Memaksimalkan Kerja PC untuk Home Recording
Mood sedang ON. Gitar, mouse, dan keyboard beroperasi ditangan.
Melodi mengalir dengan deras. Lalu tiba-tiba, terdengar suara ‘brebet,
brebet, bbet, bbbet" dari speaker saat record mode di posisi on. Tidak
lama kemudian, PC hang! Huh! Bete kan???!!!
Itu yang saya rasakan pada saat recording analog khususnya gitar dan
vokal melalui software sequencer. Salah satu penyebab menurunnya
kinerja PC adalah terlalu padatnya pendelegasian tugas bagi memori
(RAM) untuk berbagai kegiatan reguler Windows, seperti screen saver,
system restore, automatic system update, auto detect, dan lain
sebagainya.
Apa yang harus di lakukan dengan PC kita? Betul, tambah RAM!!! Tapi itu kalau dana mencukupi kan? He, he, he.
Dengan peralatan perang yang ada, sebenarnya kita juga bisa berbuat
banyak dengan PC kita tanpa menambah biaya. PC perlu dimodifikasi
melalui settingan Windows sebagai operating system.
Silahkan ikuti tip-tip di bawah ini untuk memaksimalkan kinerja PC melalui settingan Windows. Selamat mencoba !
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Catatan: Hasil dari peningkatan kinerja untuk setiap PC setelah dimodfikasi selalu beragam, tergantung kinerja sebelumnya.
1. Processor scheduling should be set to background services and not Programs.
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System >
Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced Tab > Background
Services
2. Visual effects should be set to a minimum.
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System >
Advanced > Performance Settings > Visual Effects Tab > Adjust
for best performance
3. Switch Off Desktop Background Image
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Desktop Tab > Background None
4. Disable Screen Saver
Right Click Desktop > Properties > Screen Saver > None
5. Disable Fast User Switching
Start > Settings > Control Panel > User Accounts
> Change the way users log on or off > Untick Use Fast User
Switching
6. Switch Off Power Schemes
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Always On > Turn off monitor and turn off hard discs to Never
7. Switch Off Hibernation
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Power Options > Hibernate > Untick Hibernation
8. Disable System Sounds
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds Tab > Sound Scheme to None.
9. Do Not Map Through Soundcard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio
Devices > Hardware Tab > (highlight your soundcard from the
list) > Properties > Audio Devices > (highlight your soundcard
from the list) > Properties, and check the "Do not map through this
device" checkbox.
10. Disable System Restore
Start > Settings > Control Panel> System > System Restore Tab. Tick the "Turn off System Restore on all Drives"
11. Disable Automatic Updates
Switch off Automatic Updates by going to Control Panel,
System, Automatic Updates and ticking the box labelled "Turn off
automatic updating. I want to update my computer manually.".
12. Startup and Recovery Options
Right click My Computer and click on Properties >
Advanced > Start Up & Recovery Settings and uncheck
"Automatically Restart".
13. Disable Error Reporting
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System >
Advanced TAB > Error Reporting > Click the Disable Error
Reporting box (Tick the "But Notify Me When Critical Errors Occur" if
you prefer)
14. Disable Remote Assistance
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System >
Remote > Untick "Allow Remote Assistance Invitations to be sent from
this computer"
15. Fixed Swap File (Virtual Memory)
Select the Advanced tab of the Systems applet and then
select the Performance settings button. Then select the Advanced page.
In here it is possible to customise the Virtual Memory. For custom
size, this is often recommended to be 1.5 to 2 times the amount of your
total RAM for both initial and maximum size. Set this to a fixed
minimum and maximum value according to your existing RAM
16. Speed Up Menus
You can use this tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
You can customize the speed of the Start Menu by
editing a Registry Key. Click Start, and then click Run. Type Regedit
in the box, and then click OK.
Expand the menu in the left panel and select the
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder. Scroll down in the right
panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file. In the Value Data
box, change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser
number, such as 1. Click OK.
17. Disable Offline Files
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > Offline Files > Untick "Enable Offline Files"
18. Disable Remote Desktop
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Remote > Untick "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer"
19. Disable Internet Synchronise Time
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Date and Time
> Internet Time > Untick "Automatically synchronize with an
internet time server"
20. Disable Hide Inactive Icons
Start > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu > Taskbar TAB > Uncheck "Hide Inactive Icons"
21. Disable Automatic Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display >
Desktop > Customise Desktop > Untick "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard
every 60 days"
22. Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS Only)
Start > Run > regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >
SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > CONTROL > FILESYSTEM Add a new
DWORD value - "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate" (without quotes) and set the
value to 1. Then reboot to make changes effective
23. Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips
Click Start , click Run , type regedit , and then press
ENTER. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre
ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced Right-click the right pane, create a new
DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips . Double-click this new
entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value of 0 . Quit Registry
Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.
24. Disable CDROM Autoplay
One of the very important (and well documented) tweaks in Windows
98SE, was to disable CDROM autoplay (auto insert notification).
Disabling CDROM autoplay no longer offers a significant performance
benefit in Windows XP, and therefore you do not need to disable it.
Just don't insert a CD during a crucial recording.
However, if you really want to disable it then here a few different methods.
Method 1
Start > Run > Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Cdrom
Set autorun to 0.
Method 2
Open My Computer Right Click on each CDROM and choose
Properties Click on the Auto Play tab In the drop down box you can
choose the Action for each choice shown in the drop down box
Method 3
Go to Start->Run->gpedit.msc Computer Config ->
Administrative Template -> System Double click Turn off Autoplay
Enable it.
25. Disable Disc Indexing
