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I got about $1,000 of IK software for around $300 last year. Don't understand what ya'll are whining about... ?

Did somebody mention Linux? ?

They are not arrogant from using Linux. They most likely appear arrogant because they learned how to read manuals and search the net for knowledge, and problem solve. Although they may show some impatience for those that expect everything to be handed to them in perfect form.

That release is a couple of years old. Have you tried the latest update? ?

This deal currently works out as about $14.64 each. GBP/USD exchange rates fluctuate...

I mostly agree. I once spent a weekend out of curiosity trying to get a DAW to work in Linux. And I had been using Linux for over 10 years for other things, so I wasn't a Linux newbie in general. Then later after that effort I realized that I already had a good Windows box that ran all of the DAW software & virtual instruments very well. And that I I had already paid for. So decided right then life was to short to migrate platforms. But I do understand why some choose to toss Microsoft out. For freedom from Windows 10 and forced updates for one. And I really respect the developers that are totally going the full cross-platform route: OS X, Windows, and Linux. Like the Tracktion devs. You can even run their stuff on a Raspberry Pi system on a chip. Obviously not going to run a full production studio on that, but it's fine for experimental creativity!

Ubuntu! I used to have a dedicated machine loaded with that, for other computing purposes. But I haven't attempted Linux audio in at least 6 years... so it might be worth another look since Tracktion has done so much DAW development for that platform, including their instruments.

ProAudioStar is reliable. I bought an IK Multimedia Syntronik Cross Grade there.

That should do it. The specs look great! But one thing to be aware of with that PC, it's using a small form factor motherboard, so there won't be a lot of future proofing as far as upgrades in the case go. And the full sized RTX2080 will be taking up most of the PCIe room inside. But that's probably not going to be an issue, as it has high enough specs that it should have a good usable lifetime, as is. So just a couple of observations... The 16GB RAM is on a singe stick, so it's not dual channel, unless you add RAM. That cuts the memory bandwidth in half. The 2TB hard drive is a spinner, so unless you load all the games on the 500GB SSD, they might load slowly.

I think my comment about BIAB was mostly tongue-in-cheek... just riffing on the idea of constructing songs from prefab elements. Is it OK to call the results "your" music? Disclaimer: I have BIAB and like it. I consider it an educational tool and practice aid, but don't really expect it to write my next hit song. But I might get lucky!

Does Band in a Box generate real music?

But back to the original question. BandLab bought the Cakewalk software from Gibson back in 2018 in to order to have a fully fledged desktop DAW for their portfolio. It was my understanding that the reasoning was to have a path for BandLab online users to "graduate" to a desktop DAW.

Just a suggestion for communicating on public web forums... Go read your topic title again. That's flame bait. Then you open up with the quoted paragraph above. So with that first few seconds, you have already set the expectation for a rant to follow. No matter how valid your arguments are from that point forward, how do you think they will be received, once you have poisoned your presentation with that? I understand that you are frustrated, but please try a more productive style if you want more people to read, watch your videos, and hear what you have to say, which could be very useful. Instead, you are instigating a defensive reaction with your opening statement. But in spite of all that, kudos go to @Noel Borthwickfor wading into the BS with his serious offer to help. That is the future of Cakewalk! ?

I picked up an Asus GTX 1650 OC, with 4GB GDDR6, at B&H for $160 last October. It's the successor to the NVIDIA GTX 1050 line. It's a budget card that should be fine for casual play at 1080p. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/gtx-1650/ They are a 2-4 week wait at the moment... https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1585942-REG/asus_ph_gtx1650_o4gd6_phoenix_geforce_gtx_1650.html

If you are not using all 8GB that you currently have, then adding more RAM will not speed things up. However if you are frequently maxing out the RAM, then adding to it is a no-brainer. Lack of sufficient RAM will force Windows to use the page file on disk when the RAM is full, and that slows down performance. However, no matter what, upgrading to SSD will change your life and feel like a makeover for your PC. Potentially adding years of useful life to it. The spinning HDDs are the throughput bottleneck for most PCs now. I just use HDDs for archive and backup now, and they are good at that. I am running two SSD drives now, one for my [C:] Windows boot and programs drive, and another for my [D:] samples, projects, and other misc. content. The computer boots in 30 seconds, and programs and projects launch in less that that. No lag in the UI, and almost instant responsiveness. Your current CPU has 6 cores at 3.5GHz, so it's no slacker. And you can always use any new SSD drives in a new computer, so that's not wasted money at least trying out that route.

He said Minecraft. Pretty basic requirements...

Waveform Pro 11.5 Update Released (free). Run Tracktion Download Manager to update.

Nothing against video games by themselves (except the ones that are unashamedly pathological), but it is good to see a healthy balance with life outside cyberspace. For example, there are a couple of families around the block from me whose young kids are always outside playing in the yard and neighborhood street. Reminds me of how my generation grew up. Good to see some parents encouraging their kids to get outdoors.

Can you post a screen capture of the issue?

I believe that most vendors will allow some leeway with drives. So worst case is to be safe, just deactivate any Waves or iLok based plugins first. The re-activate them afterwards. I don't recall my last drive swap causing this issue, but a recent motherboard swap under Windows 10 caused just about everything to require re-activation, even Windows.

I have an older Win7 system (not my DAW) running an i5-3570K that I bumped to 16GB and a 950GTX, and it runs older games (vintage 2000-2015) just fine. That GTX cost me about $150 4-5 years ago.

The answer you seek is in your original thread. Keep reading it until you understand. ?

What do you mean? I've not had any issues with broken applications, as a clone is an exact copy of the original drive. Are you referring to activations where sw detected a hardware change?