• SONAR
  • desktop or laptop, do you shut down after your sessions?
2017/04/10 07:35:42
HARDDRlVER
I was wondering if you completely turn off your computer(s) after you're finished with a session.
To be specific, whoever answers, can you state what you're running, a desktop or laptop, please.
Any issues?

I have a laptop. I've always left it on. When I installed splat, I continued doing so. One morning I went in to continue with a session and the laptop was frozen.
Ctrl/alt/del did nothing. Pulling USB connections...nothing. only option was to hard shut down. When I rebooted (alt few times on purpose to make sure everything sat well), the performance meters were acting up. I was/altm getting a great deal of latency clicks/pops. I've gone through everything in the Sweetwater latency advisory. Nothing will fix it. If I start a brand new project...one audio, one midi, and nothing is even recorded yet, those performance meters are going wild. The latency program I downloaded a few weeks ago, doesn't look anything like I'm used to seeing.
I think my only option is to once again, reinstall windows. Those people at cakewalk and waves are gonna think I'm up to something, reinstalling the software so many times
2017/04/10 07:45:31
Leadfoot
I have a desktop, and always shut down my computer when I'm done using it.
2017/04/10 08:14:24
Zargg
Hi. I have a desktop in my studio. This (usually) gets turned off when finishing a session.
My laptop is on 24/7, unless needing a reboot after installations / updates.
Both has SONAR installed, but have not had problems with any of them freezing when left for hours / over night.
All the best.
2017/04/10 08:36:01
promidi
My desktop is on 24/7.  There are things that run over night.  Backups.  defrag weekly (Yes it's a non SSD),etc
2017/04/10 09:06:31
Bristol_Jonesey
I always shut down after a session.
2017/04/10 10:11:47
JohanSebatianGremlin
 
My Studio machine is a desktop. It gets shut down when I'm done for the day. My laptop stays on 24/7 and rarely gets rebooted. But it doesn't have Sonar on it because its a Mac (hairy eyeball stare in your direction Cakewalk).
2017/04/10 10:38:50
joakes
Both laptop and desktop get shut down after use

Jerry
2017/04/10 10:40:13
karhide
I always shut my machines down after I have finished for the day. 
2017/04/10 11:07:18
jerrydf
Desktop - shutdown after all work. (There may be a power cut that screws things up .. not often, but it can happen).
 
jdf
2017/04/10 11:40:57
Pan65
I always shut down my desktop. With SSD drive startup time isn't a issue anymore :)
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