X2a issues...

are over. LOL.
I've been off since last Thursday enjoying building a guitar and a few other projects so decided to spend
my last day off fooling around with trying to record something while my family is traveling back from a convention in Dallas...
but the computer Gods have different plans...I pushed the power button this morning and nothing happened. I do know that
whatever the problem is it's with the computer.
 
Currently I'm thinking that will be the end of DAW for me. I'll take some time to think about it and see if I really even miss it. At least
I have an image to load if I do buy a new PC.
 
What really has me wondering about it is that even though I enjoy recording I'm mostly the only one that hears it and the only reason I record
is to enjoy playing my guitar and I can do that without recording. I do like to have drum grooves to jam with- that's how I get song ideas but
having a groove helps me get into really playing, if that makes sense. Sure don't need much for that.
 
Well if you don't hear from me again at least you'll know that I hung up my recording guns and left wishing you all the best and thanks for a fun
ride.
 
 

hang tight spacey,

not enough good guys in this world like you.
need you here in this place.

7037 posts and your leaving now!?!? lol


Good luck to you! (I mean that sincerely)

You take the road that suits you most Spacey.  There will always be a empty seat at my table any time you want to kick back and spin your wheels or twang you guitar my friend.



PS had PC issues here to, was it the MoB No, was it the PSU No, was it the Graphics card No, was it the RAM No, only once all those had all been replaced did the fried CPU reveal its self. Fortunately not my DAW but the email server.

Wookiee should I ever make a bucket list the first on it will be to trip to England and visit you guys.
I do wish for that.

I guess maybe some can relate to a train of thought or "condition" that I have apparently aged into...

Being 58 and I've realized that with it seemingly to be not many "functioning" years remaining I have become very
quick at not tolerating anything in my life that becomes what I feel is a waste or a constant irritation.
Not many things reach that point because I do take time to at least feel like I've given serious thought, to the best I can.
The computer world has reached a state in my life where the cons seem to out number the pros.
I do believe that if I had not been given a push from my wife that it would have been over.  
No it wouldn't be easy to "walk away" from here but not feeling like having a common bond and having that "condition" I
believe it to be a logical "reality" for my way of thinking. ( I sure never thought it was like giving up on the friends here...and
thank you Paul for the very kind words. If that PC can be repaired I'll post how the current build has gone so far. )

Well my day started out one way and I shared it. Now it's the same day but in an entirely different light...funny how fast
things can change.

mike_mccue


:-)

I had the impression from previous conversations that you didn't want any of us to push you in the direction of getting the computer fixed or replaced.

I thought we had an understanding.

:-)


Anyways, I'm glad you are sticking with it. I always enjoy listening to your music.


all the best,
mike

You've lost me Mike. There was nothing wrong with my computer until this morning when it wouldn't power up.
 
Apparently you are one of those that thought my problems with X2a was simply buy a new computer. I guess now
I'll find out how that goes. If the one down is repaired then I'll use it for Vegas Pro 12 as it had no issues doing anything except X2a.
 
I know little of computer repair but I'm betting it's the power supply.
 
My wife is glad she called. A month or so ago the PC that I used for internet stuff like this, a 32 bit that I used for recording, gave me trouble
and I unplugged it, pulled out the hard drives and chunked it in the garbage can...when she called the first thing she asked, "where's it at?".
If she would have called 10 minutes later do you know what the answer would have been?
 
 
 
 

I'll bet you were going to throw that computer where I wanted to throw those dishwashers. 

:-)

craigb

spacey


Being 58 and I've realized that with it seemingly to be not many "functioning" years remaining I have become very
quick at not tolerating anything in my life that becomes what I feel is a waste or a constant irritation. 

Ya!  Exactly why I've stopped paying taxes.
 
(Ok, that sounds more rebellious than saying I haven't been making enough money anyway...)

LOL! I ain't lying....I hung up on the guy selling me the new computer. They were trying to hit me @ $180.00 in taxes. He called back...
and they decided it was best to remove the taxes. Yep, that was after I got all the discounts I could.  

id pick up a used power supply at a computer outlet for 20 bucks and use this old one as a back for surfing ch and leave the daw to burning blue rays and having fun with music.

I knew there was a very good reason I hang here...great people and that's all it takes.

I understand software issues and have been loyal to Cake for almost two decades. And still.
 
No matter...when something pushes me to far for to long I get it out of my life. I unfortunately
did not need that computer messing with me this morning. It got lucky.  She wasn't around when the
last one messed with me...I killed that monster good and dead.

CT I hope you understand that I had reached my limit with computers. I can't blame Cakewalk for
the computer not powering up. I can give Cake credit for adding to the list that pushed my button.

If this new one doesn't perform and goes flying out a window at least she'll know I listened to her
and tried it her way.
She's the one that deals with warranties and people that keep these monsters alive...I'm to the point
I'd rather just kill them and put them and me out of misery.
 
Chuck she'll probably have them fix it and it will be an internet machine. If not...I'll finish the beast off.
 
 

musicman100


Spacey forgive and old guy who has memory issues,,

didnt you have some PC problems in the last couple of months or so ? I thought you got it resolved, is this the same PC?

The computer I use for recording is 64 bit Win 7 and under warranty. I also had one for internet along side it...and it's the one that
gave me problems and I yanked the hard drives and trashed it. it was 32 bit and was used for recording.
 
The 64 bit is now the one giving me trouble that I was going to trash this morning.
 
I've also had two other computers that were giving us problems. One of them was a very expensive Alienware laptop that was a lemon. I believe it is the one that may be remembered by you and Mike. I remember posting about us buying a $5,000.00 piece of junk. I can't count how many times it was shipped to them...and I probably posted about it...they finally replaced it and is what I'm typing on now. It is a friggin monster...a friend that knows computers told me it was Alienwares high end 18" gaming laptop. It has two video cards and four hard drives...sheesh, like we need that. Ya'll probably remember that the original was 3d...the replacement is not so we wound up with 3d NVidia glasses of no use and a gaming computer with no games. Sounds perfectly like the computer world to me. Man the people that built that thing couldn't fix it.
My wife claims it...I know why too.
 
Maybe some can imagine that me dealing with four and five computers and all of them being nothing but time consuming pieces of expensive headaches why I reached a point of throwing them away...some may not.
 
I informed my wife that I was done a long time ago. I'm not spending anymore of my time dealing with their issues. If she is not around when they bite it I will put them in the trash. I will not let these pieces of junk aggravate me. And I will not be spending another minute of my time trying to follow troubleshooting instructions given by somebody on the other side of the world that I can't understand. What kind of crap is that anyway?...you pay high dollar for warranty to have the thing repaired and wind up spending hours on the phone with some yahoo reading you
instructions...not me. To hell with that. Had my fill a long time ago.
 
I didn't get into recording to be a computer repair tech or a software tester and if that is what "normal" is- then it is what I will not be part of.
I tried to send bug reports...didn't work. Tried talking with Cakes techs only to get instructions to send files that weren't there. I've done my time
and have declared my freedom. Don't care what the issues are, don't want to hear about them and sure not going to be dealing with them.
 
My wife has made it home and the only thing that matters is that she understands and she does. She understands it's very simple....I will not hesitate to chunk one out if she is not here to save it. She knew that when she wanted me to pick out another one and keep trying...knowing that
it may very well wind up in the trash. At least there will be no problem between us about it and that is the only thing that matters to me. (she's laughing now because I read this to her...and said, "well it's true".)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

spacey

musicman100


Spacey forgive and old guy who has memory issues,,

didnt you have some PC problems in the last couple of months or so ? I thought you got it resolved, is this the same PC?

The computer I use for recording is 64 bit Win 7 and under warranty. I also had one for internet along side it...and it's the one that
gave me problems and I yanked the hard drives and trashed it. it was 32 bit and was used for recording.
 
The 64 bit is now the one giving me trouble that I was going to trash this morning.
 
I've also had two other computers that were giving us problems. One of them was a very expensive Alienware laptop that was a lemon. I believe it is the one that may be remembered by you and Mike. I remember posting about us buying a $5,000.00 piece of junk. I can't count how many times it was shipped to them...and I probably posted about it...they finally replaced it and is what I'm typing on now. It is a friggin monster...a friend that knows computers told me it was Alienwares high end 18" gaming laptop. It has two video cards and four hard drives...sheesh, like we need that. Ya'll probably remember that the original was 3d...the replacement is not so we wound up with 3d NVidia glasses of no use and a gaming computer with no games. Sounds perfectly like the computer world to me. Man the people that built that thing couldn't fix it.
My wife claims it...I know why too.
 
Maybe some can imagine that me dealing with four and five computers and all of them being nothing but time consuming pieces of expensive headaches why I reached a point of throwing them away...some may not.
 
I informed my wife that I was done a long time ago. I'm not spending anymore of my time dealing with their issues. If she is not around when they bite it I will put them in the trash. I will not let these pieces of junk aggravate me. And I will not be spending another minute of my time trying to follow troubleshooting instructions given by somebody on the other side of the world that I can't understand. What kind of crap is that anyway?...you pay high dollar for warranty to have the thing repaired and wind up spending hours on the phone with some yahoo reading you
instructions...not me. To hell with that. Had my fill a long time ago.
 
I didn't get into recording to be a computer repair tech or a software tester and if that is what "normal" is- then it is what I will not be part of.
I tried to send bug reports...didn't work. Tried talking with Cakes techs only to get instructions to send files that weren't there. I've done my time
and have declared my freedom. Don't care what the issues are, don't want to hear about them and sure not going to be dealing with them.
 
My wife has made it home and the only thing that matters is that she understands and she does. She understands it's very simple....I will not hesitate to chunk one out if she is not here to save it. She knew that when she wanted me to pick out another one and keep trying...knowing that
it may very well wind up in the trash. At least there will be no problem between us about it and that is the only thing that matters to me. (she's laughing now because I read this to her...and said, "well it's true".)
 
 
 

When my wife allowed the delivery guys to leave a brand new, just delivered, yet non operable dishwasher installed in our kitchen, because she didn't have the chutzpah to complain until after the truck left, the very fist thought that swept through my head was


 "As soon as she leaves on Monday I am going to drag that piece of **** out to the road and hope that someone shoots it."



But I gathered my wits and we star99'd the delivery guys and asked them to come back and get it. 

That was a close one... I was pretty frustrated.

The next one that was delivered had been dropped and crushed BEFORE it was put in it's cardboard shipping box. That one only made it to the driveway before we sent it back.

We finally got one that works... and it actually works real good.





Here's hoping you have a better Monday!!!


best regards,
mike

 
 
 
 

We have a long standing relationship with a family owned store... but we were replacing a dishwasher that they had sold us that died a day or two after warranty expired and it would cost more to fix than replace.

It undermined my enthusiasm for maintaining a relationship with local owned service based business. :-(

So, my wife tried Lowes.

They left the one that never worked... but to their credit they gave us a quick and full refund and were totally cool about everything.

So, I went back to the family business and we ignored the fact that they charge a little more.

Their guy brought the one that ended up being crushed and he was nice about arranging a subsequent attempt.

They finally got a good one and brought it out and installed it.

My wife comes over and gets me at the studio and says "before they leave I want you to come over and sign off on the job".


I didn't even make it in to the house when I started asking why it looked like it was installed all crooked and out of level and not even close to flush with our cabinets. People say I have an eye for the stuff.

The guy shrugs. My wife looks at me perplexed.

All I could think of was "As soon as she leaves on Monday I am going to drag that piece of **** out to the road and hope that someone shoots it."  for a second time in a week.

Then they went back in and fixed it... not perfect mind you, but the best they could muster.

Oh well.

At least it works real good.


I'd like to support the locals and families... but someone has got to bring something to the table.

I hate the fact that shopping is a proxy for war fare. I don't like winning and I don't like losing. I just wanna hold hands and sing. :-)


That's my story.


all the best,
mike