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From: Steve_Karl on 16 Feb 2010 06:50 Labeling cables: Print the labels on the remainders of CD labels and cut them out with scissors. 1/4"(or slightly less) tall by 1/2" is perfect for 1/4" male plugs. I usually only end up printing 4 or 8 at a time but if I wanted I could print a few hundred on 1 sheet. .....but THEN make sure to use some clear packing tape to wrap over the label. They'll last 20 yrs. or more and still be readable. "Here In Oregon" <HIO(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:hlcjtu$pan$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > For all of you folks who got jealous regarding my newest computer build you can rest now and feel good about yourselves once > again. I want to blame this on Romy and Michelle (movie) but my situation is bigger than my huge "post its" mistake. My problems > are ten fold and I am somewhere between purgatory and hell. Feel any better and you know who you are. I am only taking the time > to write this to warn others not to make some of the same mistakes I have made. > > 1. All of my computer wiring to my old studio computer and my audio gear I marked with "post its" and wrapped it around the cables > to mark where they go. My studio is professionally wired by someone else and most cables cannot be traced without tedious removal > of "Panduit" parts, etc. Most all of my "post its" fell off as the glue was insufficient. I watched that movie last week and > when I went to mark my cables I thought "post its". They failed me. Bad idea and a huge mistake. > > 2. The engineer's engineer that I flew out here for two months a few years ago marked all of my cable with white tape and used a > CD marking pen. Most all of the writing has failed me and is blurry and I cannot make heads or tails of what the markings say. > > 3. My RME 9652 and my 9632 for Win7 64 bit is WDM and everything looks great but the settings are all foreign now to me as I have > been using ASIO all of these years and I cannot configure it correctly. I am getting sound using a SPDIF out but *recording* > forgetaboutit. Too complicated to even explain. > > 4. Win 7 sounds, devices and settings looks great also but foreign to me as well. > > 5. My 01v96 version 2 has three downloads for Win7 64bit and "Studio Manager" looks foreign to me and I have no idea how to set it > up. > > 6. Yamaha help opens up my Windows media center with nothing. <giggle> > > 7. I am impatient and do not take the time to read manuals and set-up instructions and when I went to install the RME and Yamaha > gear I just flew by the seat of my pants like I always do so even though stuff looks installed right, I am questioning whether my > complicated installs were done right. > > 8. Win 7 64 bit is foreign to me when it comes to troubleshooting. > > 9. I cannot even decide which audio recording program to go with for the long haul since I am starting over and fresh. Sonar, > Pro Tools, Cubase, Reaper. I do input monitoring and Sonar and Reaper could not handle anything less than 128 (3ms). I noticed > that my RME WDM driver goes down to 32(0.7ms) and with my new rock solid computer I was hoping I could get down to that or at the > least to 64 (1.5). > > Questions??? > > 1. Do I burn down the studio because I don't have time for this and am traveling a lot this year? Why not just put it on hold and get a laptop and load reaper on it? > > 2. Is there someone out there knowledgeable with the aforementioned gear that wants to visit Oregon and get paid along with all > expenses? I can add some additional work to make it profitable for you. > > I need help bad. Even if you know someone that might be interested please reply or have them reply to my hereinoregon(a)hotmail.com > address. I will start looking locally tomorrow for someone smarter than me to help me get out of this abyss. > > I am still stoked about this computer I built which I am using to type this and I feel confident that I will eventually get to the > bottom of everything. It is just that there are so many problematic variables based on all of the above hitting me all at once. > > You have been warned! > > HIO > -- > Proverbs Ch.18 Vs.17 Any story sounds true until someone sets the record straight. > > > > >
From: John Braner on 17 Feb 2010 05:23 On 17/02/2010 01:42, Here In Oregon wrote: > I am retiring for the day folks. I am going to shave, take a shower or > bath and have myself a few drinks and lounge on it. I cannot recommend > this motherboard at this time for audio recording but I will keep at it > because the board shows promise in all other areas. > > Hopefully RME and Intel can come together with a revised bios update > that can fix this issue because my guess is that this is the problem. At > this point in time though I also feel that RME makes sheety WDM drivers. > They were against it from the get go many years ago until they were > being forced by Microsoft to give up the idea of using ASIO drivers with > Microsoft's operating systems. > > Also, I am having some crashes when I do stuff as of early this > afternoon. To be fair though I am throwing everything I've got at this > horse and she prolly needs some hay, grass, and water. Well, we won't > water her just yet. I am now toast and have been at it for 3 days > straight with long hours. I have also been rambling. I had to move my > former studio computer to another case as well since it can still > perform a bunch of tasks and I needed my rack mount case for this build > since it is supposed to be my main DAW and is mounted under my studio desk. > > Thanks to everyone who chimed in with support and help. > > God bless and cheerio!!!!!!!!!! > > HIO > > > > Hang in there! You'll get it sorted. The best thing to do is tackle one problem at a time. To be honest, you might be as well picking up a cheap soundcard on ebay until you can get the RME working. I couldn't use my Sonic Core (formerly Creamware) card in W7 as I refuse to pay �180 for the driver update (which includes all the dsp stuff I never use). Anyway, I picked up a M-Audio Delta66 on ebay for �50, had it a couple of days later, and it works great. (just a suggestion) Then get SONAR or something working with a few "must have" plugins and then you can slowly get everything else going. PS - I was pleasantly surprised at how little trouble I had with plugins. Make sure you get jbridge though - that helps a lot... -- =========== John Braner jbraner(a)NOblueyonderSPAM.co.uk http://cdbaby.com/cd/JohnBraner http://www.soundclick.com/johnbraner
From: Zelix on 17 Feb 2010 13:47 On Feb 16, 8:42 pm, "Here In Oregon" <H...(a)nospam.net> wrote: > I am retiring for the day folks. I am going to shave, take a shower or bath > and have myself a few drinks and lounge on it. I cannot recommend this > motherboard at this time for audio recording but I will keep at it because > the board shows promise in all other areas. > > Hopefully RME and Intel can come together with a revised bios update that > can fix this issue because my guess is that this is the problem. At this > point in time though I also feel that RME makes sheety WDM drivers. They > were against it from the get go many years ago until they were being forced > by Microsoft to give up the idea of using ASIO drivers with Microsoft's > operating systems. > > Also, I am having some crashes when I do stuff as of early this afternoon.. > To be fair though I am throwing everything I've got at this horse and she > prolly needs some hay, grass, and water. Well, we won't water her just yet. > I am now toast and have been at it for 3 days straight with long hours. I > have also been rambling. I had to move my former studio computer to > another case as well since it can still perform a bunch of tasks and I > needed my rack mount case for this build since it is supposed to be my main > DAW and is mounted under my studio desk. > > Thanks to everyone who chimed in with support and help. > > God bless and cheerio!!!!!!!!!! > > HIO Sorry can't help.. but will offer a "I feel your pain" and drink on it.. You'll get it sorted out.
From: Here In Oregon on 17 Feb 2010 15:04 "John Braner" > Hang in there! You'll get it sorted. > The best thing to do is tackle one problem at a time. To be honest, you > >might be as well picking up a cheap soundcard on ebay until you can get > >the RME working. I couldn't use my Sonic Core (formerly Creamware) card > in >W7 as I refuse to pay �180 for the driver update (which includes all > the dsp >stuff I never use). Anyway, I picked up a M-Audio Delta66 on ebay > for �50, >had it a couple of days later, and it works great. (just a > suggestion) Then get >SONAR or something working with a few "must have" > plugins and then you >can slowly get everything else going. PS - I was > pleasantly surprised at how >little trouble I had with plugins. Make sure > you get jbridge though - that >helps a lot... > Hang in there! You'll get it sorted. Thanks a lot John. My problem is that I have many thousands of dollars tied into top of the line Apogee converters along with my Benchmark converters. I need fiber optic light pipe cards to get the audio data in and out of the computer. Please don't tell me to buy a Mac because that would take all of the fun out of my computational experience. <g> Macs have cards for this as well along with Apple Logic. http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/x-series.php http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/system1/digital-analog-converter/dac1
From: Here In Oregon on 17 Feb 2010 15:25
"Zelix" <zelichan2008.1(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:98c5130c-6d95-44ec-b0cd-8ec622406dd3(a)f15g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > On Feb 16, 8:42 pm, "Here In Oregon" <H...(a)nospam.net> wrote: >> I am retiring for the day folks. I am going to shave, take a shower or >> bath >> and have myself a few drinks and lounge on it. I cannot recommend this >> motherboard at this time for audio recording but I will keep at it >> because >> the board shows promise in all other areas. >> >> Hopefully RME and Intel can come together with a revised bios update that >> can fix this issue because my guess is that this is the problem. At >> this >> point in time though I also feel that RME makes sheety WDM drivers. They >> were against it from the get go many years ago until they were being >> forced >> by Microsoft to give up the idea of using ASIO drivers with Microsoft's >> operating systems. >> >> Also, I am having some crashes when I do stuff as of early this >> afternoon. >> To be fair though I am throwing everything I've got at this horse and she >> prolly needs some hay, grass, and water. Well, we won't water her just >> yet. >> I am now toast and have been at it for 3 days straight with long hours. >> I >> have also been rambling. I had to move my former studio computer to >> another case as well since it can still perform a bunch of tasks and I >> needed my rack mount case for this build since it is supposed to be my >> main >> DAW and is mounted under my studio desk. >> >> Thanks to everyone who chimed in with support and help. >> >> God bless and cheerio!!!!!!!!!! >> >> HIO > > Sorry can't help.. but will offer a "I feel your pain" and drink on > it.. You'll get it sorted out. Thanks Z-man. I feel better already and drinks are on the house. |