An interesting tidbit - when I upgraded to Vegas Audio 2 my cpu and disk meters also vanished and I
asked SF who told me that story about them not being too accurate and so being removed - but guess
what? When I recently upgraed from 384Mb RAm to 512MB, both meters mysteriously re-appeared
and have been back since!
Tony
James Harold wrote:
>>I just wanted to say that, YES, I TOO had the exact same
>>problem. Here is the amazing thing, First off, here is my
>>system:
>>
>>PIII733/133fsb
>>256 pc133 ram
>>maxtor 20 gig 7200 udma66
>>quantum fireball 15 gig 7200 udma66
>>Matrox Millenium 8meg Vid Card
>>
>>OKAY, Go figure, I was using vegas 1.0a and everything was
>>working well, then I purchased a 20" monitor and changed my
>>display to accomodate the new screen size, went from
>>800x600 to 1024xwhatever. All of a sudden, BAM!!!! vegas
>>wouldn't even play a single track without crashing. I re-
>>installed the OS, still the same thing. Here is what I
>>discovered. The video driver for my vid card that came
>>with the cd is junk. The card I have is an SiS chipset
>>card, and oh man do they suck!!! If you go try and get the
>>updated driver, it still doesn't work.
>>
>>Talking to a friend of mine he told me the answer to my
>>problem:
>>
>>There is a beta version of the vid driver for the SiS
>>chipset video cards. You can only get it on the Korean
>>mirror site. It is the only one that says Beta version on
>>it. Try that, it totaly changed the way the system and
>>vegas worked. I now get well over 16 tracks of audio with
>>no pops glitches or anything.
>>
>>-James (just trying to help)
>>
>>Gabriel wrote:
>>>>Hello, everyone. My name's Gabriel and I'm a would-be
>>>>Vegas user. (I own Vegas Audio and have been considering
>>>>purchasing Vegas Pro at the recommendation of friends who
>>>>use Vegas in their own demo and project studios.)
>>>>
>>>>I'm posting this because I know there must be at least a
>>>>few people in my situation who share my frustrations.
>>>>
>>>>Please note that it is not my intention to discourage
>>>>anyone from using Vegas Audio or any other Sonic Foundry
>>>>product or to receive free technical support.
>>>>
>>>>I recently received a copy of Vegas Audio bundled with a
>>>>Midiman M-Audio Delta 1010, thinking this would be an
>>>>excellent opportunity to try out Vegas and decide once and
>>>>for all whether or not I should purchase Vegas Pro--a
>>>>matter I'd been debating for weeks.
>>>>
>>>>Several people I know have used Sonic Foundry products
>>>>extensively and gave high recommendations. Vegas Pro even
>>>>converted the most hardened DAW-hating luddite I know into
>>>>a technohead who swears by Vegas!
>>>>
>>>>Well, I installed the software and was more than a little
>>>>dissappointed.
>>>>
>>>>Attempting to play back a single four-minute stereo wave
>>>>file produced slightly garbled, static-riddled results.
>>>>Adding a second track made the distortion quite severe.
>>>>Occassionally, the system would get so bogged down trying
>>>>to play back the two tracks, Vegas would stop.
>>>>
>>>>My system isn't a quad Xeon server, but it should be able
>>>>to handle two or three tracks of digital audio.
>>>>
>>>>I'm using a 550MHz processor and 512MB of 8ns ECC RAM.
>>>>Operating systems, applications, swap files,
>>>>and data are all on separate SCSI IBM UltraStar drives,
>>>>with the digital audio streaming from an Ultra160 drive
>>>>capable of sustaining roughly 50MB/s!
>>>>
>>>>Sure enough, I played back the same two tracks of digital
>>>>audio with other applications--no problem. Cakewalk
>>>>indicated only 1% to 2% CPU usage while playing back these
>>>>two tracks. Further, these other applications can easily
>>>>handle more than 16 tracks of audio on my system with no
>>>>problems.
>>>>
>>>>Only Vegas had problems.
>>>>
>>>>I tried to look at the RAM and Disk usage meters on the
>>>>status bar at the bottom of the Vegas window for a clue,
>>>>but there were no such meters to be found. The status
>>>>bar was there all right, but it only displayed the
>>>>Record Time meter--NO RAM or Disk meters! These meters
>>are
>>>>clearly visible in a number of Vegas screen shots and are
>>>>clearly described in the documentation, but I don't have
>>>>them.
>>>>
>>>>Cakewalk's RAM and CPU meters show up on their taskbar.
>>>>Why don't the RAM Disk meters show up on Vegas' taskbar?
>>>>It's in the screen shots...
>>>>
>>>>Following suggestions in the documentation, I adjusted
>>>>the playback buffering. No matter how I adjusted the
>>>>buffering, playback was exactly the same. No plug-ins or
>>>>other applications were running and only core services
>>were
>>>>running.
>>>>
>>>>Reducing my display's color depth to 8-bit (256 colors),
>>>>the refresh rate to 60Hz, and the resolution to 800X600
>>>>eliminated most of the distortion and enabled me to play
>>>>back more tracks without difficulty, but if other
>>>>applications work flawlessly with my usual display
>>>>settings, I expect Vegas to work with them as well.
>>>>Besides, reducing overhead from the video subsystem did
>>>>nothing to restore my missing RAM and Disk meters.
>>>>
>>>>I rebooted the system and tried to record something.
>>Vegas
>>>>responded with an error message stating "the device
>>>>specified in use by another application." There were no
>>>>other applications running. I examined all the background
>>>>processes running on the system--there was nothing that
>>>>would be using any of my sound hardware's resources. No
>>>>apps were running invisibly in the background, no anti-
>>>>virus, no power power management routines--nothing.
>>>>
>>>>By constantly rebooting, I was eventually able to record
>>>>a single track of garbled audio. For a moment, I thought
>>>>it was only garbled because of playback problems, but
>>>>saving the digital audio to a file and examining it with
>>>>cool edit revealed that Vegas was indeed garbling the
>>>>sound during the recording process.
>>>>
>>>>I've read all available documentation, adjusted every
>>>>setting, consulted with other Vegas audio users I know,
>>>>reconfigured my system various ways, un-installed and
>>>>re-installed drivers, applications, and even the operating
>>>>system and after four days, no one has been able to make
>>>>Vegas work or even explain why it doesn't. No one can
>>>>explain the missing RAM and Disk meters, either.
>>>>
>>>>I am not willing to pay more than $20.00 or so to have a
>>>>technician troubleshoot an issue that has already been so
>>>>thoroughly investigated by myself and several friends (I
>>>>am a technician, incidentally, as are most of my
>>>>associates.) that finding a solution is highly unlikely.
>>>>
>>>>The product, although highly touted by several people I
>>>>know and whose opinions I respect, doesn't work for me.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone else had numerous or similar inexplicable
>>>>problems with Vegas? Does anyone know if these problems
>>>>are related to the bundled Vegas packages only? Has
>>>>anyone had these problems with a retail version? Should I
>>>>buy Vegas Pro or cut my losses and stick with other
>>>>apps?
>>>>
>>>>If anyone has opinions regarding anything in this
>>>>posting or if anyone else is experiencing these
>>>>problems, please reply. I can't believe I'm the only
>>>>one.
>>>>
>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>Gabriel
asked SF who told me that story about them not being too accurate and so being removed - but guess
what? When I recently upgraed from 384Mb RAm to 512MB, both meters mysteriously re-appeared
and have been back since!
Tony
James Harold wrote:
>>I just wanted to say that, YES, I TOO had the exact same
>>problem. Here is the amazing thing, First off, here is my
>>system:
>>
>>PIII733/133fsb
>>256 pc133 ram
>>maxtor 20 gig 7200 udma66
>>quantum fireball 15 gig 7200 udma66
>>Matrox Millenium 8meg Vid Card
>>
>>OKAY, Go figure, I was using vegas 1.0a and everything was
>>working well, then I purchased a 20" monitor and changed my
>>display to accomodate the new screen size, went from
>>800x600 to 1024xwhatever. All of a sudden, BAM!!!! vegas
>>wouldn't even play a single track without crashing. I re-
>>installed the OS, still the same thing. Here is what I
>>discovered. The video driver for my vid card that came
>>with the cd is junk. The card I have is an SiS chipset
>>card, and oh man do they suck!!! If you go try and get the
>>updated driver, it still doesn't work.
>>
>>Talking to a friend of mine he told me the answer to my
>>problem:
>>
>>There is a beta version of the vid driver for the SiS
>>chipset video cards. You can only get it on the Korean
>>mirror site. It is the only one that says Beta version on
>>it. Try that, it totaly changed the way the system and
>>vegas worked. I now get well over 16 tracks of audio with
>>no pops glitches or anything.
>>
>>-James (just trying to help)
>>
>>Gabriel wrote:
>>>>Hello, everyone. My name's Gabriel and I'm a would-be
>>>>Vegas user. (I own Vegas Audio and have been considering
>>>>purchasing Vegas Pro at the recommendation of friends who
>>>>use Vegas in their own demo and project studios.)
>>>>
>>>>I'm posting this because I know there must be at least a
>>>>few people in my situation who share my frustrations.
>>>>
>>>>Please note that it is not my intention to discourage
>>>>anyone from using Vegas Audio or any other Sonic Foundry
>>>>product or to receive free technical support.
>>>>
>>>>I recently received a copy of Vegas Audio bundled with a
>>>>Midiman M-Audio Delta 1010, thinking this would be an
>>>>excellent opportunity to try out Vegas and decide once and
>>>>for all whether or not I should purchase Vegas Pro--a
>>>>matter I'd been debating for weeks.
>>>>
>>>>Several people I know have used Sonic Foundry products
>>>>extensively and gave high recommendations. Vegas Pro even
>>>>converted the most hardened DAW-hating luddite I know into
>>>>a technohead who swears by Vegas!
>>>>
>>>>Well, I installed the software and was more than a little
>>>>dissappointed.
>>>>
>>>>Attempting to play back a single four-minute stereo wave
>>>>file produced slightly garbled, static-riddled results.
>>>>Adding a second track made the distortion quite severe.
>>>>Occassionally, the system would get so bogged down trying
>>>>to play back the two tracks, Vegas would stop.
>>>>
>>>>My system isn't a quad Xeon server, but it should be able
>>>>to handle two or three tracks of digital audio.
>>>>
>>>>I'm using a 550MHz processor and 512MB of 8ns ECC RAM.
>>>>Operating systems, applications, swap files,
>>>>and data are all on separate SCSI IBM UltraStar drives,
>>>>with the digital audio streaming from an Ultra160 drive
>>>>capable of sustaining roughly 50MB/s!
>>>>
>>>>Sure enough, I played back the same two tracks of digital
>>>>audio with other applications--no problem. Cakewalk
>>>>indicated only 1% to 2% CPU usage while playing back these
>>>>two tracks. Further, these other applications can easily
>>>>handle more than 16 tracks of audio on my system with no
>>>>problems.
>>>>
>>>>Only Vegas had problems.
>>>>
>>>>I tried to look at the RAM and Disk usage meters on the
>>>>status bar at the bottom of the Vegas window for a clue,
>>>>but there were no such meters to be found. The status
>>>>bar was there all right, but it only displayed the
>>>>Record Time meter--NO RAM or Disk meters! These meters
>>are
>>>>clearly visible in a number of Vegas screen shots and are
>>>>clearly described in the documentation, but I don't have
>>>>them.
>>>>
>>>>Cakewalk's RAM and CPU meters show up on their taskbar.
>>>>Why don't the RAM Disk meters show up on Vegas' taskbar?
>>>>It's in the screen shots...
>>>>
>>>>Following suggestions in the documentation, I adjusted
>>>>the playback buffering. No matter how I adjusted the
>>>>buffering, playback was exactly the same. No plug-ins or
>>>>other applications were running and only core services
>>were
>>>>running.
>>>>
>>>>Reducing my display's color depth to 8-bit (256 colors),
>>>>the refresh rate to 60Hz, and the resolution to 800X600
>>>>eliminated most of the distortion and enabled me to play
>>>>back more tracks without difficulty, but if other
>>>>applications work flawlessly with my usual display
>>>>settings, I expect Vegas to work with them as well.
>>>>Besides, reducing overhead from the video subsystem did
>>>>nothing to restore my missing RAM and Disk meters.
>>>>
>>>>I rebooted the system and tried to record something.
>>Vegas
>>>>responded with an error message stating "the device
>>>>specified in use by another application." There were no
>>>>other applications running. I examined all the background
>>>>processes running on the system--there was nothing that
>>>>would be using any of my sound hardware's resources. No
>>>>apps were running invisibly in the background, no anti-
>>>>virus, no power power management routines--nothing.
>>>>
>>>>By constantly rebooting, I was eventually able to record
>>>>a single track of garbled audio. For a moment, I thought
>>>>it was only garbled because of playback problems, but
>>>>saving the digital audio to a file and examining it with
>>>>cool edit revealed that Vegas was indeed garbling the
>>>>sound during the recording process.
>>>>
>>>>I've read all available documentation, adjusted every
>>>>setting, consulted with other Vegas audio users I know,
>>>>reconfigured my system various ways, un-installed and
>>>>re-installed drivers, applications, and even the operating
>>>>system and after four days, no one has been able to make
>>>>Vegas work or even explain why it doesn't. No one can
>>>>explain the missing RAM and Disk meters, either.
>>>>
>>>>I am not willing to pay more than $20.00 or so to have a
>>>>technician troubleshoot an issue that has already been so
>>>>thoroughly investigated by myself and several friends (I
>>>>am a technician, incidentally, as are most of my
>>>>associates.) that finding a solution is highly unlikely.
>>>>
>>>>The product, although highly touted by several people I
>>>>know and whose opinions I respect, doesn't work for me.
>>>>
>>>>Has anyone else had numerous or similar inexplicable
>>>>problems with Vegas? Does anyone know if these problems
>>>>are related to the bundled Vegas packages only? Has
>>>>anyone had these problems with a retail version? Should I
>>>>buy Vegas Pro or cut my losses and stick with other
>>>>apps?
>>>>
>>>>If anyone has opinions regarding anything in this
>>>>posting or if anyone else is experiencing these
>>>>problems, please reply. I can't believe I'm the only
>>>>one.
>>>>
>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>Gabriel