Mark Morgon-Shaw

Continuing to use what you already have is one thing but I don't think it makes sense to move to a dead platform that's already got an end of life date looming. Personally if I jump ship I want the next OS to last as long as possible. That's why I went 3.1 - 95 - 98SE - XP - 7 - 10...missing out the mess that was ME - Vista & 8 I've not had an issue since moving to 10

Microsoft will implement Windows 8 end of life in January 2023, meaning it will discontinue all support, including paid support, and all updates, including security updates. However, between now and then the operating system (OS) is in an in-between phase known as extended support

I would lay a bet that it's the Firewire drivers. Personally I have change to USB since I updated to Win10 https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/Firewire-1.htm

CBB is light years ahead of X1 , I would just upgrade to Win 10 and install CBB I've also used Pro Tools free as one of my mates uses PT 11 so I thought it might be a good way of transferring projects we were co-writing but having tried it once I think it's terrible, that was a couple of years ago now YMMV. So you want to record onto your Zoom and then dump the tracks into a DAW afterwards for mixing etc ? Should be totally do-able, I used to do this years with my ADAT. Record the band live at the practice room and then transfer it digitally to mix afterwards. I don't know what file formats your Zoom uses , it's probably just a case of transferring them over USB somehow and importing them into CBB. Shouldn't be an issue.

Also see on that thread that it requested many years prior on the Sonar Forum

Buy more ram

Already requested

THEY ALREADY DID IT'S CALLED A FADER AND AN INPUT GAIN

Oh I'm sorry I didn't realise you were a Millennial

Nothing , I learned how to use it correctly.

RTFM . That is all

No PC presets here either , but I wouldn't use them anyway so it's no biggie. Just for the record:- Win 10 Home Version 1909 ( OS Build 18363.72 ) Bitfender AV Free Edition - No other users on this PC

I had a Focusrite Pro 24 DSP which had built in reverb but it was only there as what they call a ' comfort reverb ' as most singers don't like tracking without a little in the headphone mix but it didn't all that reverb to be recorded as you would normally want the dry track and add a better reverb afterwards from your plugins.

This is cool trick, I only just saw it . I've added a few of my own...( i.e. things I have stolen from elsewhere ) Do or do not. There is no try Good musicians borrow. Great ones steal Beer & pizza go great together

Mine is set to 2...12 core/ 24 thread Ryzen 3900x .. I didn't set it to 2 though, so did CBb select it's own setting ? Seems to work pretty well, not had any issues and all the threads seem to be doing something

This is a nice feature which would be even better if the tabs could be re-ordered I think I have mentioned this before but the MultiDock is a bit under appreciated and could be made even more powerful. i.e. Tabs able to show more than one plugin.. Imagine if you could see all the plugins from one track / buss in a tab for example with all controls accessible from one place.

Have you ran DPC Latency Monitor ? Is it only happening with certain plugins ? Have you disable all plugins ( shortcut E ) and then tried re-enabling them one by one ? Nvidia drivers are notorious for causing spikes in DPC latency

Here is a photo of the basic top layer of commands I've set up for Cakewalk. These are all the commands I use most personally Some of them will lead to a different level i.e. the PRV button will be a folder with different buttons inside for editing.

Next step..Get a Stream Deck

Demo is just the quasi-Modo so don't get the hump if it doesn't work

It may not cost any more from a system builder company local to you. Actually it's not that hard these days compared to what it used to be.

I guess it depends how quiet you need it for what you're doing. Personally I don't record a lot of live parts but if I do this off the shelf machine is fine . It 's not silent but it's not loud either, no louder than distant traffic or the central heating boiler. It's fine for stuff like vocals and strummy acoustic guitar that I record..you can't hear any noise. I mainly make electronic music or working with Kontakt instruments but If I was recording a delicate nylon guitar part then sure it's something I might need to deal with damping the noise down some more. YMMV I guess depending on use case. I'm not advocating a DIY build either, although I'm perfectly capable ( I sold PC's for 10yrs as my job ) I just got this new machine and it's running like a champ but it wasn't expensive for what it is - here is the link to the page..it would have cost £400 - 500 more from somewhere like Scan as a dedicated DAW build. Guessing I would have got a more expensive mobo - case - PSU and maybe GPU but honestly I don't feel I need them and I spent the money saved on a new Audio interface and streamdeck. https://www.awd-it.co.uk/elite-amd-ryzen-9-3900x-4.6ghz-twelve-core-ddr4-business-and-home-pc-system.html I put the details in the Ryzen thread and how it's working now I got it all set up.

This would be great for deliverables ! Personally I have amended the default export ' Entire Mix ' and saved over it with my own preferred settings ( 24bit 48k )

I am on 1909 and no issues here

I agree with your sentiment but the site linked seems really expensive for what it is to me ? Coffee Lake is 2 yrs old now and to be honest the Ryzen 3000's have ripped Intel a new one and rewritten the value proposition over the past 6-9 months.