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Buying A Budget PC For Music
PC Musician
Very low-cost PCs with apparently good spec are not hard to come by these days — you can even pick one up at the local supermarket. But not all computers will work well for music and audio, so how do you avoid making a big mistake?
Published August 2008
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Tascam Gigastudio 4
Software Sampler For PC
The latest incarnation of Tascam's Gigastudio introduces support for 64-bit operating systems and the ability to address up to 128GB of RAM. Are there any catches? Let's find out...
Published August 2008
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Avoid Dongle Disasters
Protect your software investment
When you buy music software, you're not paying for a physical object, but a licence that resides on a small plastic key. How can you protect your investment, and what happens if something goes wrong?
Published July 2008
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The End Of Windows XP
PC Notes
The newly released Service Pack 3 will be the last one ever issued for Windows XP — and XP itself is due to go 'off the market' at the end of June. Are there any implications for the thousands of XP-using musicians out there?
Published July 2008
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Audio Clicks and Pops
PC Notes
Clicks or pops in your audio? The cause may be hardware devices taking more than their share of interrupt time. Now there's a utility that checks for this, and a PC Notes survey amassing results that could help you track down the source of your problems.
Published June 2008
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Solve Latency Problems
PC Notes
The focus this month is on checking and improving the performance of your PC, with a new benchmark test just released and news of a useful tool that could help you pin down the source of latency-related problems.
Published May 2008
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Happy Birthday Vista: How Was It For You?
PC Notes
Vista's now a year old — but is it loved or loathed by musicians?
Published April 2008
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Avoid PC Upgrade Bandwagon?
PC Notes
Are you stuck on the PC upgrade bandwagon? This month, PC Notes discusses whether it might be possible to step off it, as computer power finally starts to catch up with the needs and aspirations of musicians.
Published March 2008
