OS and DAW optimization Tag

How to Troubleshoot Firewire Connection in Windows (IEEE 1394)

This is a troubleshooting guide for Firewire in Windows XP or Windows 7..

No Sound Troubleshooting in Linux/Ubuntu using Firewire Audio Interface

Two months ago, I wrote a tutorial on configuring a Firewire audio interface as the default sound device in Linux, specifically using Ubuntu distribution. It works well until Ubuntu release version 12.04 LTS where I encounter some playback issues. The …

Beginner FAQ on Digital Recording Studio Troubleshooting

This is a compilation of the frequently asked questions on digital recording studio troubleshooting. This is a helpful guide for beginners and novices that are encountering some technical issues with their studio. To make this a user-friendly guide, it …

Beginner Hard drive or SSD Guide for Audio Recording and DAW

In a digital audio workstation, all of your recordings would be stored in a digital storage medium with hard drives as the most common storage. The stored digital audio is the digitized version of the analog musical performance. These are converted to …

How to Set your Firewire Audio Interface as Default Sound Device in Linux

By default, if you have an on-board sound card or PCI soundcard installed; it would be very easy to get that working in Linux. As long as you have correctly installed the hardware on your motherboard, Linux would take care of the audio drivers itself a …