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Winter officially began on December 22 UTC and many people still have not gotten around to winterizing their DAW. While performance may have been peppy in the summer using the 20W-50, if you have not yet switched to a low viscosity blend, you may find your DAW is starting slow or stuttering, or laboring on steep grades with multiple tracks. And of course you should have checked the antifreeze. Paradoxically overheating with low buffers may be the symptom of ice in the liquid cooling system.
 
And of course there is, as in your case, the issue of traction. Driving your DAW on icy mornings with standard plugins is a foolish risk for you and dangerous to those listening to your mix. While you may think your reflexes can handle the demand, once the slide has begun there is little you can do to avoid disaster. The short braking sound you hear is the antilock system, introduced in all Lexington models, as it attempts to compensate for slippery winter conditions. While this can get you over a small patch, it will fail when you find yourself fishtailing on black ice.
 
The only reliable solution is to install traction plugins on all of your tracks. These plugs are specially designed to contain abrasion resistant studs that grip the surface by actually biting into the mix. While some people claim they can get the same result by just putting a couple of traction limiters on the main outs, these solutions are only effective with heavy movers like buses. Your individual tracks are more like sports cars and without their own traction plugs, you are likely to just slide into the main bus when it stops. Take this warning seriously and you will be able to enjoy your winter mixing safely. Ignore it and we will probably see you posting, as so many have, with problems stopping your project at the end.