Re: Best OS for recording

On 17 Mar 2006 23:00:39 GMT, Unruh <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"David Morgan \(MAMS\)" <mams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


"Unruh" <unruh-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message...

This is of course one of the problem in the case of Windows-- time spent
reinstalling, installing virus checkers, etc, could probably more
profitably be spent elsewhere.


This is a common misnomer. A dedicated audio workstation should
never require a re-installation of anything... and by all means, it, under
no circumstances, should *ever* have to deal with anti-virus poop.

Almost noone starting out can afford to spend money on a separate computer
for audio workstation, and another one for email/surfing, etc. As soon as
you connect the workstation to the net, you *have to" deal with anti-virus
poop. And since you will probably be sending music files to your
collaborators, and you will get frustrated with saving the file to a CD,
walking across the room and reading the file into the other computer so you
can send it to them, you WILL connect your audio workstation to the net.



oh no. here i must put in my 2 cents.Unruh (if i am reading all those
little arrows right) is right. I've always been finanicially
embarassed, worked for years trying to get all these tunes and songs
in my head onto tape.cd, whatever. finally,3 or 4 years ago i found a
computer for sale with 900 mhz athalon and 80 gig hd and an audigy
drive in one of the 3 front bays. over the years i've added a 48x cd
burner and a 16x dvd burner and have compleated 3 albums of my
music,(2 can be sampled here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mitchmulkey1

http://cdbaby.com/cd/mitchmulkey2 )
many times this was the only computer i owned. at other times was the
only computer still operating-but NEVER would i take a chance on
connecting it to ANY networking device. First thing upon getting the
machine i removed the modem, network card, and disabled the printer
ports, and even removed from profile the enablement of the series and
paralel ports.

2 yr ago i found a textbook at the thrift store entitled a-1 certified
microsoft service technician.

now i have a little computer repair shop (along with chainsaw carving
and small (read slow-at max 2 track at a time-usually only one)
recording studio. i repair computers on the barter system if needed or
if the family is worse off than i am pro bono. my carvings i sell from
my yard for my cash needs. The studio is a labor of love and the only
reward from it is from the meager sale of my cds. mostly also from my
yard (haven't sold any online yet).

hmmmm----wonder why the embarassing situation and all?

-----what am i doing? here i have gone and delurked. what was i
thinking? anyway- maybe he WILL NOT network his DEDICATED workstation.

i'll go back into lurk now. sorry about the eruption. I found a few
books on programming and all the linux tools are free. that's why i'm
lurking here. lot's of good info here too.

by the way the @old.dos email isn't any good now. hasnt been since the
early eighties.

please-don't you fellows argue to loud. they's folks atryin' astudy in
'ere.

olddos
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