TomHelvey
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Recommended Hardware?
I'm sure this is an ignorant question but is there a recommended hardware list for Sonar? My MOTU I/O died a few weeks ago so I went out and dropped 2K on a brand new UAD Apollo Quad firewire interface. Since then, I've gotten continuous audio dropouts with Sonar, even when playing a single stereo audio track with everything else muted. I have next to zero DPC latency according to LatencyMon, but I'm getting a lot of interrupt processing latency when I'm using Sonar. It kind of looks like a UI issue, the display momentarily freezes during playback with an accompanying audio dropout. This is happening regardless of my ASIO buffer settings. I can actually see the UI get out of sync with the song position when it happens, the UI tends to lag the audio. Is Firewire not recommended for use with Sonar? If not, what interface should I be using to get the best performance without dropouts? What audio hardware is guaranteed to work?
post edited by TomHelvey - 2015/09/04 04:20:13
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 05:29:25
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Hi. Which version of UAD software do you use? I do not think the newest version of UAD software works on Win 7.
IIRC version 7.8 works with Win 7.
Best of luck.
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 05:29:57
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☄ Helpfulby TomHelvey 2015/09/04 18:33:22
Do you have a video card with HDMI audio?... Or is the PC Asus z87+ HDMI using on board video? Issues being memory , and or how the video card and or memory is accessed....While using ASIO, and firewire. Should if you do not have a video card, get one with at least 1meg of memory... With that sorted...You may need some tweaking of the System ...Turning off redundant devices....To free up any sharing MS likes to do. And the testing phase of that...might help? Cheers.
post edited by Sir Les - 2015/09/04 05:41:08
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 05:54:45
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And what kind of firewire card do you have? UA needs a Texas Instruments firewire chip.
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 05:59:22
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Ken Nilsen ZarggBBZWin 10 Pro X64, Cakewalk by Bandlab, SPlat X64, AMD AM3+ fx-8320, 16Gb RAM, RME Ucx (+ ARC), Tascam FW 1884, M-Audio Keystation 61es, *AKAI MPK Pro 25, *Softube Console1, Alesis DM6 USB, Maschine MkII Laptop setup: Win 10 X64, i5 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM, 320gb 7200 RPM HD, Focusrite Solo, + *
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 06:35:40
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Re Firewire: I have used a Focusrite "Saffire LE" Firewire Audio/Midi interface with Sonar for years with no trouble from Sonar 8 through to Platinum H. I do use a TI Firewire chip as recommended by Focusrite.
WRT zero latency, it seems to me if ASIO parameters are set too low then you will get uneven performance. I did turn off the other audio drivers as suggested elsewhere on the CW site. I also turn off the internet connection to avoid pops and clicks.
Cheers
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 07:06:44
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Sir Les
Should if you do not have a video card, get one with at least 1meg of memory...
You meant 1 gig of memory didn't you..
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Sir Les
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 13:04:10
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Yes, That was my dumb dumb...Sorry...1gb it is...2gb is more so the bliss?
Silent is passive fun...
AMD Sapphire make a good one....5770
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TomHelvey
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 18:28:28
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I think I got it sorted. I switched the display from the onboard video to a dedicated graphics card and things seem to be much smoother. Thanks.
System: i7-6900, 64Gb, AMI X99 Carbon Pro Gaming, AMD Radeon HD 7700, Win 10 Pro PCIe: UAD Octo USB: MOTU midi express 128, OB-6 Module, Akai MPK-249, Moog SUB 37, Antelope Orion 32 HD, Softube Console 1, iLok, eLicenser DAW: Cubase Pro, Ableton Live, Sonar Platinum Plugins: Waves, UAD, Xfer, Lennar Digital, u-he, Reveal Sound, Spectrasonics, SoundToys, VPS, Blue Cat, iZotope, NI, Valhalla, Lexicon, etc. https://soundcloud.com/thomas-helvey
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/04 20:22:35
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Glad you got it working 
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Re: Recommended Hardware?
2015/09/05 07:55:52
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Bizarre. In another thread Toms leaving for better notation.
post edited by mudgel - 2015/09/05 08:04:55
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