also of note .... this is the same distortion that i can create on purpose when i turn on the input echo, and have the pre amps way too high.... this also does this metal distortion.  reboot, turn pre's down... problem fixed. 

back to my original post. can anyone verify if the 6.08 driver shows up both ways in m-audio's ABOUT section and windows /control/ device mgn/ sounds n vid./ delta 1010 / driver ????? mine seems to be toggled to an old driver that i can't get out of the computer. don't know the system config stuff very well. to totally get rid of it out of the comptuer... tried reinstalling , and 6.08 only shows up on the delta about section. which tells me that that's what i am using, but windows is calling it the old driver name and number versions?

please help me....lol

I had 2 Delta 1010's running for years flawlessly and then this type of distortion sound started randomly happening.. here and there, sometimes seemed to go away, then started happening more and more each time, completely random.. Tried all kinds of drivers, didn't matter.. The only thing is i didn't have to reboot the computer to get rid of it.. it would disappear on it's own as well..

I had them on an XP 32-bit Intel based system when it started happening, tried them on a new 64-bit AMD system with no change in behaviour..

After more or less ruining a couple of sessions, i bit the bullet and got the Lynx Aurora 16 and haven't lost a take since not to mention the serious upgrade in quality..

Hi, I'm not saying this is your problem, but since the beginning of time capacitors have been known to go bad on Delta 1010 breakout boxes. Symptoms can vary, but eventually it becomes unusable. They used to give a lifetime warranty and people would just send the box in and get the caps replaced for free. I don't know if that's still the case. Just search google for "delta 1010 bad caps." Something to think about anyway if you can't find a solution.

I think bad caps are what happened to mine, it was quite old when that happened.  I still have yet to have the technicians here at work take a look at it.

I would try a single card and see if you get the failure. I realize you have been running the pair fine for years, but the best way to determine if it's hardware or software is to see if the "sound" follows one particular card. It's rare that both cards would have the exact same failure. Possible, but in practice rare.

Also+1 on the caps.
I had that problem with my Delta 66 and they replaced the card for me no questions asked. I was getting humming and popping noises though. Started intermittent and after a short while (like a week) went pretty much solid.

does the needing new caps give the metal tank distortion blended over the original signal in the background?   by the way today no problems again with it, unit is again cold to the touch.  also here is an older link i am researching ...seems to be the same thing in xp with cubase and sonar and sonar 7 - 32. sounds like the same thing i get more and more often with win 7 64 bit sp1

http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?10037-Delta-1010-intermittent-distortion-experienced-user

http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?20587-Delta-1010-Recording-Distortion
 another thread... could this be speed script or c1 bios problems?

I'm having exactly the same issues running two Delta1010s. 

I did ask you if you had tried using the WDM drivers but you didn't respond.

I have tried everything that has been mentioned on the M Audio site (cpu throttling, changing BIOS settings etc with no luck.

My final resort was to go back to WDM and I haven't been able to reproduce the problem since.

I don't think that temperature has anything tp do with it. 

It sounds more like badly written ASIO drivers.

I'll stick with WDM from now on.

PJH


I'm having exactly the same issues running two Delta1010s. 

I did ask you if you had tried using the WDM drivers but you didn't respond.

I have tried everything that has been mentioned on the M Audio site (cpu throttling, changing BIOS settings etc with no luck.

My final resort was to go back to WDM and I haven't been able to reproduce the problem since.

I don't think that temperature has anything tp do with it. 

It sounds more like badly written ASIO drivers.

I'll stick with WDM from now on.

Hi Pete. What latency does wdm give you? Also, have you tried one prior driver release?



Bob Bone

PJH


I'm having exactly the same issues running two Delta1010s. 

I did ask you if you had tried using the WDM drivers but you didn't respond.

I have tried everything that has been mentioned on the M Audio site (cpu throttling, changing BIOS settings etc with no luck.

My final resort was to go back to WDM and I haven't been able to reproduce the problem since.

I don't think that temperature has anything tp do with it. 

It sounds more like badly written ASIO drivers.

I'll stick with WDM from now on.

Hi Pete. What latency does wdm give you? Also, have you tried one prior driver release?



Bob Bone