True.
I found that with Win 10 , even with my extensive knowledge of the registry , and my abilities to lean-out operating-systems - it still had yet another surprise lurking around the corner , just when you thought you had stopped your performance meter dancing around for good.
I spent weeks on it , by request , and my final report was that it would not be something that I could write a fresh install disc for , and put my name behind.
Both XP and Win 7 were easy to do my stuff on , and I seriously recommended a discrete dual-build for home-users , with only one machine.
Iād been championing Windows for almost 20 years by this time , but with Win 10 , I decided to move over completely to Macs - and for once , keep it all at armās length by being a more naive user.
After all , I still had a music-career to consider , and you canāt play guitar with a computer keyboard on your lap.
In doing so , this has highlighted more of the problems associated with web-based integration - the very thing Iād warned about back in 2000.
My 2016 Intel Mac setup is minimalist , and has monitor , MacBook , 88-key , trackball , remote Mac keyboard , and one USB hub.
After a long break , I returned to Cubase , and dived into Cubase 11/Wavelab 10 , and it all seems reasonably workable.
Very impressed with the top-spec MacBook , and current NVMe-drives.
However , in the past I had worked with the guys from DFH , and ran the pre-Toontrack full dry samples from them in (funnily enough) the excellent DK-008. Choosing my own compression , ambience , and velocity-scaling in 4 mono outputs and a number of stereo-pairs.
This would be my number one way of working , especially with such software as the East-West reverbs and the Abbey Road plugins - which I adopted when switching to Mac.
So , this is just to state my intentions.
All other hardware and software is indeed kept at armās length , until it can work seamlessly , and be integrated into my workflow without being dominant , or requiring constant attention.
Iām not looking that hard , since there is nothing else I really need.
I bought BFD3 when they were with FxExpansion - simply out of curiosity ,and because it was cheap (KVR half-price sale).
Hardly used it. But it had a few interesting , unique features which were probably worth playing with.
My overview now is that they are in transition still , have bugs to address after their move to InMusic , and their emphasis is definitely on presenting ready-made drum sounds in huge libraries.
If this is what the home-market wants , then I wish them luck , and Iām sure they will do well if they iron out the licensing efficiency and LM bugs/omissions.
This is only my home setup. I record accurately just using metering , and generally mix using the iPad and iPhoneās IC-pro App - when sitting properly. in front of the monitors.
The trackball usually sits down to my right , and the computer keyboard rests on the middle of the āpianoāsā casing.
The extra mouse and keyboard are for my PC - with which I play Far Cry 6 now and again. In the photo , Iād obviously had a good session shooting insurgents (Or imaginary Licence Manager coders if you like!).
