Good non-DAW software for your Audio Computer
Good non-DAW software for your Audio Computer
I'm about to build my computer today and I was wondering what software I should look into that's not music recording related.
For example, I will have an internet connection so anti-spyware, anti-malware. Maybe some optimizing registry software or something. Just wondering what you might have learned from your experience as home-studio owners.
Thanks a bunch!
For example, I will have an internet connection so anti-spyware, anti-malware. Maybe some optimizing registry software or something. Just wondering what you might have learned from your experience as home-studio owners.
Thanks a bunch!
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the best firewall and antivirus are common sense. I wouldn't spend a dime on either.
virus free for over six years, on XP.
I'd get ccleaner for a windows PC starting out, and only acquire other tools as necessary.
the whole "PCs are full of spyware/malware" thing is a myth. it is the user. I have used macs that have been fucked to shit and back, and PCs that worked fine, and vice versa.. just don't install a bunch of junk, and you will be fine.
virus free for over six years, on XP.
I'd get ccleaner for a windows PC starting out, and only acquire other tools as necessary.
the whole "PCs are full of spyware/malware" thing is a myth. it is the user. I have used macs that have been fucked to shit and back, and PCs that worked fine, and vice versa.. just don't install a bunch of junk, and you will be fine.
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unless you're a former IT goon who can build a server farm out of tin cans, duct tape and fish paste.leigh wrote:If you run a studio with paying clients, that's good advice. If you're working at home, on a budget (and who isn't), it's pretty much not practical.RefD wrote:NEVER connect your recording machine to the Internet.
seriously, tho, i must have 5 fairly modern spec machines and i haven't paid for anything except memory and hard disks in about a decade...and the occasional license for Microcrap OSes since a decent linux DAW is still mostly a pipe dream.
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you don't need or want antivirus, anti-'spyware' - or anything remotely promising to protect your computer. they just cause conflicts, consume resources, and don't really work anyway. on top of that, many of them are basically impossible to uninstall - because of their very nature (that they have to be protected from viruses).
don't open attachments from weird emails, and don't surf porn or pirate software sites, and you aren't going to get viruses.
don't open attachments from weird emails, and don't surf porn or pirate software sites, and you aren't going to get viruses.
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*FDISKs laptop while nobody is watching*stonewall40 wrote:Exactly what I do on all of my machines. I get my porn elsewhere....kuene wrote: don't open attachments from weird emails, and don't surf porn or pirate software sites, and you aren't going to get viruses.
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-1 for AVG. it's a piece of shit, IMO. Not that there's anything better. In fact, nothing is better than AVG. Which is why I've uninstalled all my Anitvirus software: >nothing< turned out to be a better option.The Get Down wrote:+ 1 for AVG antivirus (less resource hungry than avast! in my experience)
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