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UPDATE: Edited to remove sold items. Last chance on the remaining goodies. It’s time for a clear out and the release of gear that’s in need of new home. From a RedNet interface to a Korg DW 8000, from my original Surface Pro 3 to an original Indigo iMac, you may find some interesting and rare bargains. These are all second hand, used or ex-demo items that come as they are, without warranty or refund – they are tested as working where appropriate. All prices include UK delivery by either post or courier depending on the size of the item. Shipping to Europe, the USARead More →

Tweaking Windows 10 for music production

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Here’s my official guide to tweaking and tuning Windows 10 for music and audio production. If your system suffers from glitches, from clicks and pops in the audio then this is going to help you. It will smooth out audio playback, reduce latency and give you more of the CPU to run effects, instruments and beats. For best results you should combine your computer with a decent audio interface, with ASIO drivers. This guide was made using the Microsoft Surface Book but it applies to any laptop, tablet or desktop computer running Windows 10. Please make sure you are running the latest version of Windows.Read More →

Windows 10 restore - system image

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Backing up your system is a completely vital process that everyone should do. There are various bits of software that offer powerful back-up solutions but one of the simplest is within Windows itself. Other than being free one of the biggest advantages is that it works within Windows. It does not require booting off a different disk, CD or USB key and is also ideal if you use a wireless keyboard and mouse that might not be recognised by a piece of backup software that you have to boot into. The Window backup system creates a single folder on another drive and stuffs all theRead More →

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While the East coast of America is smothered by a two foot blanket of snow everyone who is anyone in music technology was sunning themselves in Anaheim California for the annual NAMM music trade show. The show is sort of 83% guitars but I thought it would be good to pull out the bits and bobs that are relevant to computer music that I thought were cool or worth talking about. The industries love affair with the iPad seems to be over and it was back to business with proper software, proper DAWs and instruments and stuff which is really good to see. Pickings wereRead More →

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Even though most of the world has moved on there’s still some faithful souls out there sticking with the old school, and so I thought it might be helpful to dig into the archives and keep the old tweak guides alive – a master file of tweaks if you like. So, in reverse order, you’ll find my audio tweak guides to Windows 7, Vista and XP – if you’re after tweaks for Windows 8 then you’ll find a video on our YouTube channel and my tweaks for Windows 10 are coming soon….. Tweaking Windows 7 Right, the basic concept of tweaking the OS for audioRead More →

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Windows 10 has been around a while now and has found itself onto a gazillion computers. For the most part the upgrading process has been flawless, the majority of people find that everything works and they can get on with their lives – but it doesn’t work for everybody. Our advice to owners of a Molten audio PC is that you have a very stable, powerful and compatible system, if it’s working well for you then stick with what you have. If you want to upgrade in order to remain current or to feel future facing then your Molten system is well placed to have a flawlessRead More →