Comments on: 14 Tips to Make Windows Break the Sound Barrier

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:23:57 +0000

64 bit operating systems improve your processor speed because they can use all of that beautiful RAM you have installed. It is nice to have a lot of RAM but once you get over 2 GB you should really run a 64-bit OS to allow it to use that nice hardware. Another thing with the Graphics card is that for the good graphics cards you need the 64-bit operating system to also take full advantage of it kind of like RAM. That is why people switched to Vista even though it was considered buggy. From everything I have seen Windows 7 has cut down load time and a lot of driver problems which were the main hindrances to Vista. So just to reiterate XP is only good when you have limited RAM and are doing spreadsheets. As far as antivirus I have avast and my computer runs as well as it did when it came out of the box. As far as a media player VLC plays EVERYTHING. The biggest thing about surfing the net that gets you viruses is checking out every website in a web search or porn. Just stick to major sites and you will be okay.

By: Sathish

Sathish — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:45:38 +0000

Haha… My comment had a typo

I intended to say 2 nd point 2 nd paragraph 1 st line.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:23:20 +0000

@Sathish Thanks for your kind words. I had to read that paragraph five times before I noticed “and and”! I’ll fix it.

By: Sathish

Sathish — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:11:05 +0000

This is very helpful… I’m not related to these audio recording and stuff…. I just got my guitar in hopes of learning it(not for profession)…. Just browsed about audio…. I’m regular follower of psd tuts….. Recommended this place to some of my sound engineer friends……

This article is not only helpful for sound recording, it mostly implies to all professional works done with a PC IMO. As a web designer, I can’t stay away from internet…. But, still these are good tips……

2 nd point 2 nd paragraph 1 st has a typo I guess…

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:44:56 +0000

Thanks for those comments everyone. Happy recording!

@Andy. You have my permission to install new programs from time to time. Just don’t make a habit of it.

@Erez. Thanks for your tips.

By: andrew lein

andrew lein — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:58:38 +0000

this is spot on. I follow *almost* all of these and they really do make a difference. If you want to step up your performance, print this and follow it to a t. Great job Adrian.

By: Erez Henya

Erez Henya — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:54:55 +0000

Ah, sorry for the “Name” issue. I hope that can be shortened to just Erez Henya by the admin.

I think another tip would be adjusting Windows for best performance. I am not sure just how much this helps practically given today’s graphics cards, but it definitely saves your computer extra work while recording.

It goes as follows: right click on My Computer > Properties > Advanced (tab) > Performance (frame) > Settings (button).

Then select “adjust for best performance”, which will uncheck all check boxes. I still keep “Use visual styles on windows and buttons” so I don’t feel like working on Windows 2000 back again, but the rest is kept unchecked.

Don’t mess with ANY of the other settings in the other two tabs unless you know exactly what you’re doing. And that’s it!

Comments are welcome!

By: Erez Henya

Erez Henya — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:44:56 +0000

Perfect article, Adrian. I am going to keep it and refer to it occasionally.

Thank you very much!

By: Roy Blumenthal

Roy Blumenthal — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:38:12 +0000

What a cool resource. Thanks for the tips, and for Josh’s comment.

Quick question for Josh…

What alternative, free defrag tool would you recommend? I’m running Vista on an Asus R1E tablet pc.

Thanks.

Blue skies
Love
Roy

By: Andy Gongea

Andy Gongea — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:35:10 +0000

Those are best practices but usually an individual has to install from time to time different application – for testing or for working. So I don’t think that those rules can be applied.