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1. Thru channel can be played.....but if played while Band in a Box has stopped, it is with great latency.
Ed--
This one sounds like you have "Route MIDI Thru..." checked when using a DXi and something like the microsoft synth is highlighted above. Try unchecking that.
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Hello Dave, Quote:
I appreciate your help but the only reason I responded to this thread was because I feel
something in the program was changed in the new program. ASIO worked in the 2009.5
and doesn't work in the 2010 Everything Pack.
Correct, all other things being equal (computer setup etc.) I don't know why that would be the case. It should work as well as with 2009.5 ... unless ... see if it is affected by RealTracks generation speed-up in 2010. Try unchecking that option in the RealTracks preference and see if that is what makes the difference. You might try experimenting with setting processor scheduling to background services in your system properties - advanced - performance options.
Andrew
PG Music Inc.
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To be fair to PG here I must say that my Audidgy 2 ZS Notebook Card with KX drivers does ASIO flawlessly set to 8.0 ms buffer.
The old RealTech AC97 that never had ASIO drivers is now using specially designed ASIO drivers by Lex Nahamury that also is flawless. I can run that one at 4ms buffer. Same computer.
An old Toshiba PIV 3.0 with 2G ram.
I've turned off hyperthreading for better video performance in RB.
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I use a M-audio Projectmix IO. After switching to MME the problem I spoke of before happens about 10% of the time now instead of 100%. For that guy who is really tired of mentioning stuff about ASIO to folks on the boards, I hear ya. But is it possible that the setting itself can get changed somehow unknowing to the user? I think ASIO might be a default or something when I run bb patches or it it gets selected by force when another audio app is open. Anyways, I have set bb to MME, only to come back to bb later and it is back on ASIO. I get a feeling I might not be the only one that this has happened to...and it might explain why people find thier way to the boards with a similar problem.
-stratavinsky
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Hi Andrew,
I unchecked the speed up generation of Real Tracks and now I get an Access Violation and
the program freezes and I have to re-boot to get the program to launch again.
I have never messed with the processor scheduling and I am not an expert with computers.
All I know is that it worked very well with 2009.5.
I am tired of messing with it. I have it working with MME and I am able to use my laptop
with Creative 2zs card and ASIO for my gigs. I only use the Real Drums and Real Bass and
I am very happy with the performance. I did a church gig for 2 1/2 years using MIDI only
and never had a problem other than the ones that I created.
Thanks again for your help. I will go and practice now.
Dave
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Hey Manning,
I really don't want to get into a Mac vs PC debate. So to cut to the chase>
I've been using midi and audio programs on the PC, Mac and Atari since 1990.
I had the first version of BIAB on floppies for Atari. I've upgraded every year.
I spend an equal amount of time on Mac and PC everyday for different reasons.
Core midi and Audio on the Mac is a Godsend, things work, there is no need to waste time tweeking, results are fast, easy and professional.
Even using the new Windows 7 on the PC, I have all kinds of issues and have to waste time either changing settings, or using system restore to go back to an earlier time when things did work. I still can't get BIAB to play a midi keyboard part, I either check "ASIO always on" and then hear nothing except when playing back, or it will play but with Latency. Crashes and hangs are still there.
I should also mention that I use Reason, Finale, Sonar, Sibelius without any driver or sound problems on the PC. So why do I have so many issues with Band in a Box?
Bottom line, if more than 1 person is having issues and they have followed all the guidelines in terms of setup, there is a problem! It may be the interface, the OS, Band in a Box, or some other variable. Check the forums here and you will see a lot of people having sound related issues with BIAB. And, in my opinion, there are far fewer people having issues with the Mac version than PC, again, check the forums.
Ed
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Edward Buckley
nah i dont want any mac vs pc debate either.
been done a zilion times n anyhoo i dislike red hot debates
cos i'm a friendly party lets have fun bloke...lol.
frankly both platforms have plusses n minuses imho.
(my names ed too so we have something in common.)
i tell ya what ..lol..if i win the lotto n millions i'll send ya a case of yer fav
drink and a pc from adk (built specially for daw work)
or from one of the other speciality daw audio builders that'll knock yer socks off
n make you very happy.
retired puter engr....powertracks on amd......NICE !
"what is the black art of audio engineering ?"
my silly songs...motagator.com/bmanning
see my tips in the tips section.
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I, too, use both platforms almost interchangeably. Some of my clients want work done on Mac-only softwares, etc. -- Some certain things work better on each platform as vs the other, too.
I remember when the Mac seemed to have more features available for music work than the PC did, then the PC platform stuff seemed to race into the lead in that department, offering not only more available features but lower prices for the software or hardware needed also. I think that the changeover to Intel inside was (and may still be in some situations) a hurdle for the Mac platform to cross, but it is one of those things that happen to any technology when such a large change in something basic to the entire system is done. Mac is now catching up and likely may pass the PC again, in some details, I think. Only time will tell.
An evolving technology is never a static thing. That is why I encourage people to get in there and learn to use their new computing equipments right away -- each day that it just sits there is another day towards obsolescence, which happens at a rather startling rate as compared to past technologies. That is just part and parcel of the situation IMO, does not matter which platform.
The never-ending "religious wars" between certain advocates of either platform is a source of entertainment, though. *grin*
--Mac
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