Garry Stubbs
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New DAW setup today !!!
Woo-hoo - I'm about to enter the womb of my project studio to spend the day setting up my new Q6600 DAW I had it configured for me with 3 X 500GB internal drives, dual monitor graphics card and 4Gb memory. I'm sticking to Vista 32bit for now. I also treated myself on Friday to a couple of new LG 22" TFT monitors so it should be sweet. However this time round I'm taking my time, last time I did this I knackered the OS and had to have the whole system rebuilt. This time round I have taken Scott Garrigus' advice and bought Acronis True Image to use a try and decide test environment mode before committing. It should be straight forward enough, but I'm going to take my time and try and get it right first time. I'll keep you posted. Any you guys got any good tips for me?
post edited by The Kiosk Project - 2009/03/15 06:51:52
https://soundcloud.com/garry-kiosk Sonar Platinum 64-bit: Q6600 8Gb Win7 64-bit: KRK Monitors: ART MPA PRO VLA ii preamp: 3 x 500Gb internal SATA disks: Superior Drummer2: GPO4: Realstrat: Saxlab: Rapture: Dimension Pro: Ozone 4: Edirol SPS-660: PCR-500 MIDI controller: Korg PadKontrol: Fender / Gibson / Yamaha / Ibanez guitars:Guitar Rig 5: Dual 22" Monitors: Mapex Drums, Sabian AAX cymbals: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit: SE Electronics and Shure Mics: Mathmos Lava Lamp (40W)
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jamesg1213
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 07:10:33
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ORIGINAL: The Kiosk Project
Any you guys got any good tips for me?
Coffee, lots of coffee...and biccies! 
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jeffb63
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 07:16:06
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Studio: X3 Producer on i7 4770K Asus Z87-K 32Gb G-Skill Trident X. W8.1 x64. 2408 Mk3, ADI8-DD. BCF2000. Stage: Cantabile Performer 2 on Lenovo W530 i7 3720QM 16Gb DDR3. Samsung 840 Evo, Samsung 840 Pro. W7 x64.
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edentowers
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 07:20:04
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Keep creating System Restore points as you go.
Learn and test how to recover a drive using Acronis before you have to use it in anger.
Enjoy all the new processing power you have.
S8PE, Dell XPS 720 (Q6600), XP Pro SP2, Edirol UA-101
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Roflcopter
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 07:26:07
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Hey, good for you - I still have to wait 2 months. Just don't take any silly shortcuts to 'save' you some hypothecal 'time' . Biggest fly-trap ever invented, and sure to keep you up at nights.
Good advice of just doing dry runs with restores, just in case.
I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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Fog
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 08:20:20
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ORIGINAL: jamesg1213
Coffee, lots of coffee...and biccies!
nah sunday lunch.. Garry , you just take your time.. and make sure the pc boots up etc without the drives before you add them. I always double check things... things like rattling the case in case I find some loose screws  did you get the parts separate? I had to go to MK for a PSU years ago, the place there I got it from bloke didn't give a fig.. so I didn't go there after. I always use an anti static strap, but people don't seem to these days oh and make sure the airflow is good.
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Slugbaby
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 08:36:47
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I'm getting my first DEDICATED DAW today! It's no eye-popping ultra-silent hit machine, but it's fast, powerful, and will do nothing but music. Exciting isn't it?
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Garry Stubbs
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 10:06:39
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ORIGINAL: edentowers
Keep creating System Restore points as you go.
Learn and test how to recover a drive using Acronis before you have to use it in anger.
Enjoy all the new processing power you have.
Ede, thats a great tip, I'm going to follow your advice and thats what I'm going to do next. I dont care now if I dont finish the set up today, better to be going forward always than having to unravel self inflicted problems. Cheers Garry Kiosk PS I'll pass on the biccies James, they go straight to my waistline in hours............
post edited by The Kiosk Project - 2009/03/15 10:07:58
https://soundcloud.com/garry-kiosk Sonar Platinum 64-bit: Q6600 8Gb Win7 64-bit: KRK Monitors: ART MPA PRO VLA ii preamp: 3 x 500Gb internal SATA disks: Superior Drummer2: GPO4: Realstrat: Saxlab: Rapture: Dimension Pro: Ozone 4: Edirol SPS-660: PCR-500 MIDI controller: Korg PadKontrol: Fender / Gibson / Yamaha / Ibanez guitars:Guitar Rig 5: Dual 22" Monitors: Mapex Drums, Sabian AAX cymbals: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit: SE Electronics and Shure Mics: Mathmos Lava Lamp (40W)
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Garry Stubbs
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 10:10:07
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ORIGINAL: Slugbaby
I'm getting my first DEDICATED DAW today! It's no eye-popping ultra-silent hit machine, but it's fast, powerful, and will do nothing but music.
Exciting isn't it?
Congrats Sluggy, I hope it goes well for you
https://soundcloud.com/garry-kiosk Sonar Platinum 64-bit: Q6600 8Gb Win7 64-bit: KRK Monitors: ART MPA PRO VLA ii preamp: 3 x 500Gb internal SATA disks: Superior Drummer2: GPO4: Realstrat: Saxlab: Rapture: Dimension Pro: Ozone 4: Edirol SPS-660: PCR-500 MIDI controller: Korg PadKontrol: Fender / Gibson / Yamaha / Ibanez guitars:Guitar Rig 5: Dual 22" Monitors: Mapex Drums, Sabian AAX cymbals: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit: SE Electronics and Shure Mics: Mathmos Lava Lamp (40W)
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Fog
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 15:36:41
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I bet Garry is watching superman .. always time for that .. or the antiques roadshow.. eek!
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Garry Stubbs
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 17:50:01
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No, no TV today Fog, just come down for a cuppa and a browse, I have decided not to go near the Sonar install stuff tonight, just letting my system get itself up to date on the various security updates etc. I have to say the LG 22" monitors look really good. I'm using Acronis True image to run all my new software in a mirrored partition before commiting (try and decide mode) it does slow things down considerably but I'm more for steady progress here than short cuts as Eden and Roflcop suggested earlier. As my current DAW is XP I will have to update some drivers particulary the Edirol driver for my audio interface, I may leave this until tomorrow. Cheers for now
post edited by The Kiosk Project - 2009/03/15 17:56:09
https://soundcloud.com/garry-kiosk Sonar Platinum 64-bit: Q6600 8Gb Win7 64-bit: KRK Monitors: ART MPA PRO VLA ii preamp: 3 x 500Gb internal SATA disks: Superior Drummer2: GPO4: Realstrat: Saxlab: Rapture: Dimension Pro: Ozone 4: Edirol SPS-660: PCR-500 MIDI controller: Korg PadKontrol: Fender / Gibson / Yamaha / Ibanez guitars:Guitar Rig 5: Dual 22" Monitors: Mapex Drums, Sabian AAX cymbals: Alesis DM5 Pro Kit: SE Electronics and Shure Mics: Mathmos Lava Lamp (40W)
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Guitarhacker
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 20:42:27
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I've heard good things about the Q6600. Enjoy it.
My website & music: www.herbhartley.com MC4/5/6/X1e.c, on a Custom DAW Focusrite Firewire Saffire Interface BMI/NSAI "Just as the blade chooses the warrior, so too, the song chooses the writer "
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robby 
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 20:46:02
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Congratulations!! :-) If I could keep my ex out of court for a month, I may consider updating my system, but as is is, I'm only putting my lawyer's kids through school...
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space_cowboy
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RE: New DAW setup today !!!
2009/03/15 21:13:18
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Robby I feel for you. Been there and done that. I have thought about proposing a Lawyer Ban, but then if Lawyers are Outlawed, only Outlaws will be Lawyers. Wait. It is sort of that way now.
Some people call me Maurice SPLAT Pro lifetime, ADK 6 core 3.6Ghz with 32 GB RAM, SSD 1TB system drive, 3 3TB regular drives for samples, recordings and misc. Behringer X Touch, UAD Apollo Quad. 2 UAD2 Quads PCI (i think - inside the box whatever that is), Console 1. More guitars (40??) and synths (hard and soft) than talent. Zendrum!!!
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