silvertones
well this is a stumper isnt it mate ??
if youve tried different sound devices (have you ??)
and the same video prob occurs in each ..
then i gotta suspect , n mebe i'm wrong,
your lappie intrernal drive.
i find your first couple of para's in your last post very telling.
obviously rb can handle the 48 traks...
but once saved there are probs unless you delete traks.
thus i have to suspect the drive itself.

particularly your comment bout 20 traks working.
but higher trak counts being a problem.
so lets look at your drive.
please post a pic from win device manager of your drive settings.
dma.

as i said before , lappies are a pain.
some work well n some dont.
your not recording at some high sample rate like 96khz are you ??
ive seen it happen where lappie internal drives cant handle high bit depths
n sampling rates. so everything clams up.
i assume not cos your useing audigy ??

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