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Subject: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Original Message Date: 05-Nov-02 @ 11:42 PM Edit: 05-Nov-02 | 11:46 PM - bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
I have been getting frustrated with not being able to run soft synths, especially as xoxos is creating so many damned programs that look quite tasty. I tried running xoxos' Kerei (must thank you again for sending me that prog mate!), ES2, ES1 and Absynth but they all start sounding horribly distorted after 10 minutes of use. Even after I restart, delete the page-file, re-install, etc, etc.
So, any ideas???
FYI, here's my setup:
Gigabyte GA-7DXR running:
AMD761 Chipset;
AMD T-Bird 1.4Ghz;
512MB Generic DDR RAM;
40GB Fujitsu MPG3409AH ATA100;
40GB IBM Deskstar ATA100;
MT4 MIDI I/F;
Audiowerk8 MIDI I/F;
Matrox G550 Graphics;
Win2K;
Logic 5.3 (upgrade from 4.0)
Regards.
Steve.
Message 11/28 07-Nov-02 @ 11:25 AM Edit: 07-Nov-02 | 11:26 AM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
I have narrowed it down to just the oscillators of the softsynths. All of the effects on the synths (filters, delays, chorus, etc) work absolutely fine. It is purely the signal generators of the synths. So if we can find someone who knows exactly what happens when a soft synth oscillator is run, then we should be able to seriously narrow the problem down to a few bits and pieces.
Basically, I have cancelled out every device in my machine, save the CPU, RAM and, god forbid, the Motherboard. I know for a fact that everything else is definitely not the cause.
The strange thing is that my system does not have ANY problems WHATSOEVER other than this! I no longer even get Logics overload or MIDI timing errors.
And, Si, the distortion happens no matter what. I have tried your suggestion.
Anyhow, thanks for all of your help!
Regards.
Steve.
Message 12/28 07-Nov-02 @ 02:27 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Another thing (if you haven't done it yet): try to put your sound card into an another slot.
hope your problem will be solved soon...
/R
Message 13/28 07-Nov-02 @ 05:28 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Message 14/28 10-Nov-02 @ 07:20 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
i second the idea of stripping the system back to the video and audio device. Also software. A bad cracked plug-in can cause a system to malfuntion. Don't know if you have any bug ladden plugs in there, or have installed any media software after the logic install that could have currupted it, like a directx update or windows media player codecs. Get back to just the audio card, and video card. swap the ram with a freinds and see if stops, if it is working, start adding hardware and running the app again. this could take a weekend or two but you can get to the bottom of it one program and pci slot at a time. The hardware is so much easier to debug then a software conflict.
There are also things in windows 2k that can cause issues. like networking services etc.
Message 15/28 11-Nov-02 @ 03:26 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Anyhow, I'll see what I can come up with.
Regards.
Steve.
Message 16/28 11-Nov-02 @ 05:04 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
hope you sort it out.
Message 17/28 11-Nov-02 @ 07:09 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Regards.
Steve.
Message 18/28 12-Nov-02 @ 09:25 AM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Message 19/28 13-Jul-03 @ 12:07 PM Edit: 13-Jul-03 | 12:09 PM - RE: bin tryin' softs again to no avail!
Software synthesis... Steve has arrived! I'm actually quite excited about this [rubs his hands together and grins].
Cheers to all who helped on this very long and drawn out problem!
Regards.
Steve.
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