Out grown my HP20?

Michael-Smith7480 wrote on 3/17/2021, 6:16 AM

I have an HP20 desktop which I use for Music Maker without issue, I recently upgraded to Music Maker 64 and bought Music Maker Premium (which I have not installed yet).

When trying to use Music Maker 64 I notice it freezes when loading previous projects made with Music Maker, and freezes when using in general.

The PC has 4Gb RAM AMD E1-2500 APU 1.40GHz 64bit X64-based-processor running windows 10 ver 2004 with Radeon graphics. My question is simple before I go out and source a new PC has the DAW software (Music Maker64 and Premium) outgrown my HP20?

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SP. wrote on 3/17/2021, 6:21 AM

@Michael-Smith7480 Music Maker needs a modern 2 GHz CPU at minimum, an audio interface is recommended (should be one with good ASIO drivers). And 4 GB RAM is very low for 64 bit Windows 10. I would recommend at least 8 or better 16 GB RAM.

Michael-Smith7480 wrote on 3/18/2021, 7:32 AM

Thanks very much for your reply and attention, I was just being a cheap ass and hoping to avoid splashing out on a new system; so now have arriving a Dell Optiplex 3050 MFF, Core i5-7500T, 8GB Ram, 128GB SSD, with Win 10 Pro. So many hair pulling days of set-up coming up but at least this will be a dedicated DAW system. Again thank you.

SP. wrote on 3/18/2021, 7:36 AM

@Michael-Smith7480 I hope everything runs well. If you have questions just ask again in this forum.

emmrecs wrote on 3/18/2021, 7:53 AM

@Michael-Smith7480

You should certainly see an improvement in speed with that machine but there is one thing to consider with your new computer: I think that you will find that the 128GB SSD will tend to fill up rather quickly. I think your (potentially quite imminent next purchase) will be an external USB3 drive for data storage. Especially since you say this machine will be a dedicated DAW system; audio files can quickly become rather large!

Jeff
Forum Moderator

Michael-Smith7480 wrote on 3/21/2021, 2:21 PM

Thanks to every one who has helped this poor lock-down-muic producer wannabe. I,ve installed music maker premium and ported over all my soundpools and instruments and I am delighted how fast it loads except now I can get no sound out of it, I know it's not the external speakers as I can play MP3 music. Is there a audio driver missing in windows 10 Pro or am I missing something again?

emmrecs wrote on 3/21/2021, 3:27 PM

@Michael-Smith7480

What audio driver is selected under Program settings>Audio/MIDI tab?

Michael-Smith7480 wrote on 3/21/2021, 7:47 PM

This is a great community, you guys have so much patience with a newbie, I had a non-existent ASIO driver selected, I found any other driver except this one worked. Many thanks again guys.

Michael-Smith7480 wrote on 3/21/2021, 7:50 PM

@Michael-Smith7480

You should certainly see an improvement in speed with that machine but there is one thing to consider with your new computer: I think that you will find that the 128GB SSD will tend to fill up rather quickly. I think your (potentially quite imminent next purchase) will be an external USB3 drive for data storage. Especially since you say this machine will be a dedicated DAW system; audio files can quickly become rather large!

Jeff
Forum Moderator

P.s Thanks for the suggestion I had actually ordered a USB 3.0 2Tb external disc just for this purpose, so your suggestion shows I am on the right track.