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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61859 is a reply to message #61858] |
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Deej [1]
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> was to disable CDROM autoplay (auto insert notification). Disabling
> CDROM autoplay no longer offers a significant performance benefit in
> Windows XP, and therefore you do not need to disable it. Just don't
> insert a CD during a crucial recording.
>
> However, if you really want to disable it then here a few different
> methods.
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> Method 1
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> Start > Run > Regedit
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> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
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> Set autorun to 0.
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> Method 2
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> Open My Computer Right Click on each CDROM and choose Properties Click
> on the Auto Play tab In the drop down box you can choose the Action for
> each choice shown in the drop down box
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> Method 3
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> Go to Start->Run->gpedit.msc Computer Config -> Administrative Template
> -> System Double click Turn off Autoplay Enable it.
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> Disable Disc Indexing
> Indexing Service is a service that extracts the information from a set
> of documents and organizes it in a way that makes it quick and easy to
> access that information through the Windows XP Search function, the
> Indexing Service query form, or a Web browser.
>
> This information can include text from within a document, (its
> contents), and the characteristics and parameters of the document, (its
> properties), such as the author's name. Once the index is created, you
> can search, or query the index for documents that contain key words,
> phrases, or properties.
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> Additional tips Descriptions
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> Partitioning. A useful tip when configuring your audio disc, is to
> split this into two partitions. Set up a smaller "audio scratch"
> partition - say 6GB of a 30GB hard disc. This partition will be used for
> the songs that you are currently working on. The benefit of a smaller
> partition is obviously quicker defragmentation. If you use the entire
> 30GB as one partition, then this will take ages to defragment. When you
> are finished with a song, transfer the audio files to the non-scratch
> partition, where disc I/O performance isn't so critical.
>
> Messenger starts up at the windows load up but we can get rid of that in
> no time at all..
> Start Menu>Run
> Type this in exactly as it is here:
> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
> Hit Enter...you will see a DOS-like shell appear and disappear very
> quickly and then it will ask you to restart.
>
> Right-click on your desktop, and then click Properties.
> Click on Themes tab
> Set Themes to Windows Classic
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61863 is a reply to message #61853] |
Sun, 25 December 2005 04:27 |
Dimitrios
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s dongles for your software), disable USB as it is
> known to sometimes cause problems in certain DAW configurations. Not
> only will this help to increase system performance, but it will also
> free up an IRQ. Right click on your "My Computer" icon on your desktop
> and select "Properties". Click on the "Device Manager" tab and scroll
> down until you see the USB section. Click on the "Properties" for the
> USB device and check off "Disable in this Hardware Profile". You will
> have to reboot for these settings to take effect.
>
> Graphical window settings - Go to Start » Settings » Folder options and
> click on the "View" tab. Under "Visual settings" check off "Show window
> contents while dragging. This is more of a usability tweak, as it will
> allow you to see the contents of windows on the screen as you drag them
> around (instead of them going blank).
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> Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS Only), Start > Run >
> regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > CONTROL >
> FILESYSTEM Add a new DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"
> (without quotes) and set the value to 1. Then reboot to make changes
> effective
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Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762Hi Dave,
Really weird all the ones we have sold in the past year haven't? How
long ago did you buy it?
Chris
EK Sound wrote:
> As I understand it, WL5 DOES require a dongle... at least our copy does...
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> David.
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> Chris Ludwig wrote:
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>> HI Dave,
>> In the US Steinberg no longer sells the competitive upgrade. It seemed
>> to coincide with the Yamaha thing. Maybe they will again soon sens
>> there are many times I could sold it recently. I'm sure there are
>> dealers that probably still have stock of them.
>> Wavelab 5 does not use a dongle either.
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>> Chris
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>> Dave(EK Sound) wrote:
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>>> I believe the competitive upgrade is sold at a dealers discretion...
>>> and V4 does not use a dongle, just the serial number on the package.
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> Chas. Duncan wrote:
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>>>> Hi Chris -- I'm hanging in there, and thanks for asking... Still
>>>> lurking around here and learning a thing or two about Paris usage from
>>>> time to time... Moved the Cubase side of my operation to SX3 on a
&g
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61865 is a reply to message #61859] |
Sun, 25 December 2005 08:49 |
gene lennon
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>>>> Don't want to get that box open and then find out that Steinberg is no
>>>> longer in the business of un-locking v.4 in a transaction of this
>>>> type... Your thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> And -- while I have your undivided attention -- I'm thinking about
>>>> getting a laptop setup with a lean and mean interface (the RME
>>>> Fireface, maybe) for live stuff... I'd run SX3 for recording at
>>>> 24bitsx48k, then drag everything into Wavelab for batch conversion to
>>>> PAF's, then open in Paris, do the mojo, rinse and repeat... Question
>>>> for you, my good man, is: what's the cool laptop for this? Wanting to
>>>> run 12-16 inputs max, doing nothing but record (no messing around in
>>>> there with plugins, processing, nada)... Enlighten, if you can, and
>>>&g
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61867 is a reply to message #61863] |
Sun, 25 December 2005 08:17 |
Deej [1]
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ude.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Chas. Duncan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Want to buy, acquire, own a copy of Wavelab 4.1... Have 3.1 here and
>>>>>> would be glad to keep on using it, but I'm needing to move it to
>>>>>> an XP
>>>>>> box, and 3.1 doesn't do XP. Not really interested in the surround
>>>>>> features and all the other complications of 5.0, and would like to
>>>>>> avoid spending money on features I don't need or want -- just need to
>>>>>> be doing that work under XP -- hence the search for 4.0...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas? thanks -- Chas.
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Chris Ludwig
ADK
chrisl@adkproaudio.com <mailto:chrisl@adkproaudio.com>
www.adkproaudio.com <http://www.adkproaudio.com/>
(859) 635-5762"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>Ah yes, those average nineteenth century homes, where the music rang to
the
>rafters as the four generations ranged 'round the dinner table. After a
day
>avoiding cholera and working in the fish gutting shacks of the Lower East
>Side who WASN'T inspired to song?
Is there a point here?
>There are more musicians, for sure, but has the teaching changed all that
>much? I mean, when my golf pro works with my swing we have fast motion video
>and a host of other technology tools that have changed the way people learn
>to swing a golf club. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan had no such tools. But is
learning
>to play classical fiddle reall all THAT different than it was in 1900?
I used to teach recording in a university music dept. Oh yeah, things
have changed. Apple donated a whole slew of DAW's and notation
apps and lots of other stuff. Even trumpet players have to learn
how to use them.
Things have changed quite a bit, but some things remain the same.
It was most interesting though to see Claude bringing back
techniques that had been mostly lost, so sometimes things can
come from unexpected directions as well.
>Why is the idea of meaning lacking in musicians now? You're losing me here.
Well, I think you are aware of the absurdist bent in many
contemporary bands. As a matter of fact, I think you actually
participate in it, don't you?
Nothing wrong with it, we had Captain Beefheart years ago too,
but the very idea of music being a positive social force is pretty
laughable to most of us now, wouldn't you agree?
Certainly there are many musicians with a strong message, but
it is getting harder and harder to get the message through the
merchandizing. Sometimes, to paraphrase McLuhan, the celebrity
is the message. Or the boobs, or the booty, or the gangster image,
or the naughty bits, or even the cynical humor.
>>>Me, I like modernity.
>>But that is a period style too! Nothing new there. Even "shocking
>>the bourgoisie" is boring.
>I meant not a particular style but the general state of the modern world,
>where I can listen to music from across the planet and drive to work and
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61875 is a reply to message #61859] |
Sun, 25 December 2005 19:32 |
Chris Latham
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. You called me names.
>
> So, we now had two pieces of evidence at hand. First, *proof* that OS X was
> extremely inefficient in some not in any way unusual computing scenarios
> *when compared to another operating system on the same Apple hardware.* Second
> was a report from Morgan Pettinato that Pete Leoni had found some incredible
> performance on pretty junky Intel hardware running a developer version of
> OS X. If arguing about computers with me is usually a losing battle, arguing
> with Pete is like trying to stop an airplane with a tennis racquet.
>
> What I will find most interesting if is this guy Pete Leoni will post his
> results comparing a non-developer version of OS X to the one he was using.
> THAT would be insightful, because we could get an idea of whether Apple was
> making some "quick and dirty" stuff available to developers to get going
> on OS X Intel that wouldn't go to the end users, and would help us understand
> if it's kernel changes or compiler changes that are making the OS run fast
> on Intel hardware. Then again, judging by the links you've provided your
> primary source for information about Apple performance comes from . . . apple.com.
>
> Because, as I've said, the underlying technology in the Power family is great
> stuff. One of the reasons the G4 and G5 chips have been so successful in
> academia is that the vector units are truly something special. Code your
> app for those and they'll chew through other processors like butter. Apparently
> they weren't easy to code for (compilers again?) but I remenber a few years
> back talking to a developer friend of mine. This guy was a REAL geek, he
> built command line audio applications on SGI boxes back when adding reverb
> to a file was an overnight process. He said to me, in essence over a long
> dinner, "That vector unit on the G4s is incredible. I rewrote the filter
> algorithms in [plug-in I can't name] just for fun and I could have gotten
> at least 8 filters running instead of two. Maybe more, because it was pretty
> ugly assembly code I wrote, but I can't move the assembly code to any other
> processors [back then this meant both other PPC chips and X86 chips] so until
> there are tools to really use those vector units I just can't really."
>
> Let's hope the same thing doesn't happen this time.
>
> TCB
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> "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Once again, I just posted information about what is going on with the new
>>Macs. I wasn't looking for an argument on what is faster, better, who is
>>lying. So here we go again, somebody mentions something about Apple, and
>>it's bash time! Well I'm glad at least some people can see through this
>>and clearly see the axe you grind. It's Ok if you don't like Apple computer,
>>Steve Jobs, Mac OSX, Apple hardware, Apple software, or the G5 processor.
>>What's not Ok is anytime any of these things or people are mentioned on
>>this NG it turns in to a mud slinging fest. That sucks! This is getting
>>old! But I'll Play!
>>
>>As for Apples announcements, it doesn't prove a thing accept that , newer
>>designs, faster bussing speeds, faster memory, and two processors are faster
>>than one. Apple went with the first processor available and used it in
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> both
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>>models. It's not the fastest Intel chip that will be available to them.
>>The iMac is a consumer model, they haven't released the Mac Tower Pros
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> yet!!!
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>>Although, when they do, I'll bet they won't be the fastest Intel based
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> machines
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>>available. I guess we'll have to wait and see on that one.
>>
>>It's no secret that the PowerBook was
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61876 is a reply to message #61875] |
Sun, 25 December 2005 19:48 |
Deej [1]
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lagging way behind. I believe that
>>is why the got the Mac Book pro out to their business customers first.
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> Give
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>>it time, Intel will release faster chips and the Mac Book Pro will get faster.
>>Right now it's Apples first offering.
>>
>>Jobs does a great job as CEO, and he does know how to put a good spin on
>>their products, he just did it yesterday! You should go find out for yourself,
>>and find out what he really did say, instead of hearing a tidbit of information
>>and jumping to a lot of wrong conclusions! I recommend watching the keynote
>>speech, although the PC zealots wouldn't be able to stomach the truth.
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>>Apple had to do what Apple had to do. IBM couldn't get a G5 mobile chip
>>out that worked. On the desk top, IBM did not meet their time line for
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> releasing
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>>faster G5 chips, and I don't think they could tell Apple when they would
>>be able to. Apple always knew that this would be a possibility, that is
>>part of why they have been running Mac OSX on Intel systems for the past
>>five years now. The other reason I believe they were doing this is in the
>>event MS dropped Office for the Mac they would be ready to roll out Intel
>>based Macs and or Mac OSX for the PC. sort of a computer software cold
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> war.
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>>Notice they signed a five year plus operating agreement on support and
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> product
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>>development. Well that's my opinion.
>>
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>>As for the question on Apples past processor performance.
>>
>>In the past the Apple PowerMac G4 with a single processor were tested against
>>a standard Intel Pentium 4, by independent computer test labs, using industry
>>standard test software. An Apple PowerMac G4 1.25 single processor model
>>tested in the speed range of a Pentium 4 2.8 to 3.0 GHz. Later the G4 1.42
>>MHz's were tested against the original 1.6 to 2.0MHz G 5s. The G5s were
>>about 70% faster than the G4. There has been all kinds of independent testing,
>>If Apple was lying about performance they would have gotten sued. So I
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> have
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>>my doubts about Celerons eating G 5s. Check out both links.
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>>Here is some performance info on the G5 dual 2.7GHz.
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>>http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/
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>>Here is info on the performance of the Apple G5 quad 2.5 GHz compared to
>>the G5 dual 2.7. About 70% faster performance.
>>
>>http://www.apple.com/au/powermac/
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>>It's not logical to think that a Celeron could eat a G5. So when I hear
>>a rumor that a 2.8GHz Celeron ate a G5, it makes me think it's PURE BULLSHIT!!!
>>I asked Morgan to get the guy to post on the NG. Until then, it's hearsay.
>>I'd like to know what scientific testing standards he used??? I'd like
>>to know which model G5 was tested??? Where the machines similarly equipped???
>>
>>Anything is possible, but I think it is just another PC zealot spreading
>>more bogus rumors about Macs. I'll stick with lab testing and real world
>>usefulness, not B.S. rumors.
>>
>>Just because some guy says something is so, and ten thousand people repeat
>>it, doesn't mean it's true. Even a bad rumor with one leg will find away
>>to get around! Even though it has nothing to stand on!
>>
>>I think people can see from the test above that something is not right about
>>the rumors, but of corse the PC zealots will argue that it is the other
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> way
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>>around.
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>>Some people just won't let the facts get in the way of their opinion.
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>>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
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>>>Another brainwashed zealot!
>>
>>That's the pot calling kettle black!
>>
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>>>"Miguel Vigil" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&a mp;task=view&id=1098
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Macsters, see above for further insi
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61885 is a reply to message #61855] |
Mon, 26 December 2005 08:33 |
cujo
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background services and not
>> Programs.
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance
>> Settings > Advanced Tab > Background Services
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>> Advanced tab: Press Settings tab under Performance Visual Effects tab:
>> set to Adjust for Best Performance.
>>
>> Switch Off Desktop Background Image
>> Right Click Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab > Background None
>>
>> Click on the Screen Saver tab, Set Screensaver to None, Press the
>> Power button near the bottom
>>
>> Disable Fast User Switching
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts > Change the way
>> users log on or off > Untick Use Fast User Switching
>>
>> Switch Off Power Schemes
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Always On > Turn
>> off monitor and turn off hard discs to Never
>>
>> Switch Off Hibernation
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate > Untick
>> Hibernation
>>
>> Disable System Sounds
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds
>> Tab > Sound Scheme to None.
>>
>> Do Not Map Through Soundcard
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware
>> Tab > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties > Audio
>> Devices > (highlight your soundcard from the list) > Properties, and
>> check the "Do not map through this device" checkbox.
>>
>> Disable System Restore
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > System Restore Tab. Tick
>> the "Turn off System Restore on all Drives"
>>
>> Disable Automatic Updates
>> Switch off Automatic Updates by going to Control Panel, System,
>> Automatic Updates and ticking the box labelled "Turn off automatic
>> updating. I want to update my computer manually."
>>
>> Startup and Recovery Options
>> Right click My Computer and click on Properties > Advanced > Start Up
>> & Recovery Settings and uncheck "Automatically Restart".
>>
>> Disable Error Reporting
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced TAB > Error
>> Reporting > Click the Disable Error Reporting box (Tick the "But
>> Notify Me When Critical Errors Occur" if you prefer)
>> Disable Remote Assistance
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Remote > Untick "Allow
>> Remote Assistance Invitations to be sent from this computer"
>>
>> Fixed Swap File (Virtual Memory)
>> Select the Advanced tab of the Systems applet and then select the
>> Performance settings button. Then select the Advanced page. In here it
>> is possible to customise the Virtual Memory. For custom size, this is
>> often recommended to be 1.5 to 2 times the amount of your total RAM
>> for both initial and maximum size. Set this to a fixed minimum and
>> maximum value according to your existing RAM
>>
>> Speed Up Menus
>> You can use this tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP. You can
>> customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key. Click
>> Start, and then click Run. Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.
>> Expand the menu in the left panel and select the
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder. Scroll down in the
>> right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file. In the Value
>> Data box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a
>> lesser number, such as 1. Click OK.
>>
>> Disable Offline Files
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > Offline Files >
>> Untick "Enable Offline Files"
>>
>> Disable Remote Desktop
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Remote > Untick "Allow
>> users to connect remotely to this computer"
>>
>> Disable Internet Synchronise Time
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time > Internet Time >
>> Untick "Automatically synchronize with an internet time server"
>>
>> Disable Hide Inactive Icons
>> Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu > Taskbar TAB > Uncheck
>> "Hide Inactive Icons"
>>
>> Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard
>> Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Desktop > Customise
>> Desktop > Untick "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days"
>>
>> Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS Only)
>> Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM >
>> CURRENTCONTROLSET > CONTROL > FILESYSTEM Add a new DWORD value -
>> "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" (without quotes) and set the value to 1.
>> Then reboot to make changes effective
>>
>> Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips
>> Click Start , click Run , type regedit , and then press ENTER.
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
>> CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Right-click the right pane, create a
>> new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips . Double-click
>> this new entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value of 0 . Quit
>> Registry Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.
>>
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>> Disable CDROM Autoplay
>> One of the very important (and well documented) tweaks in Windows
>> 98SE, was to disable CDROM autoplay (auto insert notification).
>> Disabling CDROM autoplay no longer offers a significant performance
>> benefit in Windows
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61887 is a reply to message #61863] |
Mon, 26 December 2005 10:22 |
TCB
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>> Disable Disc Indexing
>> Indexing Service is a service that extracts the information from a set
>> of documents and organizes it in a way that makes it quick and easy to
>> access that information through the Windows XP Search function, the
>> Indexing Service query form, or a Web browser.
>>
>> This information can include text from within a document, (its
>> contents), and the characteristics and parameters of the document,
>> (its properties), such as the author's name. Once the index is
>> created, you can search, or query the index for documents that contain
>> key words, phrases, or properties.
>>
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>> Additional tips Descriptions
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>>
>> Partitioning. A useful tip when configuring your audio disc, is to
>> split this into two partitions. Set up a smaller "audio scratch"
>> partition - say 6GB of a 30GB hard disc. This partition will be used
>> for the songs that you are currently working on. The benefit of a
>> smaller partition is obviously quicker defragmentation. If you use the
>> entire 30GB as one partition, then this will take ages to defragment.
>> When you are finished with a song, transfer the audio files to the
>> non-scratch partition, where disc I/O performance isn't so critical.
>>
>> Messenger starts up at the windows load up but we can get rid of that
>> in no time at all..
>> Start Menu>Run
>> Type this in exactly as it is here:
>> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>> Hit Enter...you will see a DOS-like shell appear and disappear very
>> quickly and then it will ask you to restart.
>>
>> Right-click on your desktop, and then click Properties.
>> Click on Themes tab
>> Set Themes to Windows Classic
>>
>> Also do this for the Start Menu:
>> Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties.
>> Click Classic Start menu.
>> Click the Customize button to select items to display on the Start menu.
>> By default, selecting the Classic Start menu also adds the My
>> Documents, My Computer, My Network Places, and Internet Explorer icons
>> to your desktop.
>>
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>> Increase your IRQ priority - You can increase the IRQ priority of the
>> real-time CMOS clock to gain some system performance by doing the
>> following:
>> 1.) First create a text file with the extension .reg
>> 2.) Paste the following into the file:
>>
>> REGEDIT4
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Priorit yControl]
>> "IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000001
>>
>> 3.) Double-click on the file to enter the tweak into your registry.
>>
>> This can be un-installed should you need to by repeating the three
>> steps above with a new file, except this time use the following in
>> your .reg file:
>>
>> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Priorit yControl]
>> "IRQ8Priority"=dword:00000000
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>> Disable Power Management - Power management can be disabled by going
>> Start» Settings » Control Panel » Power Management. Set the Power
>> Scheme to "Always On" and set "System Standby", "Turn off hard disks"
>> and "Turn off monitor" to "Never".
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| Re: VSTi 's and/or VSTi hosts-Opinions please [message #61889 is a reply to message #61885] |
Mon, 26 December 2005 10:08 |
Deej [1]
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>> Disable background applications - Background applications start up
>> when your computer starts up and can use up unneccicary resources. To
>> prevent these from starting up go to Start » Run and type "msconfig"
>> in the run box. Click on the "startup tab" and disable (uncheck)
>> programs such as "taskmon", "load power profile", "real player",
>> "office startup", "winamp agent" and so on. Keep programs like "scan
>> registry", "system tray" and programs relating to interfacing with
>> your audio card (such as console software to control its features).
>>
>> Disable USB - If you do not have any devices actively using USB in
>> your system (this includes dongles for your software), disable USB as
>> it is known to sometimes cause problems in certain DAW configurations.
>> Not only will this help to increase system performance, but it will
>> also free up an IRQ. Right click on your "My Computer" icon on your
>> desktop and select "Properties". Click on the "Device Manager" tab and
>> scroll down until you see the USB section. Click on the "Properties"
>> for the USB device and check off "Disable in this Hardware Profile".
>> You will have to reboot for these settings to take effect.
>>
>> Graphical window settings - Go to Start » Settings » Folder options
>> and click on the "View" tab. Under "Visual settings" check off "Show
>> window contents while dragging. This is more of a usability tweak, as
>> it will allow you to see the contents of windows on the screen as you
>> drag them around (instead of them going blank).
>>
>>
>> Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS Only), Start > Run >
>> regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > CONTROL >
>> FILESYSTEM Add a new DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"
>> (without quotes) and set the value to 1. Then reboot to make changes
>> effective
>
>OK, I have it now. For music to have "meaning" it has to have a social agenda
and be "positive" and make the world better and so on. And the increasingcommodification/globaization/star-systemization
of music means that is less possible, etc etc. Using those presuppositions
(which I don't) you're right, so it's clear now.
TCB
"DC" <dc@spamyermama.org> wrote:
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>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
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>>Ah yes, those average nineteenth century homes, where the music rang to
>the
>>rafters as the four generations ranged 'round the dinner table. After a
>day
>>avoiding cholera and working in the fish gutting shacks of the Lower East
>>Side who WASN'T inspired to song?
>
>Is there a point here?
>
>
>>There are more musicians, for sure, but has the teaching changed all that
>>much? I mean, when my golf pro works with my swing we have fast motion
video
>>and a host of other technology tools that have changed the way people learn
>>to swing a golf club. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan had no such tools. But is
>learning
>>to play classical fiddle reall all THAT different than it was in 1900?
>
>
>I used to teach recording in a university music dept. Oh yeah, things
>have changed. Apple donated a whole slew of DAW's and notation
>apps and lots of other stuff. Even trumpet players have to learn
>how to use them.
>
>Things have changed quite a bit, but some things remain the same.
>
>It was most interesting though to see Claude bringing back
>techniques that had been mostly lost, so sometimes things can
>come from unexpected directions as well.
>
>
>>Why is the idea of meaning lacking in musicians now? You're losing me here.
>
>Well, I think you are aware of the absurdist bent in many
>contemporary bands. As a matter of fact, I think you actually
>participate in it, don't you?
>
>Nothing wrong with it, we had Captain Beefheart years ago too,
>but the very idea of music being a positive social force is pretty
>laughable to most of us now, wouldn't you agree?
>
>Certainly there are many musicians with a strong message, but
>it is getting harder and harder to get the message through the
>merchandizing. Sometimes, to paraphrase McLuhan, the celebrity
>is the message. Or the boobs, or the booty, or the gangster image,
>or the naughty bits, or even the cynical humor.
>
>
>>>>Me, I like modernity.
>
>>>But that is a period style too! Nothing new there. Even "shocking
>>>the bourgoisie" is boring.
>
>>I meant not a particular style but the general state of the modern world,
>>where I can listen to music from across the planet and drive to work and
>>fly to Japan and so on. And as far as "shocking the bourgoisie" I work
60
>>hour weeks for an organization that manages $15 billion. To be more establishment
>>I'd need to make partner at Goldman Sachs.
>
>Well, I painted with too broad a brush, but you must admit that
>modernity too, may have run its course. I hope not, since I too
>am very glad I live in our age. One of the beauties of this freedom
>we have today is the freedom to reject the ideology of the new,
>and the belief of constant revolutionary changes. Sometimes an
>old, buggy POS orphan DAW makes a hit record, fer instance.
>
>There you go.
>
>To be truly modern, IMO, is to be able to synthesize the best from
>all eras, without rejecting something because it is not of our
>generation. My kid trains with an old Japanese karate
>teacher. There will never be anything like him again, because the
>world that created him is forever gone. But we can write books
>and tell stories, and integrate some of him into our world. Doing so
>makes it much richer and better.
>
>It is the ideology of the new and obsolesence that I reject, not
>modernity. Modernity beats sharia every time.
>
>
>
>>No, the question was whether "nobody *cares* anymore" about music, and
whether
>>there was some previous era in which people did. I use the example of food
>>because it's a great example of how modernity allows us to become *more*
>>passionate and interested in things. Had I lived in the time you talk about
>>my musical and culinary horizon would have been severely limited to what
>>I could find within a few miles of myself. Instead, today I can enjoy the
>>dub of Jamaica and the electronica of Berlin and the hip hop of Oakland
>all
>>in the same day.
>
>
>And understand none of it.
>
>Well, you would understand it, but many others will not even hear it
>and you do not explain how they ever will nor what educational
>process will expose them to it.
>
>
>
>>Glad you made that point so I don't have to. Had I the means and time in
>>1850 to dedicate three years to getting Thai food I could have had some
>and
>>it would have regi
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stered as more exotic, though not necessarily more meaningful.
>
>
>I think the commitment required to experience it would have made it
>nearly mystical to you.
>
>There is a difference between listening to the Saint-Saens 3rd
>Symphony, never having heard it before, in a great hall with a
>monster pipe organ, and listening to it on a download from an
>iPod.
>
>There is. You know there is. With the first, there is an assent to
>the work made by you, just by going to the event, dressing up,
>paying good money for a ticket, hearing it with many other people,
>and the real acoustics of the room. With an iPod, you can
>listen in your underwear, while watching Hulk Hogan.
>
>This is analogous to Neil Postman's point that it is hard to take
>the TV preacher seriously when you know that there are detectives
>on the next channel and wrestling on the other.
>
>The preacher is merely another entertainment option.
>
>With my Media Tech classes, I call this "The Hulk Hogan effect".
>
>Now you can make the point that we lose something, yet gain
>something from every shift in technology, but I will always respond
>that unless we are *aware* of what we are losing, we may not gain
>as much as we could have.
>
>Hence the article.
>
>
>>As far as the stuff about what's meaningful, and that only difficult things
>>can be so, I think that's bunk. I
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