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I disabled the SB card in windows, and changed all of the system defaults via the Windows XP Control Panel to use the UX2 for absolutely everything, both recording and playback. However, I didn't remove the SB software, and maybe that somehow is partly to blame. Nor did I physically remove the PCI card from my box.

I set up the UX2 via GearBox to use 24-bit drivers at 44.1, and did the same in Sonar, 24-bit for both recording and rendering, using the ASIO drivers rather than the WDM drivers I had been using with the Audigy card.

I think you may have hit the nail on the head with the SB software issue, though. We'll see. Thanks!

Hi,

Maybe you should render to 16 bit....and let Sonar do some dithering. Your wave files will be compatible with the CD standard...

Still it's a strange thing. The cd burning functionality should not be influenced by your soundcard....

Hugo

Turns out the problem was the CD drive and DVD burner in my box... they run on PIO drivers rather than DMA. I have an external DVD burner that's newer... so I disabled the two internal drives in the Control Panel and everybody is happy now. TonePort UX2 needs drives that use the DMA, and Line 6 Monkey warns you about it.

I also deleted all of my Creative software suite... so now I have my internal sound card and both internal drives disabled. I hate to make the move to a new computer, since this one is fast enough and has been very reliable (eMachines T5026) and I've upgraded it with a meg of RAM but rolled back an upgrade to XP3... Windows XP SP2 is a very stable environment, in my limited experience.

Thanks again to everyone for their help... I hope this can assist anyone else who is having TonePort driver issues. First, pay attention to what the Monkey tells you when you run the Line 6 Monkey compatibility check!

With our music systems cobbled together with so many different products put out by different companies, it's a miracle that they work at all. My job is with a software company and our own in-house software is buggier than heck, so I'm used to these headaches.

Hi guys,
 
Strangest thing imaginable, at least to me...
 
My UX2 has a really low noise guitar DI input which I love. Here is the Cakewalk specific problem: When I 'echo' or 'monitor' live input from the track on a very high gain distortion processor the noise is typically low for UX2 - BUT NOT IN THE RECORDED AUDIO FROM EXACT SAME SOURCE AND TRACK. Sounds like a typical mic/line input - white noise basically on hi-gain.
 
How the hell is that even technically possible?
 
This is not the case in Cubase 5. Both monitored live signal and recorded audio are the same low noise signal - normal logical result. 
 
When I import this DI track from Cubase to Cakewalk it is exactly what I heard in Cubase - low noise. I have the latest UX2 drivers and it is exactly the same in Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 and Cakewalk X3...
 
Is this for real or am I missing something. I tried different UX2 input and made sure Gearbox is blank free of any boost of processing. 

crowellstudios
Turns out the problem was the CD drive and DVD burner in my box... they run on PIO drivers rather than DMA. I have an external DVD burner that's newer... so I disabled the two internal drives in the Control Panel and everybody is happy now. TonePort UX2 needs drives that use the DMA, and Line 6 Monkey warns you about it.

I also deleted all of my Creative software suite... so now I have my internal sound card and both internal drives disabled. I hate to make the move to a new computer, since this one is fast enough and has been very reliable (eMachines T5026) and I've upgraded it with a meg of RAM but rolled back an upgrade to XP3... Windows XP SP2 is a very stable environment, in my limited experience.

Thanks again to everyone for their help... I hope this can assist anyone else who is having TonePort driver issues. First, pay attention to what the Monkey tells you when you run the Line 6 Monkey compatibility check!

With our music systems cobbled together with so many different products put out by different companies, it's a miracle that they work at all. My job is with a software company and our own in-house software is buggier than heck, so I'm used to these headaches.

I think you don't need Asio4all anymore, uninstalling it from your system may prevent conflicts...

OLD THREAD ALERT!!!