Bub


I hope I'm not coming off as argumentative, that is not my intention Alex. Seriously. 

Geez that's funny. LOL - You Bub? Nah.... no way!

Brando

Bub

I hope I'm not coming off as argumentative, that is not my intention Alex. Seriously. 

Geez that's funny. LOL - You Bub? Nah.... no way!

 

a) WRONG - Dell does NOT supply drivers for your sound card using for DAW purposes unless it is made by Dell. I'm not sure any of Dell's sound cards are up to the Spec Sonar requires anyway.

b) WRONG - Cakewalk does NOT test every HP PC. Even the PC's they made THEY tweak for performance and stability like you should. They even wrote they did that. So they certify it. I will certify you if you like. Don't certify me I'm already certified ;)

c) Yes Bub issues get fixed by magic and that's why manufacturers release firmware/driver updates, so people shouldn't install them. Those things fix nothing they are purely for show.

d) Yes Bub that's right, Microsoft publish registry hacks all over their knowledge base articles so YOU shouldn't do it.

e) Yes Bub that's right, Microsoft never ever releases patches that improve stability or performance.

f) Yes that's why Cake's forums is full of stability and optimization tips, even in this very thread. People write them so people shouldn't read them.

Time you stopped listening to the people who seem to tell you these things...
Bub advice has already been given in this post. Over to you....

CakeAlexS

I'm referring to things such as turning Aero off, turning off your Swap File, File Allocation Sizes, that kind of thing. All these things have no relevance in today's PC. You simply don't have to touch this stuff.

Tweaking Sonar as in, adjusting buffer settings internally, that's another story. But we're not talking about Sonar, we're (or at least I) am talking about the traditional tweaks that have been put out there and compiled in to 'Tweak Guides' by vendors. They just aren't valid any more. Or, maybe they are and you are right, I listen to the wrong people on the forum and I should go in to my DAW and do all the traditional tweaks that I used to do.

I have no problem admitting I'm wrong on this. If you're telling me all the conversations here about tweaks not being necessary are wrong, well then maybe we should start a new thread about system tweaks so the conversation doesn't get lost in this crazy thread, and set the record straight ...

Bub the second you started playing with DAW's you ceased to become the average user. If you still wish to be an average user just play some video games and install Microsoft office. Don't bother using DAW's and do something else.

Otherwise put all your effort reading about how to get your system stable rather than posting in these forums. There's a big wide internet out there that will help train you. These forums are a good start. Look are your specific hardware, software, drivers and firmware bit and bit and get it ALL updated for starters...  Or just sit back and expect it all to work (it probably won't 100% of the time if you do that).... the choice is yours not our or Cakes.

I sincerely wish you best of luck...  thankyou for being polite throughout.
Cheers
Alex

CakeAlexS

Bub the second you started playing with DAW's you ceased to become the average user. If you still wish to be an average user just play some video games and install Microsoft office. Don't bother using DAW's and do something else.

Otherwise put all your effort reading about how to get your system stable rather than posting in these forums. There's a big wide internet out there that will help train you. These forums are a good start. Look are your specific hardware, software, drivers and firmware bit and bit and get it ALL updated for starters...  Or just sit back and expect it all to work (it probably won't 100% of the time if you do that).... the choice is yours not our or Cakes.

I sincerely wish you best of luck...  thankyou for being polite throughout.
Cheers
Alex

What 'Tweaks' are you referring to Alex. That's all I'm asking.

Enlighten me, please.

Check post #22. No point in dishing out anything further until you've covered that base. Cheers...

Viper Tweaks?

Focusrite Tweaks?

Sweetwater's Windows 7 Optimization Guide?

I can go on and on.

Is the average user really expected to do this? If so, I think Cakewalk's DAW Lab 'Certification' is quite misleading.

Anyway, I was hoping to get a straight forward answer as to whether I'm wrong or not. Like I said, if I am, I have no problem with that.

In the meantime, anyone wanting to tweak till their heart is content ... follow the links above. I hope it does help some folks.

Don't expect it to fix bugs mind you, but hopefully it will help your system.

Thanks,

Bub

CakeAlexS

Check post #22. No point in dishing out anything further until you've covered that base. Cheers...

I've done all that. That's computer setup 101. That's not DAW tweaking.

Maybe we should just forget it. Let people figure it out for themselves.

I posted some in depth links. Let's just leave it at that.

Thanks,

Bub.