General Help , SAath , Troubleshooting
1. Sequence of Turning On / Off Home Studio Equipment
You have invested quite some money in your home studio gear. Follow these suggested steps to ensure that the equipment lives longer 🙂
Note: We recommend you use a UPS power supply between the mains supply and your computer and also with other powered devices.
TURNING ON:
- Step 1: Turn on the computer. Wait for it to reach the desktop screen status and be ready for use.
- Step 2: Turn on your audio interface now.
- Step 3: Turn on the studio monitors one by one.
- Step 4: Turn on the MIDI Keyboard, then external hard drives (if any).
- Step 5: Start your DAW.
TURNING OFF:
- Step 1: Save your project. Quit your DAW.
- Step 2: Switch off your MIDI keyboard. Eject your external drive (if any).
- Step 3: Switch off your studio monitors one by one.
- Step 4: Switch off your audio interface.
- Step 5: Shut down your computer now.
Other important points:
– never pull out a USB pen drive or any external hard disk into your computer without ejecting it using the icon tray option (in PCs) and command+E in Macs.
It could get corrupted if you simply remove it from the slot when the computer is on.
– never hotplug a sound card into your USB or FireWire or Thunderbolt ports – whether in the studio, or on stage.