Hello Forumies.
I'm Back...
I've been busy building and testing sonar x2a on one system and Allen and Heath r16....Not bad so far, but I have noticed on occasion when recording, there is a Hard drive meter in Sonar x2a,...When recording 16 tracks at once to a WD black 1tb 6gbs Drive , sometime less tracks...during those recordings, the hard drive meters jumps way up on occasion in Sonar, which causes artifacts in the recordings.
I've tried turning up the buffer to max level and playing around with Sample rates with the audio applet and within sonar ...and reduced it a bit the other way in other tests...but on occasion this meter jump still occurs regardless.
 
I turned off the onboard sound card...and onboard nic . to free up IRQs, and second Allen and heath recommend the nic internet networking be turned off as it causes issues.
 
Not sure about hard drive indexing..."Protools" recommended to turn this off...and I think the hard drives SATA and USB are still set like that...but I tried turning it on for USB drives on my primary system  last night....to help speed them up when accessing them and the content...(loops and libraries)
also noticing when booting  Primary system / SSD...long boot times are noted on this  Primary system...but not on my new secondary system build using SSD/ WD element usb 3 drives,...and no tweaks other than turning off eye candy and power management/sleep/monitor sleep.
I think the cause is because of USB My Book Drives x2 on my first system....Latest drivers are installed in windows 7, but boot up is taking a long time because the seek time of these drives is very long by the bios or chipset?...not sure why as they are on usb 3 ports...also very slow in windows...The power tweak has been done for the power to stay on in the device manager, and the drivers are up to date.
 
What is causing these problems?.. hick up...?
 
So...As I have tweeked the system for best performance on the primary system, (did the power setup config to keep all drives on ), and turned off video effects in Win 7 64bit....I am left to turn off stuff in Config sys ...which I have no idea what is what, and which is how....
 
So if something is causing this problem, it may be a win service or something like that running in the background....if not..Not sure where to turn next.
 
So if anyone can help me find a cure, I would be very thankful....
 
System specs needed?...
 
Let me know, and I'll try to post up what is asked for....
I believe my specs will be added under this?..let us see...Oh I removed the UAD card/irq issues, and forget about that added sata card, cause that did not work.
once those two things were removed from the system, it stopped crashing...and I am able to use Sonar to the point where I get so so recordings...depending on when those hick up occur...
 
Thanks
 
Sir Les

ok..I found updates for mother board that might solve the usb problem of slowness and such..with a bios update...
And just about everything else there after for the MB...although windows 7 says the latest drivers are installed...I will do the deed with all due dilligence, and see what happens there after.
 
Thanks for standing by.
 
Sir Les

Opps, I was looking at the sabertooth x78 updates, I have x58...almost made a big boo boo there...Lucky me...So no go on the mobo getting the latest...cause it already has them.
 
WD usb 3.0 my book firmware update is my next move.
 
Sorry but I have to back up all my libraries from both usb drives...before hand, as specified...and it is really slow goings...
 
Any word on MSCONFIG setup dos and don'ts?
Or anything on indexing Drives...on or off?...
What about CPU VT ( virtualization ) technologies in the Bios?..on or off? =  /Pro tools/Sweetwater tech said to turn this off for Pro tools 9...which I had so many issues with, I stopped using and uninstalled couple of months ago....and turned to sonar x1 and now x2, and soon x3.. ...so a lot of the tweaks I have already done for Protools still exist on this Primary system....Should I undo them tweaks?...or leave em be?..Do more?....Any one?...

WD USB Firmware and Net Frame work 4 update  Done...Still slow boot times due to USB drive detection in Boot sequence start up.
It seems to take a lot of time to detect the content or drive itself, or something like that.
Not sure if this is a problem in Window 7 64bit...the drive does seem to work faster now in accessing content in win 7...no delays noted yet, since the updates.
 
Could this problem be part of the glitching of other Sata Drives?.
When I record I use a Sata 3/6gbps WD Black 1tb Drive as the target drive for audio and project info.
I've also noticed when opening a cwp file on a dedicated drive other than C:/ it takes a long time to draw in the waves in the tracks, and just plane slow load times...But if the CWP is on the C:/ Drive with content, it loads faster.
 
When I do sessions, the recordings can go aslong as 3hrs....sometimes I stop/start the recording, and sometimes I let it roll right through...
Does this cause Problems with continued long write times to the drive?...or is something interrupting the drive?, as like turned off hard drive Indexing? or windows anti virus/security/ firewall?...or some background culprit ...ect...So many variables....I just need some Guidance from some one who knows.
 
Other than that...Sonar x2a has worked with out crashes for the past two months....the only issue I have which has been a problem since installing is the hard drive Hick up....and that hick up problem crashes Acid Pro 7.0e....So sonar handles it, but the audio recording suffers.
 
Any one got a clue??
 
Well I bought Sonar X3...but before I install, I would like to find reason and solve for that Hick up....So please feel free to post , I know I'm a nut job...But I like making Music with my buddies...and need solutions, I just have no clue to windows Config or configerations to make in Win 7's that would resolve the problem.
 regards.
 
Thanks for reading....
 
Sir Les
 
 
 

let us see if this works.
 
Operating System
 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
 Computer type: Desktop
 Installation Date: 29/10/2012 12:20:42 AM
 Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Windows Security Center
   User Account Control (UAC) Disabled
   Firewall Disabled
  Windows Update
   AutoUpdate Download Automatically and Install at Set Scheduled time
   Schedule Frequency Every Day
   Schedule Time 3:00 AM
  Windows Defender
   Windows Defender Disabled
  Antivirus
   Antivirus Enabled
   Company Name Microsoft
   Display Name Microsoft Security Essentials
   Product Version 4.3.215.0
  .NET Frameworks installed
   v4.0 Full
   v4.0 Client
   v3.5 SP1
   v3.0 SP2
   v2.0 SP2
  Internet Explorer
   Version 10.0.9200.16686
  PowerShell
   Version 2.0
  Environment Variables
   USERPROFILE C:\Users\Sir Les
   SystemRoot C:\Windows
    User Variables
    Machine Variables
  Power Profile
   Active power scheme Balanced
   Hibernation Enabled
   Turn Off Monitor after: (On AC Power) Never
   Turn Off Hard Disk after: (On AC Power) Never
   Suspend after: (On AC Power) Never
   Screen saver Disabled
  Uptime
    Current Session
     Current Time 30/09/2013 11:14:00 AM
     Current Uptime 4,095 sec (0 d, 01 h, 08 m, 15 s)
     Last Boot Time 30/09/2013 10:05:45 AM
  TimeZone
   TimeZone GMT -5:00 Hours
   Language English (Canada)
   Location Canada
   Format English (Canada)
   Currency $
   Date Format dd/MM/yyyy
   Time Format h:mm:ss tt
  Process List
  Scheduler
   Adobe Flash Player Updater
   CCleanerSkipUAC
   GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore
   GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA
  Hotfixes
  System Folders
  Services
  Security Options
  Device Tree

I turned the VT back on...
 
CPU
  Intel Core i7 980
   Cores 6
   Threads 12
   Name Intel Core i7 980
   Code Name Gulftown
   Package Socket 1366 LGA
   Technology 32nm
   Specification Intel Core i7 CPU 980 @ 3.33GHz
   Family 6
   Extended Family 6
   Model C
   Extended Model 2C
   Stepping 2
   Revision B1
   Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel 64, NX, VMX, AES
   Virtualization Supported, Enabled
   Hyperthreading Supported, Enabled
   Fan Speed 1795 RPM
   Bus Speed 133.6 MHz
   Rated Bus Speed 3207.4 MHz
   Stock Core Speed 3333 MHz
   Stock Bus Speed 133 MHz
   Average Temperature 29 °C
    Caches
     L1 Data Cache Size 6 x 32 KBytes
     L1 Instructions Cache Size 6 x 32 KBytes
     L2 Unified Cache Size 6 x 256 KBytes
     L3 Unified Cache Size 12288 KBytes
    Core 0
    Core 1
    Core 2
    Core 3
    Core 4
    Core 5

Sorry had to turn on Nic to post this stuff.
 
Network
 You are connected to the internet
 Connected through Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller
 IP Address 192.xxxxx
 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
 Gateway server 192.xxx.0.1
 Preferred DNS server 192.xxx.0.1
 DHCP Enabled
 DHCP server 192.xxx.0.1
 External IP Address 173.xxx.101.8
 Adapter Type Ethernet
 NetBIOS over TCP/IP Enabled via DHCP
 NETBIOS Node Type Hybrid node
 Link Speed 233 Bps
  Computer Name
   NetBIOS Name SIRLES-PC
   DNS Name SirLes-PC
   Membership Part of workgroup
   Workgroup WORKGROUP
  Remote Desktop
   Disabled
    Console
     State Active
     Domain SirLes-PC
  WinInet Info
   LAN Connection
   Local system uses a local area network to connect to the Internet
   Local system has RAS to connect to the Internet
  Wi-Fi Info
   Wi-Fi not enabled
  WinHTTPInfo
   WinHTTPSessionProxyType No proxy
   Session Proxy
   Session Proxy Bypass
   Connect Retries 5
   Connect Timeout (ms) 60,000
   HTTP Version HTTP 1.1
   Max Connects Per 1.0 Servers INFINITE
   Max Connects Per Servers INFINITE
   Max HTTP automatic redirects 10
   Max HTTP status continue 10
   Send Timeout (ms) 30,000
   IEProxy Auto Detect No
   IEProxy Auto Config
   IEProxy
   IEProxy Bypass
   Default Proxy Config Access Type No proxy
   Default Config Proxy
   Default Config Proxy Bypass
  Sharing and Discovery
   File and printer sharing service Enabled
   Simple File Sharing Enabled
   Administrative Shares Enabled
   Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts Classic - local users authenticate as themselves
  Adapters List
    Realtek PCI GBE Family Controller
     IP Address 192xxxxx
     Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
     Gateway server 192.xxx.0.1
     MAC Address BC-AE-C5-X4-DX-82
  Network Shares
   Users C:\Users
  Current TCP Connections
    C:\Users\Sir Les\AppData\Roaming\SearchProtect\bin\cltmng.exe (2372)
    CodeMeter.exe (2668)
    lsass.exe (664)
    services.exe (640)
    svchost.exe (428)
    svchost.exe (668)
    svchost.exe (900)
    System Process
    wininit.exe (588)

I forgot that there was a windows Virus essentials Program installed...this could be the problem...I just turned it off.
 
 
Will give the system a run...maybe it was that?

Sorry to interupt your chain of thoughts Sir Les, but I do hope someone pops in and helps you out.
 

Thanks Mesh...I feel this to be a looking glass kind of method....I Seem to think better like this....Not that input isn't wanted it is...But from my last post here on this particular forum for computers/with this very system...I got zippo in any input not even a hello...So I went on trying to solve for, and or allowing the "hick up" to be one of those pests that persists....But I know it can get better or remedied, if one finds the root cause.
 
So by doing all this troubleshooting technique, and tweaking the OS....I find my own answers sometimes....,...and in doing so, I may help others along the way.....In hope or just as a by product.
 
Thanks for interrupting my train of thought...I needed a break.
Back at it now....Defrag or not to defrag the record drive is something I am now pondering...to put a tin hat on it.
 
Wink.
 
Les