vista

brow_601

This may be better suited in the computers and technology forum but i know how much people involved with music production don't like vista, i thought i'd get better feedback here. (as opposed to ahh vista man its the only way forward..)

i have vista on my laptop (and i hate it). theres a pc in the house with xp, but its a dell so we weren't given the xp discs when we got it.is there anyway i can install it on the laptop? i'm fairly sure its a lost cause....

I'm using reason and the latency is terrible. I have ableton but havent installed it yet cause i'm waiting to see if i can get away without installing it twice...

thank you

sei046

Buy the software. Only way man

DenMan

Hi there.

Can Cubase run on Vista or does it have compatibility issues? I use Avid for editing but have a Vista machine and Avid it not supported by Vista. Microsoft say they work is ongoing and they are working on it. Just wondered is Cubase currently in the same position as Avid regarding running it on Windows Vista.

brow_601

DenMan wrote: »

Hi there.

Can Cubase run on Vista or does it have compatibility issues? I use Avid for editing but have a Vista machine and Avid it not supported by Vista. Microsoft say they work is ongoing and they are working on it. Just wondered is Cubase currently in the same position as Avid regarding running it on Windows Vista.

http://knowledgebase.steinberg.de/173_1.html

that might help you

jiltloop

i'm thinking of buying a new pc but i'm wondering is there any option of getting xp with a new pc or are you pretty much stuck with vista now?

condra

Sorry to ask (somebody had to) but is going mac out of the question?

The onboard soundcard and audio drivers in macs tend to be excellent. I have a dual boot macbook. In Windows, I have problems with latency using Live, but no such problems in OSX/Core Audio.

If you got a mac and decided OSX wasn't for you, you could always just wipe it and install Windows, and still have a very nice powerful laptop.

Either way, most people use external soundcards, which offer "zero latency monitoring" amongst other features.

If you want to do everything in the box with no external keyboards or soundcards, Live on a macbook running OSX is the way to go IMO.

banquo

What hardware have you plugged in?

One option is to just give it time for some decent Vista-compatible drivers for your gear to come out.

Don't get me wrong, Vista is ****.

brow_601

banquo wrote: »

What hardware have you plugged in?

One option is to just give it time for some decent Vista-compatible drivers for your gear to come out.

Don't get me wrong, Vista is ****.

I'm using an m-audio midi keyboard. And i'm running reason off my external hard drive.

condra

2 questions:

1 - Do you take the time to answer questions from people who have taken the time to reply to your initial question?

2 - Is going mac out of the question?

brow_601

womoma wrote: »

2 questions:

1 - Do you take the time to answer questions from people who have taken the time to reply to your initial question?

2 - Is going mac out of the question?

1. Sorry I assumed that question was directed at jiltloop.

2. Yes it is out of the question, for the time being anyway, as I am still a student and cannot afford one.

condra

Fair enough man. I would still keep en eye on the prices of second hand Core2Duo macs on adverts.ie. You get the odd bargain on macbooks.

All the best.

jiltloop

sorry brow didn't mean to bump in on your thread, just got a thought when i was reading through it

brow_601

womoma wrote: »

Fair enough man. I would still keep en eye on the prices of second hand Core2Duo macs on adverts.ie. You get the odd bargain on macbooks.

All the best.

thanks, I'll keep an eye out

jiltloop wrote: »

sorry brow didn't mean to bump in on your thread, just got a thought when i was reading through it

oh no its no problem, i thought womoma's question about macbooks was directed at you...bump away i say

TheMelodyOfRain

brow_601 wrote: »

This may be better suited in the computers and technology forum but i know how much people involved with music production don't like vista, i thought i'd get better feedback here. (as opposed to ahh vista man its the only way forward..)

i have vista on my laptop (and i hate it). theres a pc in the house with xp, but its a dell so we weren't given the xp discs when we got it.is there anyway i can install it on the laptop? i'm fairly sure its a lost cause....

I'm using reason and the latency is terrible. I have ableton but havent installed it yet cause i'm waiting to see if i can get away without installing it twice...

thank you

Absolutely. What you need is XPlite. With this, you can make a 'watered down' or 'lite' version of your current XP installation, save it as an .iso, burn it to a disk then pop it into your vista laptop and install it.

brow_601

TheMelodyOfRain wrote: »

Absolutely. What you need is XPlite. With this, you can make a 'watered down' or 'lite' version of your current XP installation, save it as an .iso, burn it to a disk then pop it into your vista laptop and install it.

thanks, i'll give that a go.can i download xplite?

CmX

Hate that vista.
Keeps crashing and kept getting bsod when I loaded serato scratch.
Nothing but problems with it so far.
Glad I have another laptop with xp.

TheMelodyOfRain

thanks, i'll give that a go.can i download xplite?

Aye.