like I said... 4ms at 24/96 :) with a real soundcard and if you set up the OS according to MS's recommendations, its great. 98se just doesnt compare IMO
anyone having audio problems on XP, feel free to pick my brain. :) -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ":P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org>; "Al Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:55 AM Subject: RE: [313] laptop music makers: problems and more problems > > i would recommend _not_ using XP for audio - 98/ME seem to be the last > windows' that audio worked properly on. i recently upgraded and both my > sound cards have not functioned since. > > :-----Original Message----- > :From: :P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > :Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:11 PM > :To: 313@hyperreal.org; Al Jones > :Subject: Re: [313] laptop music makers: problems and more problems > : > : > :you need to install your OS without ACPI, and then do some backround > :services optimizations for audio > : > :I would recommend XP as your OS of choise for audio. > : > :www.musicxp.net has some good tweak info and I can help you beyond that if > :you have questions. > : > :Im able to get 4ms latency at 96khz/24bit on my xp PC with 1ghz p3 and 512 > :megs of ram. > : > :Im using the delta 2496 > : > :-Joe > : > : > :----- Original Message ----- > :From: "Al Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :To: <313@hyperreal.org> > :Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:03 PM > :Subject: [313] laptop music makers: problems and more problems > : > : > :> Hi techies, > :> Based on some advice I received on this list, a few months ago I bought a > :> Dell Inspiron 4100 (i gig pentium processor, 128 meg ram running Win 2K) > :PC > :> laptop to do music with. Only now have I started to kit it out to do > :music. > :> I thought that I would get a USB box for audio because they're cheap. > :First > :> I got a Midiman Quattro (audio+midi) which didn't work in the way it was > :> supposed to (driver problems) so I sent that back and got an Edirol UA-5 > :> and a Midiman 2x2. The midiman box didn't work (my laptop certainly > :doesn't > :> like Midiman...) and the recording on the Edirol is full of pops > :and noise > :> and I've fiddled with it for ages with no resolution of the problems. Has > :> anyone else experienced problems like this? When I spoke to the shop that > :I > :> got these bits from, they told me that they have a lot of trouble with PC > :> laptops and have known issues with many of these USB boxes. I > :think that I > :> have two options: either get a PCMCIA card for the machine that I have > :> (more expensive, possibly becoming obsolete? but more reliable than USB) > :or > :> just get a Mac and start making music instead of playing around with > :> control panels and audio settings. Agggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! > :What > :> do you think? > :> Regards, Al > :> > :> > :> > :> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > :> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> > : > : > :--------------------------------------------------------------------- > :To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
