[RWP] reaaccess problem - It will not get installed on reaper 32bit, in windows 64bit

[Indigo]

Well, I found off_the_shelf computers that work, but only because I was 
ready to send them back if they didn't.
Before I got the Intel I7 machine, I tried a promising AMD 4-core 
machine, with a different  MSI motherboard, and it didn't play nice at 
all with screenreaders on 64 bit Windows 7.
It acted like a juiced up methHead, very nervous, the least touch of a 
key causing it to sputter and bounce around from thing to thing, very 
wild and unpredictable, so I returned it.
Bought it online from Costco, so returning it was as simple as dropping 
it off at the local Costco store.
This $380 Acer AMD 4 core machine was from Walmart online, if it hadn't 
worked nice it would have been the same, just drop anything that doesn't 
work for you off at the local store.
Other music gear I've bought from Musicians Friend, Music123, ZZounds, 
which don't care why it didn't work out, inaccessible is plenty good 
enough as a reason to return gear.
That's why I've gone to them again and again throughout the years when I 
need something.
I try to not abuse the retailer, so I research as much as possible for 
accessibility in advance, but it isn't always possible to tell if 
something will work
I dread buying from those gripey places that charge a 15 or 20% 
restocking fee if they don't agree with you that the product has 
something wrong with it.




On 8/28/2014 8:42 AM, Keith Hinton wrote:
> I'll agree here.
> Intel did take the idea of building graphics in to the motherboard
> quite some time ago.
> My Mac has onboard graphics, etc.
> I only have one old useless desktop that has separate graphics.
> That being said, too, your DAW machines depend a lot on the venders of
> components, etc.
> Screen readers may play nice with component X Y Z, but not component A B C.
> It all depends on how cheap something is, too.
> Also, the company matters.
> For example:
> Did you get your machine from Studiocat.com?
> Or DancingDots?
> Or, like Indi did, did you pick up a box for $300 or less off the shelf?
> It's anybody's guess as to what one box will do over another box etc.
> I have a feeling, though, that as motherboards continue to build
> things in, it's possible we'll lose stability.
> Who knows.
> I'd rather believe the best of everybody, but my instincts about this
> type of stuff has never been wrong.
> Maybe Chris Bell is willing to add to my thoughts? Grin.
> God bless, folks.
>
>
> On 8/28/14, Indigo <33indigo at charter.net> wrote:
>> After being spoiled by the beautiful sound of the eMu interface, you may
>> need to spend big bucks on an RME BabyFace, although the, what's it
>> called, Presonus Sapphire Pro sounds mighty sweet, and costs maybe half
>> or a third of what RME gets for their wonderful interfaces.
>> I think the Sapphire Pro uses firewire, and I've never dealt with
>> firewire, but this forum and others sure are full of belly aches about
>> firewire issues.
>> One day maybe I'll pick up a Sapphire Pro to get around an issue with my
>> TC Helicon VoiceLive Play vocal pedal trying to steal the eMu asio
>> driver for its own use, which the eMu card won't allow.
>>   From reading the TC Helicon forums I'm not the only PC user who can't
>> make his vocal pedal record from its USB cable, because of asio issues.
>> I notice that in their latest firmware upgrade for the pedal TC Helicon
>> has discontinued  recording from the USB cable, since the factory techs
>> also couldn't solve that problem.
>> A USB card is another solution, they can work very well.
>> I also have the eMu 0404 USB interface, which works on Windows 7 64 with
>> the re-written beta driver.
>> It sounds as sweet as the PCI and PCIE cards, has almost as low latency,
>> but has only 2 microphone XLR jacks and 2 line level ins and outs, plus
>> digital ins and outs, enough for my simple needs most of the time.
>> It's a fairly large plastic box, that needs to sit somewhere on this
>> crowded rack though.
>> For speech, I found a tiny USB interface that only cost $22 USD that
>> only has 3.5mm unbalanced jacks, but is extremely clear-sounding, and
>> records at up to 24 bits 96K.
>> It gets its power from the USB jack, and is about the size of a pack of
>> playing cards.
>> Since it has left and right microphone jacks, I might get one to feed a
>> pair of tiny microphones into something like an iPad.
>> As far as the eMu interfaces go, I'll stick to what I have for now, but
>> if you really are determined to run 64 bit Windows 7, I believe you
>> might conquer issues with your 1212M, although the source of issues
>> might be the motherboard design, as some on the KVR forum think.
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>> My I7 2600 machine that has the eMu 1616M running fine on 64 bits has a
>> very stable MSI motherboard.
>> This computer I'm on now is a cheap one by Acer, which only cost $380
>> USD from Walmart, but has the AMD 3620 4 core CPU chip, which has
>> graphics totally integrated into the chip.
>> I love using it because it is so stable and friendly to screenreaders.
>> I believe most of our screenreader and access problems are generated by
>> communication issues between the CPU and the graphics chip, when the
>> motherboard has a separate on-board graphics chip or graphics card.
>> My I7 machine has its graphics partly integrated onto the CPU chip, and
>> is almost as friendly to screenreaders.
>> I think all the newer Intel chips have stolen AMD's idea of totally
>> integrated graphics.
>> Indi
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