Howdy. I'm in a 90s rock cover band and practice at home through my computer using amp modeling software. I love the sound of the amp modeling software more than my actual physical amp, and so decided to try this setup on location. A couple of weeks ago I bought a laptop for the sole purpose of running this amp modeling software and outputting the audio into the power amp section of my amplifier. It works great, but I feel it could work better.
Every now and then I'll get a little ten-millisecond hiccup, but not too often; maybe once a jam session. Twice sound has completely dropped out for a little less than a second, though. I have none of these problems on my home PC, even when running multiple programs simultaneously. Though my home PC was originally a gaming PC, not a $400 laptop (I paid $100).
On the laptop, I still get notifications popping up about things being disabled or out-of-date even though I have what I believe to be every notification (and wifi) disabled.
The band plays shows, and I would really like to use the PC instead of my amp because I just love the myriad of sounds. The real-world equivalent of my custom preset within the software is worth 23 times the value of my physical amp setup at the jam spot. It's great.
I have already uninstalled a lot of things, disabled a lot of processes, every startup item, as well as things like Windows animations/transparency/etc since it's a combined CPU/GPU. It's been a long time since I've done something like this to a PC, though (98/xp), and things have changed. So many processes now. I've pretty much done everything I've found to do after googling generic results for my desires. So now I come to real people who can hear my problem and offer more customized results.
I essentially want a PC that only runs processes that are necessary to keep Windows and the amp modeler running. I don't even need the clock; though I'm not suggesting turning that off. lol
PC: Lenovo IdeaPad S145
CPU: AMD A6-9225 Radeon R4
Mem: 8GB
Stor: 250GB SSD
Amp modeler: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5
Audio interface: Native Instruments Rig Kontrol 3 via USB 3
Whatever other stats you need, just ask.
Seriously, a Gateway laptop is enough to run the program at minimum. I know my laptop isn't the best for modern day uses, but the amp modeler is eleven years old. My laptop is more than powerful enough. I just want insurance against those hiccups.
Thanks for your consideration and any help!
Edit: if anyone knows how to change my profile name, that would also be awesome. I don't remember making this account, but it was already tied to my e-mail with my name as my username. Because anonymity, I guess. 🤷♂️
Every now and then I'll get a little ten-millisecond hiccup, but not too often; maybe once a jam session. Twice sound has completely dropped out for a little less than a second, though. I have none of these problems on my home PC, even when running multiple programs simultaneously. Though my home PC was originally a gaming PC, not a $400 laptop (I paid $100).
On the laptop, I still get notifications popping up about things being disabled or out-of-date even though I have what I believe to be every notification (and wifi) disabled.
The band plays shows, and I would really like to use the PC instead of my amp because I just love the myriad of sounds. The real-world equivalent of my custom preset within the software is worth 23 times the value of my physical amp setup at the jam spot. It's great.
I have already uninstalled a lot of things, disabled a lot of processes, every startup item, as well as things like Windows animations/transparency/etc since it's a combined CPU/GPU. It's been a long time since I've done something like this to a PC, though (98/xp), and things have changed. So many processes now. I've pretty much done everything I've found to do after googling generic results for my desires. So now I come to real people who can hear my problem and offer more customized results.
I essentially want a PC that only runs processes that are necessary to keep Windows and the amp modeler running. I don't even need the clock; though I'm not suggesting turning that off. lol
PC: Lenovo IdeaPad S145
CPU: AMD A6-9225 Radeon R4
Mem: 8GB
Stor: 250GB SSD
Amp modeler: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5
Audio interface: Native Instruments Rig Kontrol 3 via USB 3
Whatever other stats you need, just ask.
Seriously, a Gateway laptop is enough to run the program at minimum. I know my laptop isn't the best for modern day uses, but the amp modeler is eleven years old. My laptop is more than powerful enough. I just want insurance against those hiccups.
Thanks for your consideration and any help!
Edit: if anyone knows how to change my profile name, that would also be awesome. I don't remember making this account, but it was already tied to my e-mail with my name as my username. Because anonymity, I guess. 🤷♂️
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