TI as a sync master solved my problems

[diy]

Since I've used the ti as a master clock device in my setup, most of the common problems disappeared. Not a single stuck note yet, near perfect apr timing and the clicks are very rare now. I think that the built in clock of my emu 1820m has much more jitter than my TI. Has anybody tested the above configuration ? I'm very curious . One of these days I'll try to slave the TI with an apogee rosetta which has one of the best clocks and see if it gets better.

[Elektrobolt]

Since I've used the ti as a master clock device in my setup, most of the common problems disappeared. Not a single stuck note yet, near perfect apr timing and the clicks are very rare now. I think that the built in clock of my emu 1820m has much more jitter than my TI. Has anybody tested the above configuration ? I'm very curious . One of these days I'll try to slave the TI with an apogee rosetta which has one of the best clocks and see if it gets better.

You REALLY ought to communicate this with Access-Music!

(Any clue may be the key to the solution.)

[The girl next door]

Since I've used the ti as a master clock device in my setup, most of the common problems disappeared. Not a single stuck note yet, near perfect apr timing and the clicks are very rare now. I think that the built in clock of my emu 1820m has much more jitter than my TI. Has anybody tested the above configuration ? I'm very curious . One of these days I'll try to slave the TI with an apogee rosetta which has one of the best clocks and see if it gets better.
How do you do that??within your sequencer???are you using your Ti as your main soundcard???

[MADSTATION]

DIY: I've experienced the same behaviour.

The only problem with that is you can't get 24bit audio from the Virus, which kinda sucks :(

[diy]

I agree that 16 bit audio sucks but the TI sounds awesome even in this case.



How do you do that??within your sequencer???are you using your Ti as your main soundcard???
No, I have the TI connected via spdif in my soundcards input and I 've synced the soundcard to external (TI) clock.

[grs]

You can get 24bit via the spdif and since you've slaved to it you can send the audio in sync.

Ps technically if your running the TI asio the TI is the master sync. If your running a third party asio and using VC then it might be good to set your TI to sync from the spdif of you other sound card BUT it is impossible while the USB cable is plugged in. The TI syncs to the computer via USB and I'm guessing it defaults to 48 and follows the asio driver of the TI or the VC. This last point I'm only guessing.

[grs]

On the better performance point you raised I experienced this once or twice. Like sample accurate notes etc but could never reliably reproduce this result.

[MADSTATION]

I'm having problems getting SPDIF to work..
I'm getting 2 different msgs:
"Clock problem at spdif INPUT"
"Illegal sample rate"

my sample rate goes constantly from 44.1 to 48 and I can hear lots of crackles. anyone has ideas?

[i3]

If your using SX try:

project/project setup/sample rate

[MADSTATION]

Nope unfortunately it even happens when I'm not using Cubase :(

[Tarekith]

Sounds like a crap cable to me, it's a 75ohm SPDIF cable, right, not a standard RCA?

[MADSTATION]

Well it's actually 2(one in one out heh) 75ohm SPDIF cable...Paid 50$ for those some hopefully they aren't crap!

Anyone might know something regarding this issue?

Thanks

[diy]

Well it's actually 2(one in one out heh) 75ohm SPDIF cable...Paid 50$ for those some hopefully they aren't crap!

Anyone might know something regarding this issue?

Thanks

Well, if the TI is the master clock and your soundcard the slave, you don't need 2 digital cables, just simply connect the spdif out of the TI in the spdif in
of your soundcard, go to your soundcards menu and select spdif as the sync source. From the TI config select the internal clock and switch between 44.1 and 48 khz. If your soundcard responds to the TI's clock changes then launch
cubase, go to device setup and in the vst audiobay select spdif as the sync source. The default setting is internal.
This configuration works very solid for me and my TI so far but it's not the ideal configuration, the TI needs to stay on even if you don't need to and you have to switch it on before your pc boots but I can enjoy my TI almost without annoying clicks, arp drifts and satans saws.

[Jager]

Nice, I'll have to give this a whirl.

[MADSTATION]

diy: Many, many thanks for this!

One last question: Are you able to use VC with the USB Cable when SPDIF is connected?

My problem previously was that I had the sync card enabled on the emu 1820m but since its disabled I have no issues whatsoever.


Thanks

[diy]

I haven't tested the usb+ spdif yet mate , but as far as I know in usb mode the sync is over usb, so you can work with VC. This question should be answered in the virus manual which is one of the crappiest I've ever seen.
Can anybody answer the above question please?
Sounds weird, but access thinks that every user should connect the TI via usb and virus control. Working in the standard midi way gives me much less headaches, but this is my personal opinion.

[Nightfall]

For what its worth I found my TI more stable when it was my sound card.

But this is hardly any solution as my real soundcard is a FW1814, which is the muts nuts.

[mw7]

You may want to share this on the Access mailing list. Ben Crosland and others post to it. See:

http://www.ampfea.org/mailman/listinfo/access-list

[Khazul]

Sounds weird, but access thinks that every user should connect the TI via usb and virus control. Working in the standard midi way gives me much less headaches, but this is my personal opinion.

Makes complete sense for mostly soft synth based producers for whom the Virus TI is the only hardware synth.

I do wish the midi ports would stay active when VC is started.

[diy]

I agree. If you have the keyboard then it's ok, you can play even with VC. But if you have the desktop, it means that you have to buy an additional midi interface beacuse the TI's "advertised" midi is disabled. Thats the so called integrated laptop studio....