PC DAW Questions

[James Coplin]

I still think there is a benefit to the separate machine. For one thing, a
reinstall takes a significant amount of time with my plugins and libraries.
Having it separate from my gaming system/development/graphics box helps
keep the environment clean and updates/re-installs to a minimum.

As far as a dedicated builder, once upon a time not so long ago, there
could be serious headaches with audio hardware and certain cpu, usb, and
firewire chip sets. In that case, a builder who had experience navigating
those pitfalls was well worth 20%. MOTU hardware was infamous for driver
and chipset conflicts. Any time I had to upgrade my system, it was a solid
month of forum diving to make sure everything was going to play nice with
each other. These issues seem to be largely sorted out by now.

James R. Coplin

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Martin Naef <mnaef at navisto.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul
>
> On 15.12.2014 8:11, foRUMS 4 punkdISCO wrote:
>
>> QUESTION 1:
>> Is there still value in having a separate DAW PC?
>>
>
> Never had it, never missed it. But then, I'm not filling my machine with
> weird crap that messes the system up in the background.
>
>  QUESTION 3:
>> Is there still value in going for a specialist DAW builder?  In the past
>>
>
> Never did that either. I guess the main value is a) having somebody to go
> and complain if there is a problem and b) getting a quiet machine. Though
> b) is not an exclusive obviously.
>
> But then, what do I know, I haven't bought a new DAW in nearly 7 years
> now... ;-)
>
> Bye
> Martin
>
>
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