TO THE OP/ALL PG USERS.
heres the SMARTPLAY imho when it comes to computers for serious recording work. total cost around 700 buckies.
FOR TWO SYSTEMS.
1.firstly for background read this excellent advice re desktops and laptops from pete from microsoft who has a awesome recording studio rig imho.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/windows-music-dev/unofficial-windows-10-audio-workstation-build-and-tweak-guide-part-1/
2. get yourself TWO REFURB SYSTEMS. for a total of 700 bucks.

ONE a refurb i5 laptop with ssd for messing around with while away from your home recording studio. ie roughing out biab/rb song ideas
and also surfing the net at home or away. eg for when your on holiday.

THE SECOND COMPUTER AND MAIN RECORDING STATIC RIG AT HOME.
(that never sees the net)
eg this beast A HP Z REFURB WORKSTATION. (450 dollars !!)
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/hp-z440-workstation-xeon-e5-1620v3-3-5ghz-4-cores-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-nvs-510-2gb-quad-monitor-support-win10-pro-refurbished/14666686

BE AWARE THEY SELL FAST.
notice loads of usb ports. AND pci if you wanna use a pci sound card unlike a laptop.

IF ANYONE KNOWS A BETTER SOLUTION FOR CHEAP 700 BUKS I'M ALL EARS.lol.

ps. for mac users.
a thread that stunned me this week re apple and daw work. anyone know anything ?
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-computers/1347895-audio-drivers-userspace-end-mac-proaudio-era.html
pipeline/simon/mac users , your take on this ?

best
oldmuso

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 04/05/21 01:30 PM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)