ADDENDUM 6.
(stuff i forgot to mention...apologies.)
more important info on latency.

over the years many people have told me 'i paid a fortune for this blasted pc…it's the fastest on the market…but i get problems…i hate pc's.'
then after the pc has been optimised for music production by a qualified pc tech at my suggestion…and ie..a tech that knows all about music production…
they go 'huh ?...What changed ? i love it'.

a fun scenario will suffice to show why the above situation occurs….as follows…

you're on a road trip with the wife and kids to see relations some distance away…and everyone needs a pitstop…food/loo/gas up the car etc etc…when suddenly your wife goes…
'oooh what a cute diner…it's in an old railway car…lets stop'...so the family traipses in and a waiter is at your table for your order fast, the food comes fast, and is great…and everyone leaves very happy'.

NOW…on the way back from seeing your relations your wife goes 'honey let's go to that diner again…it was great'...so once again you all traipse in.
but THIS TIME…you're waiting and waiting for a table as this is a very popular diner, and once you sit down it takes 5 minutes before your order is taken by the waiter…plus it takes ages to get your food…(and when it arrives it's cold…lol.)...etc etc….everyone leaves unhappy.

for the person new to music production and highly frustrated with your shiny new very expensive pc you might be saying 'what the heck have diners got to do with my pain in the rear new pc i paid a lot of money for."

actually a LOT ! people assume that because they spent oodles of dosh on a pc that music production should be a breeze. many have said to me over the years 'you paid a few hundred for your refurb pc (or now my new cheap ryzen mini pc)...how come you dont have problems'. 'I spent 5 times what you did'. and so it goes.

The answer is simple…I was very careful in my choice of pc (see point 1 at the very start…my very first post re dpc.)...and i follow all the points ive tried to make.
let me say 'day in and day out' i never get probs with my music production pc's…they just run…because my focus is the primary task of music production.

an important point to make in relation to the diner scenario and latency is i dont burden my pc with lots of apps running at the same time ...ie think of win os as a waiter in a diner giving service as fast as possible. overburden the waiter (win os) and you can get problems...some people are running 'everything but the kitchen on a pc'..and forgetting about the primary
objective being music production.
like the first diner scenario where everything was 'fast'..
Music production needs the same…very fast service by the OS. if the OS is doing other things..
then things can go 'pear shaped'...because music production needs fast service.
In summary other apps running on the pc can have an impact thus diner scenario 2 can occur.

So how to solve the conundrum ?

software that monitors your active processes while you're doing music production are very useful ... .e.g. win task manager and various other utilities one finds on the net. (be carefull !)
In addition if win takes a loooong time to boot up from cold it could be related to activation of lots of processes/tasks.
thus THINK VERY CAREFULLY about running lots of active processes/tasks on your pc at the same time as the primary task of music production.
my own pc is dedicated to music production only…as i said upthread…i have other cheap pc's to do things like the net, family apps, genealogy or crafts or downloading music software updates to bb/rb etc. my pc ONLY runs bb/rb ie just music production software.

to wrap this up…let's address the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

mac and pc's. (and lets not forget linux and even the cute raspberry pi computer.)

on the net youll see constant discussions by loyal mac and pc users re the benefits of each platform…the 'truth' is each platform has pluses and minuses….if you doubt me go to gearspace.com where thousands of studios small and large hang out.
some users will even oscillate…ie go to mac..then back to pc.
start a mac vs pc thread on GS and youll get a ton of info to make your head spin.

and I'll leave things at that….and sincderely hope this helps people further.
bottom line…its KEY you carefully assess the pc you intend to buy RATHER THAN just going out and buying any pc…DO YOUR RESEARCH….to avoid diner scenario 2.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/12/24 05:26 AM.
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https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)