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 === Youtube Downloading ===
 To download a youtube video, don't bother with the GUIs and online downloaders, they are full of spam. Just use a free command line downloader. Get yourself a copy of yt-dlp.exe and from command line run:
 <code>yt-dlp.exe https://youtube.com/watch?v=XYZ</code>
 If you have some weird stream that is only downloading a minute or so, then get yourself ytarchive.exe instead and run:
 <code>ytarchive.exe "https://youtube.com/watch?v=XYZ" --merge --wait</code>
+Warning! yt-dlp and YouTube are constantly at war, so expect every few months you will need to download a new version that is winning the war on yt-dlp's side.
 === WASAPI ===
 In in DAW use the Windows WASAPI driver over direct sound, it is much better. ASIO is best, but that has limited specific drivers. Windows+R then run mmsys.cpl then for your normal listening playback device bring up properties, and then in advanced make sure everything is ticked (exclusive) and choose a better format eg 24 bit 48kHz. In your DAW, in the preferences for audio settings, set the driver to WASAPI.