Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-22 Thread Brian G3VGZ
David McClain d...@refined-audiometrics.com wrote: The Dell laptop has only one USB hub inside, and *everything* (disk, video, USB, mouse, keyboard, scratchpad, etc.) competes for service. (That's why I referred to it as a stupid little system). I guess for 90+% of folks, the computer is good

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Ruttenberg
And for Neal's attention, if I were to look at Dell laptops machines, is there any that stands out (or are they all toast)? I run WinXP on Latitude D630 and it is just about man enoug to run my Flex3000 and N1MM, but fire anything else up and audio breaks up with or without VAC. Do we have a

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-22 Thread Leif Asbrink
Hi David and all, Just found a nasty little feature in Win/Vista and Win/7, named audiodg.exe. This is a required audio driver that attempts to isolate processes audio routing graphs for security purposes. Problem is, the cure is almost as bad as the disease they are trying to prevent.

[Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-21 Thread David McClain
Just found a nasty little feature in Win/Vista and Win/7, named audiodg.exe. This is a required audio driver that attempts to isolate processes audio routing graphs for security purposes. Problem is, the cure is almost as bad as the disease they are trying to prevent. On my Dell laptop,

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-21 Thread Robert McGwier
Thanks! On Jun 21, 2011 5:19 PM, David McClain d...@refined-audiometrics.com wrote: Just found a nasty little feature in Win/Vista and Win/7, named audiodg.exe. This is a required audio driver that attempts to isolate processes audio routing graphs for security purposes. Problem is, the cure

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-21 Thread Tony Estep
Wow, David, that is ugly. Thanks for the heads-up. This apparently is a misguided attempt by Microsoft to provide a process external to the protected kernel where audio developers could link their ASIO drivers etc. without getting into the supposedly secure area of the OS. My Win7 has such a

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-21 Thread David McClain
Hi Tony I just installed an external Lexicon Alpha on my laptop, and downloaded the latest drivers. I told Cubase to be sure to use the Lexicon ASIO driver, not its generic driver. When I do that, I no longer get the audiodg.exe in the task list. And the system does run better, but not

Re: [Flexradio] audiodg.exe

2011-06-21 Thread Tony Estep
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:30 PM, David McClain d...@refined-audiometrics.com wrote: ...I told Cubase to be sure to use the Lexicon ASIO driver, not its generic driver. When I do that, I no longer get the audiodg.exe Aha, that's good, David. That's progress. The Dell laptop has only one