John...to add to jims nice idea.
also use a phone camera and take pics of all your recording settings..in various daw software and your interfaces control panel, and anything else relevent.
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all.
Re putting recording rig on the net.
as ive said before , it was a given years back by recording studios not to put ones recording rigs on the net.
(read various reasons why in old posts on such sites as gearslutz and other recording pro forums.)
i have, for example 2 i5 laptops here. both same hw config.
both refurbs that cost very little. one for recording work that never sees the net , and other that is used solely for the net, and as a sandboxer/tester plus an amazon fire 80 bucks tablet thats great for surfing.
the i5 on the net is loaded with typical protection/anti virus stuff and takes rather a time to boot obviously,
even though its stripped down <<one reason i like refurbs.
by comparison the i5 recording rig that never sees the net and is optimised for recording (per such sites as audient and focusrite re optimising a pc, and per the guys that do the refurb...) runs like a champ day in/out with no lag or problems running bb/rb/reaps daw combo and boots in a few seconds from cold.
thus from my own experience (and people can argue with me all they want) if you want a peacefull life recording....keep your rig off the darn net, and buy a refurb pc for that purpose <<you can find them now for under 150 buks.

what a lot of people really must understand is , when your running a daw rig with say one drive (which a lot of people are..) thats servicing windows AND multitracking /bb generating traks AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE thats happening on the net, ITS ALL ADDED TASKS AND PROCESSES.
what i'm saying is it becomes a resource fight, particularly if you THEN introduce big sample libraries,
and goodness knows what else on a one drive pc that is underpowered for the job to start with anyway.

different story if one is running a high end pc like a threadripper probably. but even then i would
probably keep such a nice high end pc off the net.

anyhoo...if anyone vehemently disagrees with me, just ask companies that specialise in building high end recording pc's costing thousands for high end recording studios their opinion on this topic. cos it used to be a given , years back, in the music industry that a studio kept its recording computers off the net.

why people are putting them on the net now baffles me , given a simple solution is just buy a 120 buk refurb for the purpose.
best/happiness to all.
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Last edited by justanoldmuso; 09/02/21 01:29 AM.
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https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)