SONAR X1 PRODUCER PROBLEMS!!!!

I have Sonar X1 Producer and im running it on a HP Pavilion Elite (64-bit) with Windows 7 with an AMD Phenom II X6 1045T Processor (2.70 GHz) and 8 GB of RAM. I use an M-Audio Producer USB microphone to record my vocals and use an M-Audio Micro USB as a Audio Interface. I recently downloaded the program and installed it. The WDM/KS driver is the only that i can use. It plays back my recordings and instrumentals perfectly without dropouts or it popping. But when i try and record its a whole different story. Right when i start to record the Disk Load indicator turns a slight red. The CPU meters jump around a little bit but never peak. It will go for about 40 or 45 seconds on average and will suddenly stop itself. Then at the top of the window it says "Not Responding" and then the program wont come back. I have to go to task manager and end task. Then on top of that it wont let me open previous songs that i have saved. It'll just keep loading and loading and eventually i have to go to task manager and end task. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

Would it still work if i got a 4 Track USB mixer and used a regular mic?

The micro USB has only 1 output for a 1/8th headphone jack and an input for a 1/8th microphone jack

But the reason im so confused is because i used this same equipment on a 2002 gateway computer. I thought since i got a brand new computer it would work better.

Could it be that the drivers don't play nice with 64-bit Windows?

Anyway, I use USB mics for recording narration while on the road, and they work long as you're willing to accept that most don't offer ASIO, use "lowest common denominator" interfacing, and typically have lots of latency. They're really more intended for podcasts and that sort of application.

@John: I would record with the USB mic and play it back thru the Micro USB. I was using Sonar 7 Producer edition when i had the old computer. I thought it would work the same since it didnt mess up on that computer. Also, When i bought this new computer i used the same equipment and i installed Sonar 7 Producer it still had problems similar to the problems i have with Sonar X1 Producer. Could it be that Sonar X1 has different requirements than Sonar 7?

@Anderton: Is ASIO the best driver to use?

@Kalle: Well the mixer i was looking at is an Alesis 4 channel mixer. It has phantom power and 2 XLR inputs and its USB powered. Do you think that would work just as good as the audio interface your talking about? Also, i have used this same mixer on my old 2002 gateway computer and it would playback my recordings perfectly but when i would go to record it would be on point for a like 10 seconds then it would start to delay. It wouldnt skip or anything. It would just go from recording perfectly to being slightly delayed.

Hi

I have an AMD Phenom CPU.

Turn OFF cool n quiet in the BIOS. I found the CPU meters were much higher until I turned cool n quiet off.

Give it a try, you can always re-enable it if it makes no difference.

Regards

@SJD Where is the "BIOS"

@ALEEF well those are the first things that i started out recording with. I never had any serious problems with them like i do now.

So the USB mixer i was talking about would work just fine?

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So the USB mixer i was talking about would work just fine?

Haa. The forum software played games with me...

@ALEEF i have a 1/8th headphone jack plugged into the micro USB. And yes the program does see both the Micro USB and Producer USB.

Ya i know that. I have a XLR type mic that i bought awhile back that i never got to use.

Alrite thanks

Don't kill the messenger..

SONAR X1 are especially programmed and coded for support of INTEL CPU but it will still work great with AMD. 

Well i recently noticed that everytime i try and open previous songs that i recorded the loading symbol comes up and the window says not responding. I task manager and end task. Itll keep happenning no matter if i take out the micro usb or the producer usb. I forgot to mention that the Producer USB has a headphone output so i tried just the Producer USB by itself lastnite and it still does the same thing its been doing. And i remembered that when i first installed Sonar x1 it opened all the folders and previous stuff that ive recorded. But the first time that it messes up and says not responding it wont open any previous folders no matter what unless i reinstall it.