Originally Posted By: justanoldmuso
Gordon.
Please dont be upset at me,

Certainly not.

Originally Posted By: justanoldmuso

1, If everything is on the one internal drive , including all the rt’s etc...
if win needs to do something it can interrupt the daw process.
2. If also the laptop is using older drive tech rather than ssd this can be a factor.
3. If also the low power laptop is on the net concurrently with the user doing daw work this can be a factor. Once again interruptions can occur.

Frankly for a project studio i always advise
a i5 cpu min eg 4570 plus a couple of ssd’s installed …one for win to do its thing and one for the project studio programs and traks etc etc there are loads of great cheap Refurbs around that are v nice.
I have one...under 200 quid.

Some q’s…
1. If an old internal drive have you used win disk clean up // drive defrag ?
Ive got an ancient laptop here i use for non daw work and just a disk cleanup today significantly improved things. Speed wise. Like a car things can get gunked up. Today i claimed back a ton of disk space.
2. If on the net have you ever run the utility ‘a latency monitor ‘? this will give much useful feedback. // stats on your pc.
3. In realband what does rb report as max traks from this pc ?.

Would like more info bout your pc before commenting further.

Best.
om


The notepad has one SSD drive with a standard UltraPAK installation, i.e.,m this is not me WMA-expanded-to-WAV machine. It's not studio, it's just for practice. I have to go out, I'll try suggestions and respond more later.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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