Hi Peter,

It does not happen when you only record two mono tracks.

That is 16 mono tracks, recorded in mono.

On the > 5 min. capture the tracks are actually out of aligh after 5
min. If I play from 4 min into the recording 1 min later there is
sudden glitch where everything several tacks jump out of time. Also
several times when recording 16 mono tracks after taking Vegas out of
record it would lock up for a while or completely before it normaly
continues with asking about keeping tracks and building peaks.

I'm starting to think a hard disk problem. I will know more and be
able to do more tests on Sunday with a different project.

Thank you,
mcm



Peter Haller wrote:
>>Q: Does it happen when you only record two tracks for longer than 5
>>min?
>>
>>Q: 16 mono tracks correct? Are you recording them in stereo or
mono.
>>(i.e. 8 tracks or 16 tracks in Vegas.)
>>
>>On the > 5 min capture. Are the tracks actually out of align after
5
>>min or does Vegas seem to be messing up. If you play from say 4 min
>>into the recording, are the tracks out of sync at 5 min into the
>>track or after 5 min worth has played?
>>
>>This is major wierdness.
>>
>>I have to set up to repro this. I will get back to you...
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>mcm wrote:
>>>>I am transfering 16 tracks digitaly from my DA-88's into
>>>>Vegas 1.0a using MOTU 2408. After about 5 min. the track
>>>>start to jump out of time and get worse over 10 min. We
>>>>are talking seconds out of time.
>>>>
>>>>I'm running a PIII 450, 128mgs ram, seperate and empty
>>>>defraged Wester UDMA HD, SRP off, no plugings, using about
>>>>32mgs ram and about 30% disk access. I have set the sample
>>>>rates corectly, Word clock set, I'm not using SMPTE just a
>>>>straight transfer. I also have the MOTU "syncchronize by
>>>>start time" checked.
>>>>
>>>>What is odd is if I transfer a 6 min song in and stop
>>>>everything is fine but if I transfer 10 min or more then on
>>>>playback after 5 min the tracks start drifting or jumping
>>>>out of time.
>>>>
>>>>mcm

We've got a similar setup to you but to my knowledge no one has ever
recorded over about 7 min to the hard drive using Vegas. I am sure
willing to give it a try if it will help resolve the issue.

I am a bit hazy on the problem. Does the "out of sync" condition
occur during record and persist during playback?

What are you using for word clock master?

Have you tried switching masters? May be worth a shot.

I ask, because using the MOTU 2408 as word clock master seems to
cause intermittent weirdness on our setup.

KAC

mcm wrote:
>>I am transfering 16 tracks digitaly from my DA-88's into
>>Vegas 1.0a using MOTU 2408. After about 5 min. the track
>>start to jump out of time and get worse over 10 min. We
>>are talking seconds out of time.