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8.5.2. Avoid Shared Memory
In general it is not recommended to use laptops with shared-memory graphic
cards. A Shared-memory graphic card accesses to the same memory as the CPU.
Other Graphic Cards have their own memory, so that the main memory is reserved
for the audio processing. You’ll need memory and processing power available for
your audio project.
8.5.3. Avoid Battery Usage
It is not recommended to run the laptop on its battery, as the computer might slow
the clock rate of the CPU down.
8.5.4. Disable Devices
First, disconnect additional hardware (printers, scanners etc.) that you don’t need
while you are working with AUDIO KONTROL 1. Thus, the computer does not need
to handle superfluous devices.
Beside that, laptops often are equipped with built-in devices that disturb au-
dio processing. An example is a wireless LAN card. In case you experience
serious dropouts, you might need to disable these devices while working with
AUDIO KONTROL 1.
Windows® XP
To do so, please go to the device manager (Start>Run and type ‘devmgmt.msc’).
You can disable a device (let’s say the network adapter) by clicking on
network-
adapter
and double clicking on the device to bring up its properties dialog. On the
bottom of this pane you can disable the device via the Scroll-Down menu. Please
deactivate it and hit “OK”. You should see a red cross over the device, which means
that it has been deactivated.
