Members Bluewater Posted November 12, 2006 Members Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'm running Sonar 4 Studio with Windows XP on a Pentium 4, 3.2 with 1 GB of RAM. Using Echo Audiofire 8 as the interface with ASIO driver. I record simple audio tracks and am having problems with dropouts. My buffer size is set to 256 samples/5.3 msec. I've also tried 512. I'm recording at 24 bits at 44.1, and 88.2 is even worse. Even with only two or three audio tracks recorded I get occasional dropouts where there is a second or so of no sound when recording a new track. Sonar says my processor is barely working: CPU is 02 to 05% and disk is about the same. Any idea what's wrong? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 13, 2006 Members Share Posted November 13, 2006 If all else fails, check out whether using WDM/KS (kernel streaming) drivers for your interface work better. When I use ASIO drivers with my MOTU 828mkII, I get all kinds of little problems. WDM/KS drivers (when available) have high performance features to get around some of the inherent limitations of standard WDM drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluewater Posted November 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2006 Thanks for the tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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