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| LINK 29: Devising Music PC Test Routines
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| LINK 28: PC Musician Jargon Buster
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| LINK 27: 2000 PC NOTES COLUMNS
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| LINK 26: Choosing A Portable PC For Music
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| LINK 25: Remote Control Options For Music PCs
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| Soundcard Problems 12: Are there any specific laptops that are known to give audio interference problems when plugged into the mains supply?
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| Soundcard Problems 11: How can I get rid of digital noises on my laptop audio interface that only happen when plugged into the mains supply?
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| LINK 24: Eliminating PC Audio Glitches
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| LINK 23: The Right PC For The Job - what combination of CPU, RAM, and hard drives for a given task?
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| LINK 22: 2001 PC NOTES COLUMNS
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| LINK 19: The Musician's Guide To PCI Slots And Interrupts
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| LINK 18: Speeding Up Windows - Improving Windows Performance For Music
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| Soundcard Problems 10: What implications are there when using an Audigy soundcard for making music?
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| Soundcard Problems 9: How is the Audigy 2 different from the original Audigy soundcard?
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| LINK 17: Partitioning PC Hard Drives For Multi-boot Systems
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| LINK 15: Burning Questions - Getting Better Performance From Your CD Drives
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| LINK 14: The Bionic PC - BIOS Tweaks For Music Performance
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| LINK 13: Clear Signals - Testing And Improving PC Soundcard Audio Performance
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| LINK 12: The Truth About Latency - Part 2
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| LINK 9: Stabilising Your PC - Identifying And Solving Instability Problems
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| LINK 8: PC Soundcards - A Practical Guide
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| LINK 7: Making Music With Laptop PCs
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| LINK 6: Using Budget MIDI Hardware Controllers with a PC
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| LINK 3: Creating Multiple-Booting PC Environments
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| LINK 2: Optimising Windows XP For Music
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| LINK 1: How to optimise PC Hard Drives for Audio
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| Soundcard Problems 8: If I can't lock my soundcards together, how can I minimise problems of timing drift?
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| Soundcard Problems 7: If I run several soundcards, will they remain locked in perfect sync?
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| Soundcard Problems 6: Is it possible to use several soundcards in one PC?
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| Recording hardware synths using a soundcard 1: Should I match levels by adjusting the synth output or the soundcard's input controls?
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| Optimising Hard Disk Audio Performance 5: Is there an easier way to find out how many audio tracks my hard drive can manage?
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| Optimising Hard Disk Audio Performance 4: But how do I know what Disk Buffer Size to use, or whether the default one is most suitable?
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| Optimising Hard Disk Audio Performance 3: Are there any settings to tweak in my audio software that will give me any more simultaneous audio tracks?
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| Optimising Hard Disk Audio Performance 2: Are there any basic settings I should know about when first setting up my PC for audio work?
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| Optimising Hard Disk Audio Performance 1: What determines the maximum number of simultaneous audio tracks I can achieve with my software?
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| Hard Disk Format Options: What's the best way to format a hard drive for audio use?
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| Missing Cubase MIDI 3: Both MIDI In and Out indicators light up, so why's there still no sound?
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| Missing Cubase MIDI 2: The MIDI In lights up, but not the MIDI Out, so why can't I still hear any sounds?
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| Missing Cubase MIDI 1: Why doesn't my MIDI keyboard make the MIDI In light up?
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| Soundcard Problems 5: Why doesn't my soundcard have a digital input for my CD-ROM drive?
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| Soundcard Problems 4: I'm determined to run my SB Live! project at 44.1kHz. What exactly will the audio difference be?
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| Soundcard Problems 3: Is the SB Live! soundcard a good choice for musicians?
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| Soundcard problems 2: Why do I get ghostly versions of previous audio tracks included every time I record a new one with my soundcard?
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| Soundcard Problems 1: Why is my soundcard audio input so noisy when recording?
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| MIDI Glitches 3: Why do I get audio interference when operating MIDI controllers?
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| MIDI Glitches 2: Are there any problems using serial port MIDI interfaces?
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| MIDI Glitches 1: Why do I get occasional stuck MIDI notes?
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| DMA 11: What’s the difference between ATA, E-IDE, and UDMA?
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| DMA 10: Can I install and use one of the latest UDMA66 or UDMA100 drives with a UDMA33 motherboard?
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| I want to save money. How easy is it to build my own PC?
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| Random Crashes 5: Why does my PC crash every time I try to use my new soundcard?
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| Random Crashes 4: Could random crashes be caused by my PC overheating?
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| Random Crashes 3: Can I make my PC go faster by changing settings in the BIOS?
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| Random Crashes 2: Could random crashes be due to an old ISA expansion card?
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| Random Crashes 1: How can I find out what is causing random crashes on my PC?
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| Uninstalling 2: Do I need to take any special precautions when uninstalling protected software?
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| Uninstalling 1: Are Uninstall options totally safe to run?
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| Soundcard Drivers 6: What do I do if the soundcard is working, but the audio applications aren’t?
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| Soundcard Drivers 5: How can I tell whether my Windows soundcard drivers are working properly?
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| Why does my soundcard refuse to work with most Windows audio software?
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| Can running tiny utility programs as background tasks really affect PC performance?
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| Parallel Ports 3: How do I change the Parallel Port Mode?
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| Parallel Ports 2: Which is the best Parallel Port Mode to choose for a MIDI Interface?
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| Parallel Ports 1: Why is my parallel port MIDI Interface not found when running its setup software?
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| Soundcard Drivers 4: What about ASIO drivers?
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| Soundcard Drivers 3: What if I want to re-install an older MME soundcard driver?
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| Soundcard Drivers 2: How do I find out what MME driver version my soundcard is using?
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| Soundcard Drivers 1: What’s the best way to update MME soundcard drivers?
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| Why does my soundcard have a DSP chip but no on-board effects?
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| Which Soundcard 7: So which one should I buy?
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| Which Soundcard 6: Does having on-board DSP make a difference?
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| Which Soundcard 5: What about digital I/O?
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| Which Soundcard 4: How many inputs and outputs will I need?
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| Which Soundcard 3: How many bits will I need?
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| Which Soundcard 2: How can I gauge recording quality?
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| Which Soundcard 1: Where do I start?
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| Do I need a soundcard with digital inputs and outputs to sample from CD’s?
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| Why do some soundcards have a digital output, but no digital input?
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| What are the pros and cons of real-time software plug-ins?
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| Does an expensive soundcard simply provide more audio channels?
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| Why does my soundcard have buzzes and whines in the background?
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| DMA 9: Can I expect double the number of audio tracks from a UDMA66 drive compared with a UDMA33 one?
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| DMA 8: Are there any known problems when using motherboards equipped with UDMA66 controllers?
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| DMA 7: What about UDMA66 and UDMA100 drives?
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| DMA 6: Why does my friend get his BM DMA working fine, but my identical hard drive keep crashing?
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| DMA 5: Is there anything else I should know about Bus Master DMA?
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