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Hey Ryzard, I have a Mcafee anti virus running on this Dell Latitude 610 that I have. The sites are go to are mainly Yahoo, hotmail, Gmail and ofcourse music websites. Don't really go on any other site..at least hardly. As you mentioned about the fact that you have no anti virus and firewall and thus you are very cautious as to the sites you go to, I was just wondering. I say this because, man, I tell ya, you never can tell. It sounds kinda risky in my opinion. My windows fire wall is also on.



I have another machine which I use for email and surfing. On the DAW I go ONLY to manufacturers' sites (and, of course, here) for updates and other information. There is still a risk, of course, but I consider it minimal.

Anybody you ask will tell you that you don't want any extraneous apps on a DAW, but antivirus programs in particular, because it is impossible to remove them from memory short of uninstalling them.

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I will load up the Cubase sx3 soon and will let y'all know how it works. Ryzard, it is interesting that you mentioned REASON because in my "live" gigs, I use mainly my Yamaha Mottif ES7. I play lots of Ballads, Jazz and at church, a Lot of Praise and Worship music. I need to have more tones at my disposal, more Electric Piano, Rhodes, Pads, strings, and horn-like tones, not forgetting nice and strong Gran/ Acoustic piano tones. The Yamaha Mottif ES7 tones are great but I need much more. I have been reading up on Reason. Would Reason running on a Laptop with an M-Audio Fast Track interface hooked up to my Motif give me a whole lot more options, tones-wise?



IMO, it is more appropriate to think about Reason as an infinitely expandable synth, loop player, and effects device (subject to memory limitations). I have one friend who has no hardware synths other than a percussion machine. He uses Reason for all of his sounds, most of which he creates himself. Hear examples at Dream Level 7. Everything but guitar and voice is generated by Reason. The music may not be to your taste, but I think you'll be impressed with the sounds.

Of note, I use Reason 3 on my DAW, which is equivalent to yours. Reason 4 may demand more than a single processor and 2 gigs of RAM can deliver.

R.

Last edited by Ryszard; 10/26/09 08:57 AM.
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