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Mostly Rebuilt
Jan. 30th, 2022 09:35 pmThe new studio computer is together and in place. There's still some more rewiring to do -- there is *always* more rewiring to do -- and I need to trace various wires to make sure that they haven't gotten lost and aren't plugged in, but I actually got sound out of Cubase through the Apollo unit in Thunderbolt mode today. Well, I got sound out of the *small* speakers, because something seems to have come unplugged for the big speakers. I'll figure that out soon, I expect.
But the system is working fine with the integrated Intel video. One monitor is plugged into the Display Port, the other as HDMI and everything is smooth. Given the problems that Cubase seems to be having with Nvidia drivers, this may be a plus. :)
And when I was unplugging the old computer, I discovered that it had a pair of USB 3 ports supplied by an extender on the backplane, so I opened it up and popped that out and plugged it into the new computer, which got me two more USB ports, which I sorely need. Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
The old computer has come upstairs and has been wired up in the dining room, but it appears this was one of the few motherboards that I bought that doesn't have built-in WiFi (10 year old built-in WiFi, it would be now), so I'll need to pick up a dongle for that to get it back on line. But this old machine will still be a substantial improvement over the hulk that it's replacing.
I figured out this weekend that I can easily pick up a motherboard, CPU, and RAM to upgrade any of my homebrew machines to a level that would run Windows 11 for $350. By the time I might actually need to do that, I trust the required parts will be cheaper. :)
And when I started up Cubase this evening, the process of indexing all of the plugins was *so* much faster than it's been in the past.
Whee!
But the system is working fine with the integrated Intel video. One monitor is plugged into the Display Port, the other as HDMI and everything is smooth. Given the problems that Cubase seems to be having with Nvidia drivers, this may be a plus. :)
And when I was unplugging the old computer, I discovered that it had a pair of USB 3 ports supplied by an extender on the backplane, so I opened it up and popped that out and plugged it into the new computer, which got me two more USB ports, which I sorely need. Serendipity is a wonderful thing.
The old computer has come upstairs and has been wired up in the dining room, but it appears this was one of the few motherboards that I bought that doesn't have built-in WiFi (10 year old built-in WiFi, it would be now), so I'll need to pick up a dongle for that to get it back on line. But this old machine will still be a substantial improvement over the hulk that it's replacing.
I figured out this weekend that I can easily pick up a motherboard, CPU, and RAM to upgrade any of my homebrew machines to a level that would run Windows 11 for $350. By the time I might actually need to do that, I trust the required parts will be cheaper. :)
And when I started up Cubase this evening, the process of indexing all of the plugins was *so* much faster than it's been in the past.
Whee!