I'm curious to know what is your OS of choice when it comes to music production. I'm getting old and things are changing fast so I could be very wrong about what people are using now. I remember that not so long ago, iOS wasn't used much for music production but eventually I saw major artists use it in their ring (Jarre) and even some of them using it exclusively (Gorillaz).
I guess we've come to a point where it's getting viable, even though I'm pretty sure most people still use a desktop.
Your OS of choice for music production
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- KVRAF
- 4314 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
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- addled muppet weed
- 111299 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
windows, but its not an os of choice, its just the one thats on computers i can afford.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111299 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
well, i could afford a mac. i just cant justify the cost differenve in my mind, when theres modules and weed to buy.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4314 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
vurt wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:03 pm well, i could afford a mac. i just cant justify the cost differenve in my mind, when theres modules and weed to buy.
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- KVRAF
- 3227 posts since 4 Jan, 2005
Windows10 , only because it was free upgrade from Windows7 . Tried OSX MacBook core2duo with Logic Express 8 or 9 can't remember , but it didn't get along well ... Tried Linux and just found it alot of hassle and waste of time even though I did halfway finish a song , so I just stick with Windows10 but I was ok with Windows7 too ... So Windows it is .
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
OSX, but not Catalina. It's unlikely I'll ever install that on this computer.
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- KVRAF
- 7001 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
couldn't vote. no windows xp.
my online computer windows xp runs reaper 6.03 better than my offline windows 7 does. no glitches. no freeze ups. strange.
bambinos, bambinas... i'm a gonna beg for more windows xp desktop donations. offline, i mean. when you have pizza pie in your eye that's a more eh?
or buy them secondhand via ads or thrift stores.
stock pile on old functional tech.
i've been expecting drive failure on my windows xp desktop computer for over a decade now. i bet it happens next week.
but i'm a not gonna worry about that now.
i'm a just gonna get my adrenaline fix.
ciao, baby.
my online computer windows xp runs reaper 6.03 better than my offline windows 7 does. no glitches. no freeze ups. strange.
bambinos, bambinas... i'm a gonna beg for more windows xp desktop donations. offline, i mean. when you have pizza pie in your eye that's a more eh?
or buy them secondhand via ads or thrift stores.
stock pile on old functional tech.
i've been expecting drive failure on my windows xp desktop computer for over a decade now. i bet it happens next week.
but i'm a not gonna worry about that now.
i'm a just gonna get my adrenaline fix.
ciao, baby.
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4314 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
I think Windows 10 is way better than the previous versions now, they really improved the performances and the minimal required specs are very low. I saw a video on YouTube of a guy who tested Windows 7 and Windows 10 on an old circa-2008 desktop computer and Windows 10 was faster than Windows 7! I'm a Linux user and when you turn off all the crap on Windows 10, the performance is very similar to Linux Mint. And now that the updates are only installed when you want it, I'm happy to use it. The automatic update was what prompt me to switch to Linux for internet tasks. Now I use both.oonabe wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:32 pm windows 10, I started using windows back in the 90s, then switched for a couple of years to Mac OS and got recently back to windows
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- KVRAF
- 2814 posts since 26 Jul, 2015 from Philadelphia
MacOS but I am currently contemplating switching back to Windows. I'm using Audiokinetic Wwise for Game Audio and that runs in a Wine bottle on the Mac which makes it incompatible with Catalina. I'm waiting for the MacBook Pro 13 inch refresh this year and will then decide which way to go. If Apple would not have come out with the MacBook Pro 16 inch last year, I would probably already be on a Windows laptop.
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- KVRAF
- 7014 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
Windows, the cost effective choice, plus I build my own PC's, more freedom and savings that way. Ubuntu Mate main OS.
I have to agree with XP, there's a profile (Dux XP) for Nlite that strips away the unneeded stuff for audio.
I also have an older spare AMD 939 PC dual core Athlon with 3GB of ram, I installed Windows 10X86 on it and it runs very slow and sluggish, I also installed Ubuntu Mate which runs perfectly fine with no issues. Windows 10 needs more resources and has a bigger footprint than previous versions.
This guy has some good tips.
If Windows was efficient as Ubuntu and Studio One was efficient as Reaper, I would be very happy.
I have to agree with XP, there's a profile (Dux XP) for Nlite that strips away the unneeded stuff for audio.
I also have an older spare AMD 939 PC dual core Athlon with 3GB of ram, I installed Windows 10X86 on it and it runs very slow and sluggish, I also installed Ubuntu Mate which runs perfectly fine with no issues. Windows 10 needs more resources and has a bigger footprint than previous versions.
This guy has some good tips.
If Windows was efficient as Ubuntu and Studio One was efficient as Reaper, I would be very happy.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4314 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
You can always run Reaper via Wine in Ubuntu. From my experience, it runs well.