Don't Laugh...Aardvark Q-10 question

Dumb question, but have you tried both of them independently to verify that the one you just purchased is working properly?

Hi Butch-

You have probably already seen this, but a user in this post is explaining the differences between Aardvark drivers, etc.: Aardvark Q-10

ORIGINAL: Butch

Hello all,

I've been using an Aardvark Q-10 for the last 7 years and love it. I recently bought a second unit on Ebay so I could have more inputs. The short version is both units function great by themselves but I can't get them to work together. The slave unit records horribly...full of clicks, pops and some kind of digital sounding distortion. I am running Sonar 5 Producer with a Dell XPS 400 using windows XP media edition. I am using Aardvark 7.13 drivers for the cards. Any clues?

Thanks everyone!

Hi, Butch,

I assume you are connecting your Q10's via the wordclock jacks on each unit. The first unit must be set to "INT" in it's control panel and the slave unit must be set to "WC" in it's control panel.

If you have your units set up properly already, per above, check in your ASIO configuration in the Aark Control Panel that the correct card is selected as the master.

If this doesn't get you up and running, you might want to try the older 7.04 driver in both ASIO and the proprietary Aardvark WDM modes. I had better luck with latency and stability with the older driver than I have had with the 7.13 driver, but 7.13 does work OK usually.

I'm betting it's just a timing issue as has been mentioned. Set your two cards up correctly and you ought to be on your way. Good luck.

Best regards,
Bill

ORIGINAL: Butch

Thanks everyone!

I did try the cards by themselves and they both work fine. I have used the s/pdif and the wc to sync with the same results. Maybe I can try the 7.04 driver.

Hi, Butch,

What is showing up in your Options/Audio/Drives in Sonar? Do you see all of the ins/outs of both cards?

Also, do you have both cards set to the same bit depth/sampling speed?

Best regards,
Bill

Thanks again

Also, The Media version of XP is known notoriously for having problems with pro audio apps and hardware. Pro-Tools and many others dont support this version.

I have everything set the same for both cards except one is master and one set to WC or S/pdif. All the inputs and outputs show up in Sonar. I've heard bad things about the media version of XP too. I'll check for IRQ conflicts.

Thanks again everyone!