Sonar X1 Audio dropouts !!!

 I posted here a few weeks back in regards to problems I was having with the audio engine in X1. At the time it seemed the problem was with the firewire card I used because it had a via chipset. I ordered a new Lacie card with the TI chipset and unfortunately the problem(s) still exist.

 I just built this computer and as you can see by the specs below it should be more than capable of running 16 tracks of audio with plugs. The Cpu and memory indicators never break a sweat but there is still a problem . I use both a MOTU traveler Mk2 and  Presonus  Firestudio tube interfaces. There is no communication at all with the MOTU and  the Presonus  only sees 4 of its inputs instead of the 10 present in WDM mode. When I  switch to ASIO mode the inputs are all there but the ASIO latency bar is frozen and will not let me change any of those settings which are in to 20ms range. To top all of this off the audio out to monitors on the presonus is now at a very low volume. Not sure if my monitors are blown or why that would be. I get a good indication on the graphic visuals of the meters like sound SHOULD be there.

  This whole thing is starting to wear me down..... Its enough work to record a project without all of this!! The most frustrating thing for me is the audio dropouts or more accurately audio stopping and needing restarted. I somehow managed to get 10 or so tracks recorded. each track and the master has at least one plug so thats 10 tracks and 11 plugs including all pro channels engaged.

  I have the most recent quickfix update after loading 1a and 1b. A lot of time and money invested and not much of a return. I have performed most of the computer tweaks recommended by CW and others to enhance audio performance....HELP!!!!

 Thanks Brundlefly I appreciate your help. The ASIO panel button you mention is the one that seems to be locked. I can't control any of the ASIO settings.

When I first noticed this I  thought that maybe the presonus had some kind of  default setting that could not be changed.....its almost as if I am locked out of it.

   Thanks for the input on the audio outs as well......I will double check this and see what I have there.

 I'm also wondering if since I don't usually record more than a few tracks simultaneous,that maybe if I unchecked a handful of the drivers in the driver display window some load would go off the cpu......although this is a workaround that should not be.

  In any case I won't be at a place to check this until later today and I'm itching to do it now....

  Thanks agundrum, I will check this out tonight when I get to my music computer. I may have missed an important tweak so I will go over everything again. I am using the same computer temporarily to check email. I disable all virus protection though whenever I record anything.

  I have a second computer all ready to build,when its completed then I will seldom ever use the music computer for anything else.

  Its really weird,last evening when I started my session again the output problem went away and never returned although I do notice a difference on output level compared to my MOTU interface. The only thing I seem to have in regards to any kind of control outside of Sonar X1 is my presonus software mixer and it offers no bitrate control or anything else other than just being a decent software mixer.

   I have taken notice to something that might be part of the problem and I hope the cakewalk people read this.......whenever I initially launch X1 before I even select a project I get an error pop up screen that states something similar to this," No MOTU devices detected,please check your audio device"......after I acknowledge this  window  X1 starts up. The strange thing about this is that in the last session  X1 recognized the Presonus Firestudio Tube I am now using and X1 seen all of the ASIO drivers for it. Stranger still , when I arm and record a track, I  get tons of audio dropouts both in playback and in record and a popup screen that says my audio device is incompatible(something to that effect)................this would lead me to believe that  the program would no longer function right? Not at all....after I acknowledge that window I might be able to record for 10 minutes before the next dropout occurs. No rhyme or reason to when a dropout might occur but more frequently than not the dropouts are every few seconds until something "catches" for lack of a better term. Every time I get an audio engine failure  the box pops up telling me about some kind of audio incompatability...................geese I wish I were at that computer now so I could get you a screen shot of it!!! So its not a good way to work. I play with it until it works and then I hope to get a track down before it drops again.

Tim:  Your welcome!  I really do have to figure out how to subscribe to a post automatically when I reply (if that's possible?)

I basically had the same thought as you with the builder Win 7 x64 I installed.  I knew it was a pipedream but I wanted to make sure.  There are so many services and tweaks that can be done to improve OS speed and many users don't know to do.  The industry's answer is to tell you to buy a new system that is faster and has more memory.  Its a bandaid and works to their benefit - obviously.

i noticed something really strange last night.i re-record a project and instead of using guitar rig.i used amplitude.and instead of using the track view where i do all my work i decided to start a differernt way of doing things..i use screen set 4(small console view prochannel docked at right and only one track showing in the bottom.)i saw it on a cake vid w/brandon.
this has reduced my processing dramaticallly..normaly my performance module is up around 38 by the projects end..this time the same re-recorded song the module read 28..and comfirmed by task manager

Forgive me if I missed something or this is off base. Are you trying to hook up both the motu and presonus to the same firewire card? IIRC you can't do that. If you have 2 different types of firewire sound cards, they must be on seperate firewire cards.