Gareth...just guessing...: have you tried swithing back and forth the Consumer or Pro
option for Gina s/pdf under Gina´s drivers? Some people also have comented that they
had
to re-start Windows for that to be effect...Not in case, but maybe in yours...who
knows...What does Event says about it?
Alfredo
Gareth wrote:
> Hi Alfredo
>
> Thanks for the reply. I don't think it's a problem with the sampler,
> as I've been told by someone else that they had problems using the
> S/PDIF I/O for data (rather than audio) transfer too - in fact, it
> was this person who suggested doing the the 20bit-16bit file
> conversion thing to work around the problem. It's possible that the
> Akai S/PDIF implementation is slightly different from the norm,
> although as far as I know most people have no problems backing up
> data to DAT recorders using the Akai's S/PDIF connections. That's
> what makes me think that it must be the Gina at fault.
>
> Gareth
>
> > Hi Gareth...I am using Gina for mixing to a DA-30, MKII dat recorder, then transfer
> > digitally back to my audio editing sequencer (Cakewalk Pro Audio 7.01), adding
>some
> > mastering...SoundForge, Wavelab...and then back to the DA-30 digital, no problem at
> > all...I have heard than some older stuff have some differences into how they
> > implement the S/Pdif configurations...i.e., older DA-30s had such limitations and
> > one was unable to make digital transfers among the dat recorder and a digital card
> > but only if removing some internal jumper, very trickiy stuff only to be handled
> > with a manual at your side...
> >
> > In my own case, the dat recorder automatically recognizes 44.1 or 48hz from the
> > Gina...Perhaps you should check your sampler ?? Just guessing and trying to
>help....
> >
> > Alfredo
> >
> > Gareth wrote:
> >
> > > Hi people
> > >
> > > Just a quick mail to introduce myself to the list. My name's Gareth
> > > Metford, I'm in Preston in the UK and I have been using an Event Gina
> > > for about 3 months. I've had a fair few problems with it but
> > > everything seems to be running pretty smoothly now (fingers
> > > crossed!). I'm using a P133/32Mb/3.2Gb, and other equipment in my
> > > studio includes an Akai S2800 4Mb w/digital I/O, Novation
> > > BassStation, Alesis Quadraverb+ and...that's about it. I was
> > > wondering if other Gina users had been having problems
> > > performing data transfers using the Gina's S/PDIF I/O? I've been
> > > using Wavelab to record data dumps from my sampler, but I've found
> > > that the only way to do this effectively is to record the data at
> > > 20-bit resolution, then convert it to 16-bit before returning it to
> > > the sampler. Someone told me that there is a problem with the Gina
> > > S/PDIF input, which involves the last bit of the signal being
> > > replaced with a random '0' or '1'. Any further information would be
> > > very gratefully received!
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Gareth
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > "And the pain that burns my mind is the shout of freedom's life." - Michael Gira
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alfredo Pereira
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Montevideo, Uruguay
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> >
> >
> ________________________________
>
> "And the pain that burns my mind is the shout of freedom's life." - Michael Gira
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