Windows MIDI and Music dev

Load x64 Plug-ins (like VSTs) from your Arm Code using Arm64EC

June 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 06/28/22

Pete Brown

VSTs are mostly 64 bit Intel code. This post shows how to compile the VST host in your Arm DAW to use them.

Unofficial Windows 10 and 11 Audio Workstation build and tweak guide – Part 3

December 20, 2021 Dec 20, 2021 12/20/21

Pete Brown

Part 3 of 3. Tweaks and optimizations for getting the most out of your Windows 10 or 11 workstation, when using with a DAW.

Interview with a DAW Developer: Noel Borthwick from Cakewalk

March 9, 2021 Mar 9, 2021 03/9/21

Pete Brown

Podcast interview with DAW software developer Noel Borthwick of Cakewalk by Bandlab

Quickly switching your Power Plan on Windows 10

March 8, 2021 Mar 8, 2021 03/8/21

Pete Brown

You want to save power, but when using your DAW, you want to kick into high-performance mode. This is how.

Unofficial Windows 10 Audio Workstation build and tweak guide – Part 2

February 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021 02/22/21

Pete Brown

Part 2 of 3. Tweaks and optimizations for getting the most out of your Windows 10 workstation, when using with a DAW.

Unofficial Windows 10 Audio Workstation build and tweak guide – Part 1

February 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021 02/18/21

Pete Brown

Part 1 of 3. Tweaks and optimizations for getting the most out of your Windows 10 workstation, when using with a DAW.

Load more VSTs : Effectively removing the FLS Slot allocation limit in Windows 10

October 14, 2020 Oct 14, 2020 10/14/20

Pete Brown

FLS slots are a limited resource in Windows. This blog post talks about the importance of the slots, and what we did to change the limit.

How to report BLE MIDI connection or communication issues in Windows 10

September 17, 2020 Sep 17, 2020 09/17/20

Pete Brown

Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI (BLE MIDI) devices are all a little different. If you run into problems connecting to the device, or sending or receiving MIDI data, we'll need a diagnostic trace to be able to understand what happened. This blog post explains how to capture and report any BLE MIDI issue you find.