A true begginer question

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Aleks

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Hi! I read somewhere that it's useful to create a second user on a single pc, where all music recording should happen, and nothing else. Is that true?

And another question; what do you guys think about this :

http://www.alesis.com/guitarlink

Is it any good?

Thanks!
 
I find its useful under XP, or any Windows system really, to create a second ID for web surfing. The theory is to make an ID that doesn't have administrator rights, so if you hit a web site that tries to give you a virus, its not as easy for the virus to install itself.

You will want any ID that you are going to use for recording to have Administrator rights, so it really doesn't matter.

I would just suggest that every person who logs into the Pc should have their own ID, and use it, and leave it at that.
 
Better to have a computer that only records music, never connects to the web, does not play games, do the accounts, etc etc. Set up an old computer to surf the web with.

If you set up a music only computer you don't need virus protection, automatic updates, etc etc, the computer start up time is 30 seconds not several minutes, and you don't get balloons telling you that there is unused icons, wireless available, updates, blah blah blah, while you are trying to start work.

Alan
 
I allways install xp twice on the same computer, each installation on its own seperate physical harddrive. In my case I have disc C with xp, setup for web-surfing, ordinary pc work. Disc D is a disc for all photos, docs etc. Disc G with xp and music programs and disc H is only for recorded audi (have also got the largest cache-memory). All this could of course been done on 2 disc. You dnt need four as i happen to have
 
BabyBottle said:
I allways install xp twice on the same computer, each installation on its own seperate physical harddrive. In my case I have disc C with xp, setup for web-surfing, ordinary pc work. Disc D is a disc for all photos, docs etc. Disc G with xp and music programs and disc H is only for recorded audi (have also got the largest cache-memory). All this could of course been done on 2 disc. You dnt need four as i happen to have
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Thats interesting idea. I'm sorry if I act like a total ignorant to all this (which I actually am), it has something to do with partitioning, right? I thought that programs should be installed only on C. I have only two discs, C, where are all programs installed, and D, where I store stuff like music, movies, pictures, portable softwares etc. But that dividing the computer's memory in more partitions, isn't it making the computer a little slower? I've been told that, when I installed the Windows.
 
the guitar link cable is probably good if you're just looking to simply record something and you aren't worried about quality. If you want good quality, get a USB or Firewire interface such as a Presonus Firepod.
 
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