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[quote author=”Dr.J”]no updated drivers are available.[/quote]
Just as a side step, I’ll suggest trying some older drivers.Here’s some that I’ve had "luck" with for Delta-based cards…
Especially the .5029, 36, and 42. I’m not sure if the 29 was ever offered for download or on CD, as I got it from M-Audio directly. But see if any of them from that "era" work out. When I was at radioio, we used delta-based cards for routing (before IP audio) and even with 200 of "the same" machines, each machine that was "funky" was in its own "special" way.
I know quite a bit more about working out the kinks in a Windows multimedia setup now then I did then though. It would have been cool to figure out back then, but… ah well.
[quote author=”Milky”]Patience, Grasshopper. Hasten slowly 🙂
I bought the product before it was up on the sales page. Considering it was beta, it has hardly burped since, but I’d love it to ave some more presets at least. I made a comment at the time about it becoming the "Poor Cousin" and was met with derision.[/quote]
In some way you’re right, but it’s like comparing:
-1- a supermodel girlfriend who’s happy with Burger King
-2- a supermodel wife who wants half of your estateBoth are supermodels, but you figure out which one is higher maintenance, and if you have the time… more rewarding. 😉 I guess it depends on which one you would consider more "poor". 😆
[quote author=”Q106″]Jesse, you may want to put the worms back in the can 😉 ..Leif had high praise for the modded m-192..Of course there is a large price difference between it and the Lynxtwo. So we’re back to the Marian Trace Alpha as the best buy in a DC straight card unless further discovery is made.[/quote]
Looking good on paper (when the info is worth anything) isn’t everything.M-Audio is certainly functional. And yes, when anyone upgrades, it’s nice is there can still be a good use for something. That’s what I meant, not "toss out your stuff". 😉
Usually a use for something that’s at least functional tho. Even for bartering or eBaying. Maybe selling to other Breakawayers 🙂
Everyone who is in pursuit of quality eventually upgrades something or other from whatever their first functional setup is.
[quote author=”RodeoJack”]What’s wrong with a modded M-Audio card?[/quote]
M-Audio. 😆I mean, nah, you know, nothing against M-Audio but even for budget priced stuff there’s better stuff out there. Linx is in another category completely tho.
[quote author=”Q106″]Could have saved that expense.[/quote]
Could have had a lot better quality than M-Audio too. 😉[quote author=”wouter”]where can i find the eruption preset?? i downloaded the live trail but it isnt in it 🙁[/quote]
It’s not in every "flavor" of Breakaway since it’s not appropriate for some things like DJing through a large sound system, or for consumer use.[quote author=”Q106″]I think there is a difference between DC straight and DC coupled.[/quote]
💡 They both mean the same thing.Also make sure OtsAV isn’t above "Normal" priority in the task manager.
If crackles still continue you can also check your DPC latency, to make sure that isn’t spiking when you’re scanning for files. You can also possibly tweak the PCI Latency for your IDE/SATA controller if you’re using XP.
[quote author=”sgeirk”]I’ve looked at our baseband signal on one of the most advanced monitors/analyzers on the planet. Breakaway is spot-on perfect.
That’s all I can say.[/quote]
sigmacom seemed to be suggesting the problem is camclone’s analyzer too. it doesn’t explain the experience with tuner scans he’s having, but it’s inaccurate too.
personally i’m leaning to it being a soundcard issue too, since the use of a different soundcard for Breakaway’s output solves the problem. 8)
[quote author=”sgeirk”]The breakaway "box" will likely support automated preset switching.[/quote]
Of course.[quote author=”Milky”]There are programs like "Auto Hot Key" which can be scripted to "press the buttons" to make things happen in Windows. Maybe this is an option.[/quote]
Possibly. Maybe with a simulated mouse click.[quote author=”michi95″]That would be a perfect world. 🙂
But we do not live in a perfect world. 😥[/quote]
Heh, this world has a looooong way to go past audio production methodology to become perfect. It’s barely a spec of dust on a beach.But I know what you’re saying. And at least for me, and anyone I can give advice to, I say that it’s LESS effort to do it right, with a very very minimal amount of effort to learn a few important ground floor techniques.
They did amazing stuff in the past long before multiband or even multitracking, and they kicked it out quickly with minimal effort. There’s no reason it can’t be even more easy and effortless today. Running automated processing isn’t the answer to every workflow problem. Like everything – there’s a time and place for it to excel at what it does.
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My final contribution on this topic will be to mention that it matters most what kind of monitoring & acoustics you have. You can have racks of the highest end stuff and even great people working around you, but if you monitoring and room is not telling you the truth, your decisions will be based on that… no matter what methods or gear is used.
If someone’s just starting out, and they want to automate something like average spectral balance with a multiband compressor (instead of limiter which mainly only effects peaks), then that’s great if it allows them to dump that load on an architecture that was setup and configured well by people with great accurate setups.
YouWaShock was created on a great setup, and that Imageline multiband, and the settings that were used, were chosen specifically because of how bad it sounded. On another note… the software that’s inside of YouWaShock is copyrighted and it’s a cracked version. That’s really why I won’t mention who made this joke software.
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YouWaShock
http://sites.google.com/site/youwashockvst/
It is very simple to use, but is based on the high quality multiband mastering tool
Image Line Maximus VST-plugin:
http://www.image-line.com/documents/maximus.html[/quote]Actually… YouWaShock literally has Maximus contained within it. It was also created as A JOKE by a perfect english speaking mastering engineer (that I won’t name) to make fun of automatic "soundergooderizers"… and made to sound bad on purpose.
I’m not sure I would ever recommend it or Maximus to anyone for production because while it’s a multiband, it’s also a brickwall limiter. 😉
If you want a decent multiband compressor for free, check out:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1360.htmland a consolation prize, in case you don’t enjoy the sound of that
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2993.html
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2254.htmlGads better for general production use than anything that’s going to limit or clip the peaks… on any given track or the master, you don’t wanna peak limit before it hits any broadcast audio processing. You will have better results by just mixing properly. Use multiband compression for where it can do what it is supposed to do, even out the spectrum based on the program, without limiting transients.
[quote author=”camclone”]WHY Leif didn’t put high pass filter on the final stage of the sound ? ( after the left right clipper ? )[/quote]
I’m not sure where the high-pass filter is at. I think it’s right before the final clipper, just like all the other digital processors (if they are designed properly).I see what the problem is tho, if you pick the highest high-pass setting you’ll see the stop-band is only about 20dB down. I’m not sure why it might be that way. Leif would know I’m sure, I’ll make sure he sees this topic.
