Hello --
My system:
AMD K6-2 3DNow 475MHz processor
128MB P100 SDRAM
EPoX 58MVP3C-M motherboard (512MB L2 cache)
Seagate Medalist 4.3GB IDE hard drive (OS)
IBM 16GP 10GB IDE 5400RPM hard drive (audio only)
Frontier Dakota digital sound card
SoundBlaster AWE-32 ISA analog sound card
Diamond Viper V-330 AGP 4MB video card
Samsung SC-140 CD-ROM drive
Panasonic 7502 SCSI CDR drive
Adaptec 1520 ISA SCSI adapter
My problem:
Although it has required a lot of tweaking (manually
adjusting my virtual memory, reducing graphics hardware
acceleration, adjusting my vcache settings, and disabling
both of my ISA cards), I was able to force Cool Edit Pro to
record 16 tracks of 48KHz, 16-bit audio from my two ADATs
(using my Dakota card) without dropouts. However, mixing in
CEP is a *drag*. So I was incredibly excited when I
downlowded the Vegas demo -- mixing the tracks that I had
recorded with CEP was a *breeze*. I love Vegas! Sadly, I
ordered the program on the strength of this experience
alone. Now I'm a regsitered owner, but I cannot make Vegas
record 16 48KHz, 16-bit tracks from my ADATs without
getting dropouts.
As you may know, you can configure the Windows System
Monitor to check the performance of the Dakota card. While
tracking in CEP, I see no ISR misses, very low average IRQ
latency, and my CPU is working at about 75% of capacity.
While tracking the same source material in Vegas, I get
numerous ISR misses and very high IRQ latency, and my CPU
is maxxed. This surprises me, as I am able to *play* 40
simultaneous 48KHz, 16-bit tracks in Vegas without a hitch
(barely even maxxes the CPU)! It's just the recording
that's producing the droputs.
I hope you have a solution for me -- not being able to mix
*and* record in Vegas is very unfrotunate. I'd love to be
able to stop using CEP completely, but looks like I'll be
relying on it for tracking until I can figure this out.
Thanks in advance,
Carl Saff
My system:
AMD K6-2 3DNow 475MHz processor
128MB P100 SDRAM
EPoX 58MVP3C-M motherboard (512MB L2 cache)
Seagate Medalist 4.3GB IDE hard drive (OS)
IBM 16GP 10GB IDE 5400RPM hard drive (audio only)
Frontier Dakota digital sound card
SoundBlaster AWE-32 ISA analog sound card
Diamond Viper V-330 AGP 4MB video card
Samsung SC-140 CD-ROM drive
Panasonic 7502 SCSI CDR drive
Adaptec 1520 ISA SCSI adapter
My problem:
Although it has required a lot of tweaking (manually
adjusting my virtual memory, reducing graphics hardware
acceleration, adjusting my vcache settings, and disabling
both of my ISA cards), I was able to force Cool Edit Pro to
record 16 tracks of 48KHz, 16-bit audio from my two ADATs
(using my Dakota card) without dropouts. However, mixing in
CEP is a *drag*. So I was incredibly excited when I
downlowded the Vegas demo -- mixing the tracks that I had
recorded with CEP was a *breeze*. I love Vegas! Sadly, I
ordered the program on the strength of this experience
alone. Now I'm a regsitered owner, but I cannot make Vegas
record 16 48KHz, 16-bit tracks from my ADATs without
getting dropouts.
As you may know, you can configure the Windows System
Monitor to check the performance of the Dakota card. While
tracking in CEP, I see no ISR misses, very low average IRQ
latency, and my CPU is working at about 75% of capacity.
While tracking the same source material in Vegas, I get
numerous ISR misses and very high IRQ latency, and my CPU
is maxxed. This surprises me, as I am able to *play* 40
simultaneous 48KHz, 16-bit tracks in Vegas without a hitch
(barely even maxxes the CPU)! It's just the recording
that's producing the droputs.
I hope you have a solution for me -- not being able to mix
*and* record in Vegas is very unfrotunate. I'd love to be
able to stop using CEP completely, but looks like I'll be
relying on it for tracking until I can figure this out.
Thanks in advance,
Carl Saff