Good news for my music-making friends :-)

From the archive (2009). Kept for the record; links may have rotted.

From the looks of it, cakewalk and some of the other major audio recording software companies are going to be moving to supporting the new x64 (64 bit) version of Windows 7 to help with latency and a gazillion other things when it comes to recording.

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Windows 7 improvements to help audio recording | Digital Noise: Music and Tech - CNET News
Windows 7 improvements to help audio recording