incapable of seeing any merit in the "rival" OS/product/sports team/religion that problems occur. In one of my old bands the drummer was a complete Apple fanboy, so much so that he flat-out refused to track in a particular studio simply because the engineer used a PC for recording.
Enthusiasm good, irrational pigheaded fanboyish superiority complex bad.
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Can't argue with that.
Cheers.
 
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hooky_marr said:
Mixbus is a commercial fork of Ardour so it inherits a lot of multithreading-aware code,
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I’m all for open source co-development. But Mixbus isn’t really a fork per se. It’s a separate product that builds on an Ardour base, significant parts which Harrison Consoles either developed themselves, or paid others to develop for Ardour. The parts that make up Mixbus proper, such as the channel strip code, are still very much proprietary. And that source code is not open source since it isn’t released under the GPL.
 
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This is by far, the most valuable thread I've read on TB in 15 years! Cheers to fellow windows users, anyone have a step editor recommendation for putting drums "onto" riffs? I know Logic does it but haven't found a windows alternative
 
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Windows works fine. If you use a usb interface, you need to learn how to edit the very well hidden super advanced power saving features of the USB controller, which IS available to any admin level user (so the owner of the computer, presumably you), with some googling.

Works perfectly for me. I prefer macs, but I can't afford one these days, so my windows laptops, with the appropriate low level power savings features changed to no longer be power saving, and voila. Solid as a proverbial rock.

Been doing it that way for many, many years now. Not a single issue related to windows.

But then I'm a software engineer as my 2nd career/day job for the past several years, so I know a thing er two about it.
 
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I've been using both for a long, long time. I don't tweak at all, except to turn off the usb energy saving thing. I use my internet connected acer gaming laptop with an old rme babyface, and have no probs at all (except trying to figure out what TotalMix Fx is doing, which is my brain's problem). I don't have to do anything restrictive, I've got a bunch of games installed, steam, discord, etc.

I honestly think the interface and drivers are a much bigger deal. Less on Mac since you've got the class compliant thing if nothing else. And the latency is reasonable even on the built in audio. And, I would have to say Logic is clearly the best deal there is for music software. Of course it used to be the hardware made up for what you saved on the software, but now with the new Apple silicon (m1, etc.) I think the hardware is also hard to beat value-wise. If I didn't game, my main comp would probably be a mac. Maybe.

I wonder why power is such an issue? I used to get 20 tracks of audio on a G3 266mhz beige mac using Deck II. Less than 10mb/s hard drive. How could we possibly be needing more speed? When Logic ran on PC's, people were getting 100 tracks, and that was a long time ago. I guess I know the answer, but seriously.
 
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Geez I feel old now. And remember buying my first MAudio 1010 soundcard.

Was on windows 98 and remembering, my then single core computer was extremely expensive.
And really thought I was the big dog when I was mixing down at " CD" Quality 16 bit.
And could burn our own CDs without using or paying big money
for a CD or heck even old tape duplicates in the old days.
Woahhh!! I just made my own CD

People would laugh now at 32 bit " floating"
But that was a very big deal when new software and soundcards could do it
Going through the then change over to XP.
When I had a very nice flow in old 98 Windows.

Anyways I never really had a problem with 7 or 10.
Most the issues was a long long time ago. Going from 98 to XP
Soundcards and drivers and the whole software market was going through big changes
at that time. All issues long gone now

Now at 64 bit resolution and insane amounts of memory
With no lag time from those old noisy hard drives.

I would say i am rather happy with Windows.
Way Way back in the day we were building software with VST assemblers
Trying to make the ultimate synths or samplers or cutting edge effects.

These days the software developers are just incredible.
In the early days I was distracted and also intrigued.
Spent a lot of time building plugins that didn't exist yet.
Or trying to be the first to invent that new sound
 
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