external 2tb usb hard drive... i just back up my docs, pics and music projects... easy.

I have a bunch of 1-2TB external drives for backup already as you say just for priority stuff as my pictures, vids etc have been wiped twice now and had to try and salvage them. I was planning on putting in a NAS and pooling, but I would have to increase over time as my system is considerably bigger than them combined if I am to include the sample drives which folk have recommended I do but wasn't going to originally worry about. I have seen many say they do that and then back that up again to the cloud though, so was wondering what cloud services they use to do that. Essentially just weighing up options as there is no way I want to be trying to sort through hundreds of thousands of salvaged files again in this life

Koofr
GoogleDrive
OneDrive

And a bunch of drives.

But I can never find anything so there's that.

All this vertigo talk makes me realize i’m in good company - i have meniere’s which gives me vertigo from time to time, and variably buggered hearing and tinnitus. The docs at the cutting edge are still fumbling in the dark for causes and cures.. it’s what you get disgnosed with when they’ve ruled out all the other stuff.. all the treatments seem pretty sketchy and efficacy rests on pretty marginal statistics…

But at least it lets up sometimes.. trust me to be in the middle of a bout when vsx5 comes out!!!!

I didn’t think the crystals are ‘aligned’ though.. don’t they just provide inertia so they lag behind the movement and the tiny hair neurons pick up the associated sloshing. Some believe the menieres is a weakening of the barrier between the two liquids in the inner ear, and/or deteriorating neurons there. There are also a set of sufferers whose nerves around the spine/skull interface seem to be involved..

Afaik the link with viagra usage had been discredited, likewise with coming off SSRIs and most dietary “correlations”

I use Hetzner mostly. Storage Box is relatively cheap.

Ignoring Security updates are like leaving your car unlocked when you go into the liquor store.

Can you believe they made us actually do that? I was furious. It took me watching an influencer's video to find out they'd actually done that as I hadn't actually noticed it was on, but still. Fuming.

The repercussions of having AI on by default are alarming. I don't know any of the actual details, but the thumbnails of YouTube influencers show the shocking truth. Scary stuff. Some of them look absolutely terrified. So glad I clicked on the video titled "CAN YOU BELIEVE APPLE DID THIS!?" or I'd still have that setting turned on! I might not be here typing this if I'd left it on... I've seen Terminator. One of the scariest documentaries I've ever seen.

I basically never lock my car. If someone really wants to take it, it happens anyways. Just with more damage.

I stopped doing that when I had to be somewhere for a few minutes, and when I came back someone decided to want my radio and smashed the window to get it.

But you could also say: installing all security updates is like rushing to the dealer for new locks every time a new way to break into a car is figured out by some criminal.

Just be careful visiting websites you do not know and don't use any M$ software if you can avoid it, and you are mostly fine, without even using a virus scanner.

Installing security updates is no big deal…I don’t see what all the fuss is about…

Feature updates are different thing entirely.

If you scared of breaking something…just don’t have your DAW machine connected to the internet once setup.

Security Updates patch specific stuff. They are different than feature updates that often bring problems - and they are absolutely essential if your PC is accessing the internet in any form.

And no, you are not safe carefully visiting websites. The amount of ad exploits, security vulnerabilities of just networks etc is insane. Don't be stupid. Either don't update, and disconnect it from the Internet completely - or if you do - do at least the security updates.

A good thing about Apple is they delivery security updated for years for previous version of macOS and mobile.

You can stick at the version you want and apply only sec updates without updating the whole system, and update the OS whenever you and your software is ready.

However, the best security option for your workstation is to keep it off line, turned off, in an anechoic chamber without any entrance, a few kilometers underground. Even few miles will work.

I'm more scared of breaking things than my machine being hacked to be honest.

I generally install critical updates, but anything else I tend to delay till I plan updates. And even if it is claimed to be critical, I first check what the update is about to estimate the risk. And I never run an update before I know I have a full backup of my system.

I'm not being ignorant, just more careful than blindly installing anything that is served as an update.

If I could afford an underground bunker, I would totally do it.

Even I take off my tinfoil hat and install the security updates even though I know they sneak non security things in with them (they’re trying to steal my lucky charms!).

Yeah electro magnetic brain updates are the best

I can feel the vibrations!!

i think the only real danger we face, is thinking any large corp has our best interest in mind.

so the vsx v5 update...

wow... what a nightmare of eq clusterfug... peeps don't know which way is up or down trying to use the new eq calibration system... 450 posts about it in 3 days.

personally, waiting 18 months for the game changing v5 update was a serious letdown.

but i guess he did change the game. lol

Feel it! Feel it!!

I stopped using VSX while it was still V4. What's supposed to be so life changing about V5? V4 was very good as it was. Sounds like they might have broken it, at least in some people's opinions.

I’ll be setting it up this weekend as a new user so curious having read the many posts. I think discussion of the third party HEARS plugin has added complexity into that thread. I would have quickly kicked that to its own thread if I was Slate.

Just bought a new 9070XT graphics card for £558 to upgrade from my 3060ti….should be nice upgrade after selling the 3060ti for around £200

The deal was too good to miss out on…

VSX-5 update

People are just adjusting to the new, personalized ear calibration process [ECCO].

Anyone who has ever calibrated the Studio Monitors understands that it's a process ... with time in between to evaluate.

I've done 4 quick ECCO cals ... and quite please with the result when listening through a wide variety of my Reference material.

One of the added variables ... some of us have been using the 'ear correction' plugin called HEARS.

Because VSX5's features are so new [couple days], we're exploring how the chain these 2 plugins [order].

It'll all come together.

of course... it's the big public beta test that comes with any new (?... it's just self serve eq) addition to a well worn product.

all he really did was change the capture to fit the eq calibration system, which is now up to the user to get "right". lol

but most peeps don't have a clue as to what's right, because they don't realize that there is no right and it's just what sounds good to them.

i think the problem is thinking there is a right way to do anything.

the fact is, that at least 90% of vsx users are guys like you and me that nobody cares what music we produce or how it sounds... so what does it really matter what eq profile we use, as long as it sounds good to us.

but then theres the large percentage of peeps that have no clue what sounds good to them, so fug it... none of it really matters... and afaic, he should have just made new captures of the rooms that sounded different and left it at that... or just re-eq'd the v4 captures and called it a day. lol

to me, leaving something like eq'ing control rooms up to the general public is just a bad idea.

I like morphit because it’s simple and I can’t mess it up.

yup... simplicity is king.

Really Lazoo ... I have to totally disagree with your assessments.

First ... being an Audio Engineer [Tracking - Mixing - and now Mastering] for some 40+ years ... I can clearly state that people care greatly of the final results. As do I.

As for how a Room is Tuned [or VSX headphones] ... everyone has preferences ... but the ruling factor comes down to 1 thing.

How does it Translate across multiple, various, playback systems and scenarios. Period.

Everything else , is style choices ... and taste.

No one 'really' cares how it got there ... as long as it sound good on their systems played.

The possible 'common' goal of most 'House Curves' is to find a 'Neutral Spectrum' balance. The Tops and Bottoms may be hyped for personal preference.

The Control Room has a major impact.

My past 3 Control Room designs are RFZ. [Reflection Free Zone]. A concept that I was not familiar with ... coming from Hidley designs [back in the 70s].

This RFZ design build is what I hoped it would be.

I've rarely used headphones for anything more than possibly checking BkgVoc panning ... and an overall general listen at times.

Since going ITB ... different options available.

I've purchased and played with maybe 5 or 6 different 'Headphone' simulation plugs ... from Abby Road to RealP, Sienna ... and other's names forgotten.
They all used my SENN 650's.

As 'fun as it might have been, the so called translation was not there for me. Until VSX.

No where near perfect at the start ... but it did results better than all the others.

I mainly used it for some of the Clubs, a car or 2, and mostly Howie's Room ... because back in my day, Howie was one of my Mastering Engineers ... and enjoyed being in his Room, as well as the conversations.

VSX-5 has taking these simulations to another level. But the require the User to input data [ECCO calibration].

For those that had no idea, and want something AI or other to make it 'easy' ... well, probably best to go with something like Ozone ... and accept whatever it does, and move on.

I like to test whatever 'technology' I can. Music and Sounds have been my life and love. [yes ... some may consider it a 'sickness' ... whatever]. And of my opinion, nothing has replaced the Talents of a qualified [experienced] Engineer .... a Song Writer ... a Master Musician ... and so on.

It takes dedication ... and [what seems], many, many years.

One nice thing ... it's never boring ... and always something new to learn.

i hear ya

but you need to understand that i have no idea who you are or what you've done in the music world... still don't. lol

so, to me, the unknowns, the non mainstreamers, i.e, most peeps on this thread... don't really have an impact like the well knowns do.

so if i had a bunch of clients that i mixed for, that were mainstream unknowns, then yes, it would matter to me and to them... but not really to whatever following they have... as long as it sounds decent enough, they'll be ok with it.

afaic, the only time it really matters beyond mixer and client, is when there is big money and record companies behind it... but that rules out most, if not all on this thread and most using vsx.

as i said, leaving this kind of responsibility (ecco) to the general home studio music maker, is a bad idea and has just created more confusion and frustration for those users.

but you're right, it will settle down and all will be what it is.