Windows 7

I've been busy the past month mixing and recording all over Atlanta. I had been getting many calls about Windows 7 and after the Vista crap OS I just kept my XP machine buzzing along (my PC actually out preforms most of the Macs in Atlanta) but....... because of my tech work I finally jumped into Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with both feet and have spent weeks working out the wrinkles for audio. I am now Win 7 geeked out and ready to spew my opinions all over the net, lol.

IMHO, with minimal tweaking Win 7 is great for audio, drivers were easy, lol, actually the hardest transition was Pro Tools and Digidesign not having a clue. Reaper has a 64 bit version and runs flawless, most of the programs work fine, but check them first before installing because I did have a few bumps installing then uninstalling several non working programs. Plugins were easy but a few of my old favorites are not supported, the Sonic Timeworks Mastering Limiter is my favorite 2bus comp and It is not working under Win 7. Most websites have the info around or just hit up the great forums online.

Power settings and core parking tweaks were a big help and I'm putting together my tweak list to email to anyone that wants it, anything to save me a trip out to somebody's headache, lol.

The biggest bonus with Win 7 I see is you can now have more than 3.5 gig of RAM and with Kontakt instruments getting bigger and bigger a Win 7 production PC can rock, for mixing the benefit is small but staying up on technology is key to future success in this biz.

Digidesign 8.03cs1 workes great on Win 7, but I must say it is sad that PT will no longer work on Power Macs and Original Mboxes. This type of company decision is what helped me to go Win 7, at what point will Digidesign drop XP support? So I am now future proof (until the next OS) and my audio PC is loving me.
As always be blessed or bendicones.