NEW TO SONAX X 2 NEED HELP WITH COMPUTER SETUP AND...

HELLO THERE
 
I hope some one can help me along this new pathway?
 
I was using Acid Pro 7.0e, with some good results over the years with XP....But... when recording upto 16 tracks at once in win 7 64bit on my newer system..I would get the occaisional software crash...which got worse the more I played with it, to get it to work on this newer build...with win 7 64bit and the large amount of memory Acid 7 does not address....
Not to mention, just leaving it alone after a long 2 hour recording session...it would crash...doing absolutely nothing at all, just being open , and waiting for input or activity....while taking a coffee break....and during recording twice this happened...(what does that do to harddrves?)
 
This brought me to Pro tools 9.0...which made my computer lean, and mean??? but as we all know, buggy as hell...and I do not want to play the steinberg game with Avid...pay and pray...for the ver 10, or 11, 12, ..etc.. just released soon after ver 9 was ...too soon I think,... to pay and pray with them big boys.
 
So..something is causing a issue or is affecting my DAWS..or is running in the background with Win 7 64bit,  that causes the performance meter to spike, which is what I believe is now happening in Sonar x2, as I can see this happening with the performance metering window in sonar, when playing back a session..or just leaving it alone, and watching......on this system, which has been tweaked and castrated to almost nothing running in services...and internet network disabled in device manager...(Allen and Heath recommend doing) ...and most all AVID tweaks done..even disabled the Vurtual stuff in BIOS on the CPU....I also can turn off the network device in BIOS...which I have tried, but does not solve the problem.
Also, turned off graffic excelleration...which makes for a plain jain outlook on things...and set the performance background thingy...may have also turned off Caching on drives...Avid protools..recommended...
 
So Now I want to try Sonar X 2...As I hate Steinberg for ripping me off, And treating me like dog doo on the phone many years back.....I will not go back to them!
 
So now I have this...Sonar x 2..producer..
 
My System specs.
 
Allen and Heath r16  firewirer mixing console.
Asus Sabertooth x58 1366 cpu i7 990x.
12 gb memory coursair vengance 1066 (?)
Lacie Firewirer 800/400
5770 ati video card
M4 ssd 256gb main drive.(sata 3 port)
Cousair Performance 128gb SSD. (sata 3 Port)
WD black x 3 1tb sata 6gbs...(3 drives are on sata 2 ports.)
2x usb WD 2tb external mybooks.
Win 7 64bit...
 
I am building a backup system also...
 
Asus Sabertooth 2011 cpu i7 3930k .
32gb 1600 memory Kingston.
Ati video 7870
firewirer 800/400 TI card.
SATA 3 PCIe Card
M4 256gb SSD
Coursair Performance 128gb SSD.
Win 7 64bit
 
So where does one start?
 
1. Do I undo what has been done to castrate the first system?
 
2. What system tweaks are necessay to do in Win7 64bit to get this working with no clicks pops, or anomolies?..as I am now witnessing before using Sonar x 2 producer..
 
2a. a defined list of services, and or system drive caching, video excelleration settings to make or turn on or off...as I might have turned off things necessary for a better performing system...in tweaking for DAWs.
 
3. Buffer setup in software and drive for allen and heath r 16...to make the best recordings, and playback...
Do I have to set or change accordingly?...do i increase for recording and decrease for playback?....I am puzzeled on this concept..perhaps a explainantion would help.?
 
4. Once one has a long session of recordings done...relitively well...if someone could point out where in the manual one would find the rendering section... and how to select sections of the session to render only that part ...(markers?..Loop region?)
 
The last Question is only because, I am posting this up with hopes of someone answering before I read the manual...
 
Thanks and regards  to all..
 
Sir Les.

Hi,
 
I being fairly new to this forum but not to cakewalk am going to suggest a simple clean install.  Your specs indicate that you have the raw horsepower and if the tweaks that were done did not help, I'd say you need a clean slate (trackable) anyway.  That way you have some idea on the step taken and next steps to take.
 
Separate content from the application and OS. Use a minimal virus engine (MS Essentials) is free. If this is a primary DAW workstation and you have other machines that have access to the internet, consider not connecting.  I have the ATI graphic chipset and have not had any issues with it.  Update your drivers. This is where I would start and then evaluate your next steps if any.
 
I am considering the R16 as a purchase and have spoken with another member about it. I would love to hear your thoughts on this board.
 
Good luck and Welcome.

Your backup system seems to be more powerful than your main system.

I'd start by prioritizing this side of things.

Why not build your "Backup" system, load everything up, get it working and use it as your main DAW?

I will also turn on the network adapter  on said first system ..so I can post system info better, if need be.
The scond system will have to wait...till it is up and running.

oh do I have to buy another licence to have x2 on both?

I might be misreading your posts but have you fired up X2 yet to see if it will run properly? You might be getting ahead of yourself. If you've done the optimizations and have the right Firewire chipset and the interface is of decent quality you should be fine. As far as the DPC Latency checker it sounds like you are using something that was included with your gear (again I may be misreading). Cakewalk will provide you with the correct program to use. I don't think it needs to be running while you have your DAW open. You just run it once and it tells you what's up (but I've never needed to run it. You do indeed qualify for support as a Candian customer but unfortunately you'll have to pay the long distance charges for the call. They usually won't keep you on hold for very long. I'm in Canada as well so I went through it myself when I first installed Sonar. It is however even more important for you to send them a detailed email first though so you don't spend more time on the phone than necessary. You could also just wait for them to reply back to the email but sometimes that takes a long time or they don't reply at all which is why it's better to get them on the phone. A lot of the tutorials and resources at there are unfortunately for X1 but most of the stuff in them will work in X2 as well. The videos from FastBikerBoy (SWA vids) are X2 specific though and as I said the X2 Power book should be out soon if it isn't already. The tutorial in the actual manual will cover your needs for exporting though. There is an online version and a downloadable PDF both on the site here.

Like I said though just install X2 and see how it's working. If you run into any specific problems then come back with the details and the forum will usually be able to point you in the right direction. Be aware though that X2 is still relatively new so there are quite a few bugs in the program. Those will hopefully be fixed soon with a new patch.

Cheers.

i think im about to agree with bristol jones.

that and install sonar to the directory's it chooses,dont get fancy whiping a piece here on C:/ and the vst's on D:/

OK..Beepster..thanks again...

Yes I recorded 10 tracks of audio for over 2 hours straight, in Sonar x2, using the provided Allen and Heath mixer map setup....And it went well,...

Although I was watching the cpu and hard drive metering window in Sonar x2...to see what is happening....
While doing just that, during recording, the metering in that window went through the roof a few times, putting a nasty glitch on the recording session on a few spots.....no problem with crashing yet...but that kinda thing should not be going on....so when the session was over, ..I watched that window some more, and It spikes when nothing is being done occasionally/ speratically....Not sure why.
And this could be the problem with non native 64bit applications like ACID AND PROTOOLS>?

Sorry for my misspelling, and or pargraph structure.....Not educated in language properly...So try to bare with me...I am getting somewhere...

Asus has provided a 1402 updated bios, and other drivers I have to update...maybe that will help?

Firstly..In Bios setup...I have ****ed the vurtual CPU thingy..I was instructed by Sweetwater (DAVID) to inpliment its deactivation for smooth Protools functionality...Should I resort to the default settings first in the new Bios revision?..and then install all MB win 7 drivers...in windows?
..
Also I was told to deactivate the JM controller..as it posses a problem in Protools also.

I also deactivated the onboard firewire...so it would not conflict with the LaCie 800 pci-e card.

If I need to do a complete wipe out of my drive (not necessary?)...No matter what is done to that...the bios remains set with them settings I posted , even after renewing the Bios..they are still set like the old bios.....Not sure if any of these things interfer with Sonar or not...I have seen nothing on this Vurtual VT setting listed..or remarked on yet ..or the JM controller.

So harddrive setup is a bit off kilter with putting sata 3 on sata 2 prots...surely this is causing issues.

So I bought a sata 3 card with two internal ports...This might boast performance?

Also..I see sonar x2 working...but could become unstable, if this cpu and harddrive issue continues...when recording 16 tracks at once...if the system crashes...What happens to the harddrive (hours of content)..as from past experiences, the recording is not rendered, nor can i find any data that is retrievable..to any extent...
Do I need to wipe/format the recording drive...as I can only imagine 1 and 0 spewed in disorder all over that drive.....Am I thinking correctly?

Again thanks...Just gonna finish up the updates ...when the bios settings are addressed.

I also have the System in question online now.
So I can post up the system specs...and correction to the cpu 980x and memory 1866mhz...But that will show with the next posting....If need be.

Well I'm not a tech. I can only really offer you the general tidbits I've picked up along the way. The other guys here know a lot more than I do. I think if you are having a noticeable spike like you describe something is happening in the background that needs to be turned off. Are you using an anti virus? If so which one? I'm not saying this is the issue but it is generally recommended to either keep the DAW offline and disable your anti virus and/or use a light anti virus such as Microsoft Security Essentials (which Cakewalk support said would be fine on my system). If you are using something like Norton or AVG... well they are resources hogs.

But seriously those spikes could be one of hundreds of things going on. You really should just get a good description of what your gear is, what programs you have installed, what you are attempting to do when you run into problems and send that off to Cakewalk. There is also the option of contacting a pro DAW builder and paying them to work through this with you for a fee. There is a fellow on here who works at StudioCat and I think he does that type of thing. There is also a place called ADK who build DAWs but I'm not sure if they offer paid support (they are listed in the recommended systems section of this site).

Sorry but I think I've given you about all the info I can so hopefully the pros show up and can help you a little more. I'm still trying to figure a lot of this stuff out myself. BTW FastBikerBoy has now shown up in the thread (hi Karl) so listen to his advice as he's smart and check out his vids.

Cheers and good luck. ;-)

Thanks beepster and others...I guess I am a long way away from bliss..but closer and closer to paradise... here...than there... I am sure we will snuff out the buggers once and for all!!!.

I am now in window 7 system info, on my first system..
Fault Bucket errors galore...
Suppose this is due to the crashes while recording many tracks for hours at once?....eech.

Now should I get sysoft sandra to get and post the system info...?..So you techies can help...cause I do not think I can copy and post all this stuff here...?...am I right?

Beepster

the X2 Power book should be out soon if it isn't already. 

Thanks for the mention, Beepster! Yep, the books is coming soon.


In the meantime, it's available for pre-order...
http://www.garrigus.com/powerbooks.asp


Scott

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Here is sisoft report so far.

SiSoftware Sandra
ID
Host Name : SirLes-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Computer
Model : OEM System Product Name
Serial Number : System Ser**********
Chassis : Desktop
Mainboard : ASUS SABERTOOTH X58
Serial Number : 1079459********
BIOS : AMI (OEM) 1402 08/09/2012
Total Memory : 16GB DIMM DDR3
Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1366
Chipset
Memory Controller : ASUS X58 I/O Hub 2x 3.22GHz (6.43GHz)
Memory Controller : Intel Core Desktop (Gulftown) Uncore 2x 3.22GHz (6.43GHz), 2x 8GB DIMM DDR3 1.88GHz 128-bit
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber00 4GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber01 4GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber02 4GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber03 4GB
Video System
Monitor/Panel : ACI ASUS VW266H
  (1920x1200, 31.9")
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (10CU 800SP SM5.0 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (800SP 10C 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (800SP 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit)
Storage Devices
WDC WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 (640.1GB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 596GB (D:)
WDC WD10EALS-002BA0 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (E:)
WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 932GB (F:)
Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD) : 238GB (C:)
WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 (2TB, USB3/SATA600, 3.5") : 2TB (G:)
WDC WD20EACS-11BHUB0 (2TB, USB3/SATA300, 3.5", 5400rpm, 16MB Cache) : 2TB (M:)
Kingston DataTraveler G2 (8GB, USB2) : 7GB (L:)
ASUS    DRW-24B1ST (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (J:)
HL-DT-ST BD-RE  BH10LS30 (SATA150, BD-RE, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 4MB Cache) : N/A (K:)
Logical Storage Devices
PROJECTS (D:) : 596GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 (640.1GB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
New Volume (E:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EALS-002BA0 (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
PROJECTS B (F:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Hard Disk (C:) : 238GB (NTFS) @ Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD)
My Book new libraries (G:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0 (2TB, USB3/SATA600, 3.5")
My Book (M:) : 2TB (NTFS) @ WDC WD20EACS-11BHUB0 (2TB, USB3/SATA300, 3.5", 5400rpm, 16MB Cache)
Removable Drive (L:) : 7GB (FAT32) @ Kingston DataTraveler G2 (8GB, USB2)
Optical Drive (J:) : N/A @ ASUS    DRW-24B1ST (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Optical Drive (K:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST BD-RE  BH10LS30 (SATA150, BD-RE, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 4MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 A5-13
Audio Device : ASUS HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi High Definition Audio
Audio Device : PC Partner EG JUNIPER XT Audio Device [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Disk Controller : ASUS 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS 88SE9123 SATA-600 Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS JMB362 AHCI Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : 13330 XIO2213A PCI Express to 1394b OHCI with 3-Port PHY
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : ASUS VIA VT6308 1394 OHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 1Gbps)
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 7.4
 
Should be a UAD solo mentioned in this post...I Forgot about that....sorry.

@Beepster. Good to see you and thanks for the props.

@Sir Les. The older driver definitely sorted out all my problems. I noticed the problems instantly because the driver update went on, problems started, rolled back and they stopped.

The older driver works perfectly (for me) though so there's no worries there, I think the update was mainly for other DAW issues/users. Another tip is you definitely want to use ASIO mode. WDM only has 4 of the input pairs available with ASIO you'll get the full 18 in/out.

sisoft finished benching here is some of that..

SiSoftware Sandra
Display
Connection : Local Computer
Processor Arithmetic
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 106.67GOPS
Result ID : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Speed : 3357MHz
Capacity : 12Unit(s)
Power : 130.00W
Finished Successfully : Yes
Processor Multi-Media
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 201.48MPix/s
Result ID : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Speed : 3357MHz
Capacity : 12Unit(s)
Power : 130.00W
Finished Successfully : Yes
Cryptography
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 2.435GB/s
Result ID : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Speed : 3357MHz
Capacity : 6Unit(s)
Power : 130.00W
Finished Successfully : Yes
.NET Arithmetic
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 38.77GOPS
Result ID : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Speed : 3357MHz
Capacity : 12Unit(s)
Power : 130.00W
Finished Successfully : Yes
.NET Multi-Media
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 37.05MPix/s
Result ID : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         980  @ 3.33GHz (6C 12T 3.36GHz/3.59GHz, 3.75GHz IMC, 6x 256kB L2, 12MB L3)
Speed : 3357MHz
Capacity : 12Unit(s)
Power : 130.00W
Finished Successfully : Yes
Memory Bandwidth
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 21.129GB/s
Result ID : Intel X58 I/O Hub; 2x 8GB SanMax ModulePartNumber00 DIMM DDR3 (1.88GHz 128-bit) PC3-15000 (10-11-9-24 6-33-16-9)
Speed : 1876MHz
Capacity : 16384MB
Power : 42.49W
Finished Successfully : Yes
Cache & Memory Latency
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 20.4ns
Result ID : Intel X58 I/O Hub; 2x 8GB SanMax ModulePartNumber00 DIMM DDR3 (1.88GHz 128-bit) PC3-15000 (10-11-9-24 6-33-16-9)
Speed : 1876MHz
Capacity : 16384MB
Power : 42.49W
Finished Successfully : Yes
File System Bandwidth
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 341.950MB/s
Result ID : Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD)
Capacity : 256.06GB
Finished Successfully : Yes
File System I/O
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 15626.6IOPS
Result ID : Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 (256GB, SATA600, 2.5", SSD)
Speed : 6000Mbps
Capacity : 256061MB
Finished Successfully : Yes
GP (GPU/CPU/APU) Processing
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 288.56MPix/s
Result ID : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (800SP 10C 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit) (OpenCL)
Speed : 860MHz
Capacity : 10Unit(s)
Finished Successfully : Yes
GP (GPU/CPU/APU) Cryptography
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 3.012GB/s
Result ID : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (800SP 10C 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit) (OpenCL)
Speed : 860MHz
Capacity : 10Unit(s)
Finished Successfully : Yes
GP (GPU/CPU/APU) Bandwidth
Analysing...
Aggregated Score : 8.120GB/s
Result ID : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (800SP 10C 860MHz, 1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit) (OpenCL)
Speed : 4800MHz
Capacity : 1024MB
Finished Successfully : Yes
Overall Score
Aggregated Score : 8.98kPT
Results Interpretation : Higher Scores mean Better Performance.
Decimal Numeral System (base 10) : 1GPT = 1000MPT, 1MPT = 1000kPT, 1kPT = 1000PT, etc.
Result ID : ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 (Intel Core i7 CPU 980 @ 3.33GHz; Intel X58 I/O Hub; 2x 8GB SanMax ModulePartNumber00 DIMM DDR3 ; Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2; ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series)
Finished Successfully : Yes


drive info:

SiSoftware Sandra
General Information
Class : Fixed
Total Size : 596.17GB
Free Space : 500.83GB, 84%
Volume Information
Volume Name : PROJECTS
File System : NTFS
Serial Number : 08D5*****
Volume Properties
Maximum Filename Length : 255 chr
Compressed : No
Read-Only : No
Case Sensitive Names : Yes
Preserves Filename Case : Yes
Unicode Filenames : Yes
Access Control Lists : Yes
Named Streams : Yes
Object Identifiers : Yes
Reparse Points : Yes
Sparse Files : Yes
User Disk Quotas : Yes
Folder/File Compression : Yes
Folder/File Encryption : Yes
Logical Drive
Sectors per Cluster : 8
Bytes Per Sector : 512bytes
Cluster Size : 4kB
Physical Disk
CHS Geometry : 77825 x 255 x 63
Bytes Per Sector : 512bytes
Drive Statistics
No. Files : 40535
No. Folders : 1808
Space Used : 95.1GB
Space Allocated : 95.19GB  (0% Slack)
Fragmentation Report
No. Fragmented Files : 87, 0%
No. Fragmented Folders : 9, 1%
No. Fragments per File : 1.01

Just did a test of Sonar x2 with last session..playback ...running the Allen & Heath latency DPC...with one spike during the playback...536 us was the maximum noted.
As this performance hit seems to be occasional...And it does not crash Sonar...but does seem to introduce some noise on the recording...and if through the roof...certainly on output sound...Where can that direct me to solve for X..with the specs noted?

Yes Sonarx2  is really Lagging..it took almost 6 secs for the play feature to start up the tunes...
Anyway it played back...that is something....oh another hair...see progress!...lol.

So I will consider that A&H downgrade more positively...but a few more things to tweak and install on the mb board end FIRST
And then castrating the bios to remove any conflicting devices..(network adapter and Firewire )...but I had no critical issues really with em on ...and the performance spike happens on or off....

.
blessings !

Just putzing and found this sort of thing going on in summary page event.

1 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-1990649067-4286878364-2581583992-1001: Process 2324 (\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1990649067-4286878364-2581583992-1001\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

 17 instances...of simular behavoir.

I tried to export my services disabled and such list...it does export txt...but that would not be something worth posting in that format...it is just all squished together.

I have done most Tweaks...to gain a lean running Win 7....I think I turned off too much.....is that possible?.

Just a thought....