{"id":24487,"date":"2023-11-29T20:45:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T01:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=24487"},"modified":"2023-12-04T20:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T01:12:31","slug":"my-computers-about-to-blow-up-because-of-my-daw-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/11\/29\/my-computers-about-to-blow-up-because-of-my-daw-help\/","title":{"rendered":"My computer&#8217;s about to blow up because of my DAW. Help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AW11292023-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AW11292023-7.jpg\" alt=\"My computer's about to blow up because of my DAW. Help?\" class=\"wp-image-24470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AW11292023-7.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AW11292023-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AW11292023-7-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My computer&#8217;s about to blow up because of my DAW. Help?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DAWs are notoriously memory- and power-hungry, which means they can also generate a lot of heat. Short-term: get a cooling mat or stand. But there are other things you can do to help your computer beat the heat, and the ITS Help Desk will have ideas: 617-522-HELP (4357)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12042023-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12042023-06.jpg\" alt=\"I put buffer size up but it blew up :(\" class=\"wp-image-24533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12042023-06.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/aw12042023-06-300x282.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I put buffer size up but it blew up \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh no! Def contact ITS Help at 617-552-HELP (4357)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAWs are notoriously memory- and power-hungry, which means they can also generate a lot of heat. Short-term: get a cooling mat or stand. But there are other things you can do to help your computer beat the heat, and the ITS Help Desk will have ideas: 617-522-HELP (4357) Oh no! Def contact ITS Help at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2023\/11\/29\/my-computers-about-to-blow-up-because-of-my-daw-help\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My computer&#8217;s about to blow up because of my DAW. Help?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24561,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24487\/revisions\/24561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}