Hi Bill,

I had the same thing happen to me. Totally brand new PC, set up in 64bit Win7, SOnar, Firebox, BiaB & RB 2009.5 working perfectly. Never downloaded the VSC, Installed with UAC off and all the other things I repeatedly read folks warning about. Did the 2010 DVD program install onto my desktop, leaving everything checked, except the VSC. Registered an error near the end of the install. I should have been watching like a hawk, but I wasn't. I think it threw up a popup meny with the number "32" on it, so I started thinking that might be a problem with the PG plug-in install. So the install didn't end properly and I don't know exactly what may have got botched. Turned up BiaB and it seemed to be no worse for the install glitch. At least last night didn't observe any major issues. Tested the PG plug-ins a bit and they seemed to be working. Maybe this is just the versions ofrom 2009.5 that worked fine, still plug-in along and the 2010 part of that install made irrelevant. Lastl, turned on RB2010 and the chatter (crackle) was terrible. This happens whether I'm using a realtracks song or playing a midi through the TTS synth, since they're all audio related in the end.

There are a bunch of settings on the ASIO panel, but I wasn't sure which ones are the specific ones that actually might need adjusting or what they do. Sonar and BiaB ASIO panels seem much more intuitive. If I recall, there appeared to be about 3 different spots that looked like you could plug a number in or select. Truthfully, I probably need to sit down and read through the help files and start to address my own lack of familiarity with RB.

The one thing I can say is that if this can't be fixed with a simple tweak of an ASIO buffer or some other of the numerous settings that lurk in RB, I'd say there is a RB (Real Bug) somewhere. At point of purchase, I was led to believe that folks were runnning both BiaB and RB on Win7 64, so I'm hoping that this is resolvable with the right input. My system was a clean install from new hard drive and I have been able to install every product that has been previously proven to run on Win7 64bit (and some that weren't, like my Presonus firebox) without issue. No crashes, no glitches, no problems or issues until I attempted to install 2010. I wasn't sure about the PG plug-ins, but since they're not being used by RB when I run it, this is internal to RB from my perspective. UAC was turned off ages ago, etc, etc. I know my machine and what's on it, but I confess, I haven't ued RB extensively at all... but I'd like to.

Aside from us both running Win7, I'm interested in your PC specs, and what bit is your OS? See my specs, below.

Would be interested if anyone has more tips or suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Glen

DAW SOFTWARE: Cakewalk Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab
DAW PC: Win11, Intel i9-12900 CPU, MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk, 64GB RAM, ZOOM Livetrack L-12, Yorkville YSM1P-II Monitors