Upgrading your music Mac or PC system? We take a look at ARM CPUs and consider some of the factors making it tricky for audio users.
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Windows 11 has barely touched ground yet, and already we're getting rumours of the development of Windows 12. Let's find out more!
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Microsoft Surface Event 2021: The new Surface range includes laptops, tablets, smartphones and accessories, with plenty to interest musicians and producers.
Neatly designed and affordable, the Realme Book Slim should offer a lot of bang for your buck. But will real-world DAW performance be up to scratch?
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Microsoft reveals Windows 11! An improved user experience with useful changes and developments. Let's see how it affects music production.
Introducing the new Intel Alder Lake CPU! What performance can Windows users expect from its hybrid architecture with Thread Director?
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Is Windows 11 nearly here? Microsoft may be about to unveil "the next Windows" on 24 June, with an updated interface and plenty of improvements.
An update to Windows 10 will lift limitations on the memory allocation of Dynamic Link Libraries from 128 to 4000 slots. If you've ever tried to run more than 128 unique plug-ins then that's good news!
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Windows 10 S Mode promises a slicker, more resilient and stable computing experience. Does it hold any advantages to the musician or producer, or is it just for regular users?
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The Surface Dial is a brilliantly engineering piece of hardware that sits around doing nothing all day. Not any more. With Elephant you can transform it into an awesome knob controller for your music software.
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The new updated BIAS Amp 2 has many strengths and one of those is its unique component level customisation and now with the option of including some very high-quality Celestion speaker IRs that make it really ...
Panic ensues as security problems are reported on first Intel and now AMD and ARM processors. Patching "Meltdown" and "Spectre" at OS level could mean a performance hit of up to 30% - but is this true?
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Microsoft announces the new Surface Book 2 with 8th generation CPUs, touch, pen, dial and Mixed Reality Nvidia graphics. Apple's offerings seem underwhelming at this point, unless you want a new phone.
In a deepening partnership between Microsoft and Spotify, Groove Music ceases it's Music Pass streaming surface and invites users to take their music catalogue to Spotify Premium.
With the Logic Pro X 10.3 update making use of the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar last month, perhaps we should count our blessings in the creative industry....
From the 10th November, Windows users will benefit from drivers for the Clarett range of Thunderbolt interfaces. Great news, even if it's quite late.
Is Microsoft's new iMac killing Surface Studio up to the task of being a recording studio?
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The Behringer Midas engineers have been playing with Microsoft's HoloLens. Is this the future or just so much arm ache?
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Has the Windows 10 Anniversary update brought changes to the audio performance? For better or for worse let's find out.
Steinberg compatibility testing reveals a potential 5-10% drop in performance with the Windows 10 Anniversary update
The Windows 10 free upgrade ends on 29th July - here's 5 reasons to upgrade and 5 reasons not to.
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Music production software doesn't seem to be running as well as it should on Microsoft's flagship hardware.
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Windows 10 has the fastest take-up of any Windows OS ever made and yet Avid don't seem to want anyone to know they now support it.
This multi-touch screen and mechanical keyboard combination DAW controller is looking for Kickstarter funding.