Lightyears
08-28-2006, 10:54 PM
Okay, I made a large detailed thread introducing myself and mapping out every single bit of my problem. But then when I submitted it the forums told me to Login first and the post was lost. It didn't populate the message field when I logged in and I was no longer in the message field when I hit the back button to the previous page.
So instead of taking another 20 minutes of my time I'm going to make this quick as it has been bugging me for a month.
What I had:
Sonar 4 PE
Presounus Firebox.
This worked fine for recording guitar and bass tracks over electronic drums for song ideas for my band. I am in no way a pro engineer so my terminology and knowledge may be lacking.
What I did:
Long story short, PC spyware, couldnt update, too lazy to manually repair registry, formatted PC.
Reinstalled windows and upgraded to SP2 before reistalling audio equipment and software.
What Happened:
PC will no longer recognize Firebox. It says it cannot find the device during install. Firewall is off, port is enabled, etc. Sum of what I found online says Firebox + SP2 = no dice.
What I did then:
Went out to Guitar Center and bought a MOTU 828 (not the mkII, the original 828).
Now the PC recognizies the 828, but the input records offtime in Sonar. As if the track is rushed. It cuts in a split second before I actually started recoring to the click and finishes up several seconds before the click ends. A few pops and cracks. It seems the card is applying what I play to Sonar faster than I am actually playing it.
Enabled the play back feature in Sonar and it shows the reverse result. When I play, what I played comes back a second later through the speakers accompanied by pops and crackles. Kinda like Rice Krispies.
Anyways. I've tried several latency settings and can't get it to sync up right. I wish I didn't sound so rushed and aggrivated, but I'm kinda pissed that I lost that post. Oh well.
Hell I even tried going back to the Firebox now that windows is recognizing the MOTU but still no dice.
What i'm running:
Windows XP SP2
1 gig ram
1.9g processor
ADS Tech Pyro PCI 64 firewire card.
Any advice that could be given on how to resolve this would be greatly
appreciated. Again sorry about the aggrivation.
Thanks,
Jim
So instead of taking another 20 minutes of my time I'm going to make this quick as it has been bugging me for a month.
What I had:
Sonar 4 PE
Presounus Firebox.
This worked fine for recording guitar and bass tracks over electronic drums for song ideas for my band. I am in no way a pro engineer so my terminology and knowledge may be lacking.
What I did:
Long story short, PC spyware, couldnt update, too lazy to manually repair registry, formatted PC.
Reinstalled windows and upgraded to SP2 before reistalling audio equipment and software.
What Happened:
PC will no longer recognize Firebox. It says it cannot find the device during install. Firewall is off, port is enabled, etc. Sum of what I found online says Firebox + SP2 = no dice.
What I did then:
Went out to Guitar Center and bought a MOTU 828 (not the mkII, the original 828).
Now the PC recognizies the 828, but the input records offtime in Sonar. As if the track is rushed. It cuts in a split second before I actually started recoring to the click and finishes up several seconds before the click ends. A few pops and cracks. It seems the card is applying what I play to Sonar faster than I am actually playing it.
Enabled the play back feature in Sonar and it shows the reverse result. When I play, what I played comes back a second later through the speakers accompanied by pops and crackles. Kinda like Rice Krispies.
Anyways. I've tried several latency settings and can't get it to sync up right. I wish I didn't sound so rushed and aggrivated, but I'm kinda pissed that I lost that post. Oh well.
Hell I even tried going back to the Firebox now that windows is recognizing the MOTU but still no dice.
What i'm running:
Windows XP SP2
1 gig ram
1.9g processor
ADS Tech Pyro PCI 64 firewire card.
Any advice that could be given on how to resolve this would be greatly
appreciated. Again sorry about the aggrivation.
Thanks,
Jim