DanL
so it looks like you have a non recommended fw chipset.
this is a common problem.
i would ask maudio support which add in TI fw cards they recommend.
then run a test with such. and lets see where you stand.
the whole problem with pc daws is you must set them up
and configure them correctly as well as the pc itself.
this is why prior to purchaseing my pc i made sure i got one with
a TI chipset. let me mention what was weird at the time.
the acer amd duals had the TI chipset but not various brand intels
if i remember. so i got the acer dual.

scott.
with respect you keep on hammering on this topic.
and as ive said mebe there are issues.
but lots of this stuff can be how ones pc is set up.
all i know is someone awhile back a few months was haveing
probs with third party plug ins for example.

so as i have various computermusic.co.uk
plug ins i tried em. and they loaded and displayed fine.
however a couple displayed but no sound from the midi trak
UNTIL i discovered the "trick". and that was correct setting
of the midi channel if i remember and third party plug in settings.
i remember definitely trying cm dominator for example
(great synth) and many others.
thus i'm not sure one can say categorically RB doesnt do certain things.
i didnt have time to try the real time pass thru aspect..
so you might have a point there.
i would love to hear from people if they can do that.
particularly it might be interesting to hear from people with a
new i7 quad powerfull processor.
the reason i ask this is (and not just in pg products) ive seen people
have probs with daws that are well known to have excellent
asio and vst plug in support.
for example its a well known fact that
one daw i know of has had to include custom code so folks can
run certain well known plug ins.
and therein lies the rub scott, for a developer.
in summary , yes mebe there are issues..but its a well known fact also that certain plug ins
have probs of their own. and w7 is a further complication i understand.
one well known daw has even had to add code recently i understand
to protect itself from some plug ins that might crash it.
all i'm saying is one cant ALWAYS blame the host software.
cos there are lots of other factors includeing how well
the plug in is designed.
one other aspect is ive seen folks have probs with running resource heavy plug ins on
clunky old pc's. whereas someone with a new powerfull system might not.
some people ive seen have ridiculous low amounts of memory.
i'm not saying this to defend pg...just suggesting there are lots of factors involved
out of pg's control.
ha anyone got real time playing of softsynths working ??
silvertones for example ..how about you ??
cos if some folks ARE doing real time playing ok then this puts to bed
the idea it cant be done.

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