Register To ReplyI feel your pain.
My studio laptop is a pile of shit.
I seriously hate my studio PC...
It's newer than my current iMac, has more memory and a better processor, but it needs to be restarted often because it starts slowing down, programs hang and crash at random, can't display YouTube videos or use any sound sources that can't be routed through the MOTU soundcard and takes forever to open things, even though it's stringently maintained and defragged.
*looks at calender towards Christmas*
I feel your pain.
My studio laptop is a pile of shit.
CCleaner
Did you end up using combofix the other day?
Originally Posted by Phil513
I use this religiously......
Yet another friend of Jack...
Maybe there is a problem between the keyboard and the chair?
Whats a decent free antivirus out there?
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Friend of Jack
AVG still works well enough for me.
This 'un?
http://free.avg.com/ww-en/homepage
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PEBKAC error?
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I too... am a Friend of Jack.
PEBKAC error?
I use CCleaner and Defraggler both on this PC at work.
Combofix wouldn't take care of it (home computer) so I jusdt wiped and went.
You know, my 'studio PC' has a ton of problems, but none of them relate to my recording. I can't open an internet browser with it. It often has several programs I have to manually close on shutdown, etc....but it still performs like a champ for recording.
My laptop works great for everything except recording, and I may have finally worked all the bugs out of that too.
i can never find a program that actually cleans my pc well enough
Agreed - spyware - virus - registry cleaners - seems like they run in the background causing more overhead on the CPU then anything else.
The best cleaner is C:/Format
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We use the new microsoft anti virus here at work. All of our IT guys have lost faith in AVG.
It still seems to work okay for me though.
yep
I've wiped my pc clean on quite a few occassions. I have an external HD so it's not that big of a deal, but loading all the programs on can be a little but of a pain in the ass.
If it really is your "studio PC" and all you use it for is recording, you shouldn't even have an internet connection on it. Get it stable and basically never mess with it again until it physically craps out and you have to start replacing things. It's amazing how many G4 Macs and older PCs you still see in studios even now, they still work because they never got all infested with viruses and extraneous software and all that mess.
I couldn't possibly agree more.
My studio pc has never been online and has worked without any problems for 9 years now.
My father in law has a Windows 95 machine in his office that I just made him replace this year for fear of the hard drive failing more than anything else. It had never been on the internet and hadn't had a problem in 13 years. I got him a new Dell for his desk but the old one sits in his parts room at the shop and he uses it as an archive sometimes.
My 2002 G4 Titanium Powerbook runs great (if a little slow) too and its got OX10.5.8 on it. All I use it for is the internet, though.
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One more thing....what do you think of the nicer Mac Mini for a recording machine in a small project studio?
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This remonds me - my wife's POS system is on a PC that is getting sluggish. Hooked to the internet. It's connected to the internet for POS software updates - but lots of time the girls are on it checking their FB pages and other useless internet junk.
Is there a way to have access to the internet through a password?
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Unfortunately I can't do that because my studio is at work and I don't have room for a secondary computer. I do have it set-up for dual boot though and I try to make sure that unless I'm actually recording something I'm on that side of the system and I do maintain it daily. Unfortunately I do end up having to restart and switch back and forth a lot through out the day.
One more reason I can't wait to get my Mac down there too. iMac at home is a motherfuckin' champ!
The new ones should be fine, really. They have enough horesepower and memory internally, and something like 6 USB2 ports, plenty for midi interfaces and external HDs, and you can use the FW800 port for your interface, most likely. I haven't used the Minis much, to be honest, but spec-wise it seems like plenty for that application. I use my 3 year old iBook G4 for home recording most of the time, and if it can handle it, those should be able to no problem.
It seems the biggest hurdle is the 5400 RPM drive, but most laptops have those so as long as you have an external it should'nt be an issue. I'd like to replace my home desktop with a Mini.
Yeah, you'd definitely need to go with an external, but really you should be doing that anyway even if you have a fast system HD installed. USB2 is plenty fast enough for multi-tracking. You can pick up those WD drives for next to nothing these days.
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