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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/30 14:25:52
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/30 14:56:25
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bapu
Bit, I Am more esoteric.
I use fanless video cards.
McQ sez they b best.
(or does he?)
Take a look at the ultimate series of Sapphire. Like this one: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1088&pid=1240&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
They have others too, and they are all fanless :) (and can do Aero without any issue... lolz)
That was a benefit I forgot to mention when I was comparing cards earlier. Strangely my old 256 MB card had a fan and my newer 1 GB card doesn't. So I now have a noticeably quieter DAW, not that noise is much of an issue for me as I don't record in the same room anyway.
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/31 14:18:29
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DeeringAmps
Bapu,
I only had a "stuttering" problem on startup of a project, but does the quickstart page on the FW control panel look like this?
Tom
Tom, Yes mine looks like that with the exception I have the Berhinger 8 channel preamp light piped in so ADAT Inputs are enabled on mine.
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/31 14:29:18
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DeeringAmps
Bapu,
I only had a "stuttering" problem on startup of a project, but does the quickstart page on the FW control panel look like this?
Tom
Well there's your problem right there ... you have Aero turned off.
"I pulled the head off Elvis, filled Fred up to his pelvis, yaba daba do, the King is gone, and so are you."
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/31 15:12:03
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/31 20:45:55
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bapu
Billy,
It does not happen in the same place on the one song. I think it did happen on another. I'll try out a few.
Bit,
I admit that I leave the internet connected on this dedicated DAW (and never had problems on the old 32bit XP). So maybe it's time to disconnect even though I *believe* no other audio applications could be elbowing in. This is a dedicated DAW. No Skype, Yahoo Messenger et. al.
Any thoughts on my video card being underpowered? It's an older 256mb card. I remember reading somewhere here that W7 needs more video power.
Follow your intuition and definitely disconnect your DAW from the internet. It's always best to have the DAW completely separate, if possible, from the online computer, family computer, etc. Audio uses a lot of resources and a clean, tweaked machine with no online access is the way to not ask for trouble. Jerry www.jerrygerber.com
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/08/31 22:39:20
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Bapu,
It was a long shot...
@Bub, Aero doesn't work on my i3 530 system; hoses Sonar... (I think its the integrated video on the CPU)
Works great on my StudioCat!
Tom
Tom Deering Tascam FW-1884 User Resources Page Firewire "Legacy" Tutorial, Service Manual, Schematic, and Service Bulletins Win10x64 StudioCat Pro Studio Coffee Lake 8086k 32gb RAM  RME UFX (Audio) Tascam FW-1884 (Control) in Win 10x64 Pro
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/09/03 13:40:56
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Well it happened again in SOANR yesterday. But it also happened in WMP (or whaterver it's called in W7) without SONAR loaded. I did catch that the FW-1884 meters were still functioning. I was unable to see the master bus meters (when it happened inSONAR), but other bus meters seemed to be functioning and since I believe the FW-1884 meters are tied to SONAR's master buss I assume they were functioning as well.
OK now here's the weird/suspect part. I was listening thru the headphone out of the FW-1884 (which is run to a ROLLS 4 headphone amp).
So it is obviously not a SONAR issue.
Since I'm in mixing stages now, I'm going to eliminate the ROLLS HP amp and see if it happens again.
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Re:My first noticeable X1c problem - dropouts - but not the kind you think.
2011/09/12 15:46:10
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It seems that the culprit is Firewire on my mobo. With the FW-1884 turned on DPC Latency is near thru the roof. With it off, DPC Latency is very normal. They (Gigabyte) did have 3 newer Bios option, one being a Beta version. The latest two of the three were about as bad as the original. The oldest one is better. Looks like it's time to change the mobo.
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