Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
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Thanks. Indeed it now works on my laptop without issues. I also have another laptop (same vintage +- 2016) that was a desktop replacement, so very sturdy. 16GB of RAM and an Intel i7. Problem is that it gets very hot and the only room I have to put the laptop in doesn't have good airflow (It's a repurposed built in shelving system).
I have a cooling base with USB powered fans, but both laptops suffer, so I just took off a large fan from one of my older computer cases and I'll connect it to a power brick with adjustable voltage (right now, at 5V is not pushing enough air).

The heat makes both computers crash and/or freeze even when inactive. Especially when inactive. Between that, the inherent Windows 10 issues with sound cards (I have a stack of them that no longer work with Windows 10 but work great with my iPad, go figure), my "musical inspiration" often turns into "musical desperation".

I am actually thinking of building a small form factor desktop just for my music station. Laptops are great for people on the go, but I work at home and my laptop is essentially a backup for my desktop in case of disaster. While it works great in that role (I tested it), the cramped confines of my music station are not great for cooling, so I end up doing most of my music in the office, where I have a pull out MIDI controller and a AMD Ryzen with 128GB of RAM and a GeForce 3080ti with 12GB of Vram. That machine hums!

However, my mixer, amps and especially my Yamaha Digital Grand are downstairs in a corner. I just have no room for it in the office.

It's less than ideal for sure, but it's great news that I can use BIAB on up to three CPUs. That will allow me to experiment on the placement of my third computer without having to deal with the spaghetti cables behind the Yamaha piano.

All I want to do is be able to sketch songs on my guitar or my piano, enter the Chords in BIAB, work out a melody and sing over it.
Easier said than done and not because of lack of creativity (that too, of course) or skills (ditto), but because each time I try, something always goes wrong.

I think by the time I'll figure all of this out, I'll be too old, deaf and dumb to play.