Preach man, I had this EXACT same problem mixing a live band recording once. Thought my interface was toast until I noticed my laptop was plugged into the same circuit as a window AC unit that kept kicking on and off. Every time it cycled, my audio would sound like radio static for a good 30 seconds. Drove me NUTS trying to figure it out. Ended up running a heavy duty extension cord to a different room just for my gear. Power quality matters way more than people give it credit for.

Man that's brutal how bad starts somehow turn into something great. Spilled coffee and a flat tire alone would've had me ready to call it quits on the whole week. But a promotion and a free grill sounds like the universe was just messing with you before making it right.

Yeah that's actually more of an NVidia thing with their Game Ready drivers... Windows Update usually just pushes the basic Microsoft ones for AMD cards.

Exactly. Passion is great fuel but it won't pay the rent when the tank runs dry. Learned that one the hard way myself, ended up eating ramen for three months straight. Planning probably would have saved me some sodium at least.

Nah, wet clothes are way worse than a late bus, hands down.