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Author: soft on June 15 2007 Viewed 2731 times. 9 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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my studio pc is just that. a pc for my studio.
the only things i ever (and will ever) use it for are audio apps, a
tiny bit of photoshop, playing/burning cds/dvds/mp3s and such.
i never do anything else on it. it never has and never will go on the net or play games.
im sick of windows. it pisses me off. sometimes it seems to change
my settings for no reason.
the other day it started making the 'computer beep' noise every time a
warning or message pops up or you click an inactive area....i mean the one that
comes from INSIDE your computer not through your speakers. its really
starting to get annoying and i cant find how you turn it off.
when playing files back from cd/dvd (sound and video) the sound
totally screws up like its being run through a bit reduction
plugin.....like when you set the latency too low in an audio app and
it goes all distorted and glitchy. sometimes its ok for 10 - 30
seconds... then it goes all screwy. CPU usage looks fine and running
stupidly big cubase files doesnt even make it flinch....yet playing a
5mb mp3 from a cd makes it go all freaky. ive never had problems with the soundcard drivers either.....they work fine for everything else.
this plus all the other crap that comes with windows just makes it not
worth the hassle for me.
id get a mac but i dont want to turn into an delusional arrogant prick ;)
(incase you didnt notice that ^^^ was a joke) i dont really like OSX either.
its annoying and has it own little quirks.
ive been looking at ubuntu studio but im affraid it will get a bit complicated to install and partition my drives and stuff....id like to keep all my windows stuff intact. BUT there are already 4 drives in my pc (3 in a raid array and 1 system drive) i wouldnt really like to put any more in there so id have to partition the system drive to install the new OS .... would that mean deleting some of the data on the system drive?
....and im not sure what progs are compatible/available for it either.
how is WINE? is it a CPU hog? unstable?
i mainly use reason, cubase, energyXT, live, recycle and some vsts. also photoshop.
im no programmer either so id like to just set it up, configure and go without even thinking about the OS. i dont want to keep having to do stuff to maintain it.
im running AMDx64 4800+ with a XFX revo64 serial ata card ... which is pretty cool cos it doesnt need drivers....i think that would be the case for using it with ubuntu too....but im not sure.
also i have an maudio 1814 for which only win/osx drivers are available for....i can see that being a problem.
what other options do i have?
am i stuck with winblows?
help?
thanks guys and gals
x
[EDIT]
PLEASE DO DO NOT SUGGEST OSX!!!
IVE USED IT FOR 4 YEARS AND DO NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE IT!!!
I AM NOT SWITCHING TO OSX. END OF!
thanks. and sorry for shouting.
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soft
woah! sorry for the huge amount of text and bad formatting....i wrote it offline.
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nagrom
(pssst! OSX!)
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mrk087
Sounds like the problem lies inside your m-audio 1814, that or for some reason your Windows sound drivers are conflicting with the M-Audio. It's happened to me before, except I'm using a E-mu 1820.
Ugh. Its unbelievable how much of a pain this thing can be. When it works, its a charm. But when it doesn't, I'm about to pull my hair. I cant always find a problem, but at one time, i just uninstalled the E-Mu and re-installed it. Drivers and all reset. Seemed to do the trick. Whether it will work for you, I'm not sure, but its worth a try.
I tried Ubuntu Studio, its nifty, its just too bad it doesn't work with my sound card. If it did work, i would be booting in and out of Windows and Ubuntu Studio.
Anyway, the whole Windows and the sound drivers and the security is pushing me into getting that macbook pro.
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soft
cheers mrk087. its only playing back in winamp/mediaplayer from CD though. everything else is perfectly fine!
ill try installing the drivers again.
morgan - ive been using OSX for around 4 years now.....it is ok. i still dont like it though....it has its problems.....if you dont see them.....maybe you are trapped in a link ;)
OSx86 isnt compatible with some of my hardware and has its problems......and im CERTAINLY not going to buy a mac.
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hardware
ps: @em warning bot, the post doesn't have to be long to be useful so fuck off!! you don't want me to r.ape you.. "Your post is too short, if you don't have anything useful to say, don't say it." my ass
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soft
hardware?
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Bonz
computers can suck a lot sometimes. i hate the fact that to make things with them you have to be glued to a screen constantly. it's kind of nice to do things in a traditional manner, a real area of space for music, drawing and art, leisure and entertainment. the virtual worlds get lame after a while.
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strangus
I switched to OS X about 2 years ago after going through the same frustration you are experiencing. Best computing choice I have made in years.
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adcBicycle
For that beeping problem you could unplug your internal speaker... easier then trying to eliminate it at the source in windows I imagine.
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soft
hello PAWEL you cunt
get a life
can someone hack his account again please?
or teach me how to do?
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soft
cheers guys. ill see if i can unplug the speaker tonight ..... if not ill try the .vbs script zanf suggested.
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everamzah
i like linux. i use it for audio.
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Bonz
it would be nice to be able to load os x flawlessly on any 3rd party hardware.
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soft: i meant switch to hardware for music production. just another option 
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license
switch to OS X!
lol...just kidding. I have never use OS X before and I have no interest in it. eventually I'm going to move to Linux but not until they port Renoise. and I get an mp3 player and audio interface that will work in it.
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