Motherboard and soundcard - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

The girl next door · #1 31.07.2006, 06:27 PM

I am upgrading my System.....I'm still looking at loads of different options...
And was wondering what Motherboard and soundcard you are using with the Ti and if it runs stable?? Only ti users using USB/VC

Cheers Nick

Drammy · #2 31.07.2006, 07:20 PM

Asus P4P-800 E with RME HDSP 9632 running fine here.

Porbably going to upgrade to a dual core 64 bit though soon, the P4P800-E maybe a bit outdated now...

ten · #3 31.07.2006, 07:21 PM

Supermicro H8DCE motherboard with a Lynx two - C soundcard.

Running pretty much flawlessly here with the TI. Lynx drivers are rock and the sound quality is unrivaled imho.

ten

The girl next door · #4 31.07.2006, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ten

Supermicro H8DCE motherboard with a Lynx two - C soundcard.

Running pretty much flawlessly here with the TI. Lynx drivers are rock and the sound quality is unrivaled imho.

ten

Hi Ten mate i was looking around at those Lynx cards as they seem very good,but do they have Mic inputs cause i couldn't see any..
(you ain't been on the forum for yonks,you got a new bird??)

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Originally Posted by Drammy

Asus P4P-800 E with RME HDSP 9632 running fine here.

Porbably going to upgrade to a dual core 64 bit though soon, the P4P800-E maybe a bit outdated now...

i'm looking at a Core 2 Duo processor.I been havin' a butchers around the sound on sound forum and they seem the best at the moment for Audio.Even better than the Dual core 64's

ten · #5 31.07.2006, 07:58 PM

Nae, no mic input on em....although you could plug an xlr mic straight into one the of the inputs unamped I guess

Been away for 3 weeks on holiday and had some other stuff to sort out. Back at it now though so will be posting again

ten

Doc Jones · #6 31.07.2006, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ten

Supermicro H8DCE motherboard with a Lynx two - C soundcard.

Running pretty much flawlessly here with the TI. Lynx drivers are rock and the sound quality is unrivaled imho.

ten

hey ten, I could of swore that you had the firface 800 at one point? what happened?

ten · #7 01.08.2006, 06:49 AM

Yea, I sold it on. RME has a problem with its drivers that they are VERY reluctant to admit. After extensive testing using Nuendo, Cubase and RME cards me and a bunch of other people on the Nuendo forum discovered a reload bug that would cause high cpu useage for no apparent reason. RME blame Steinberg etc etc. We tested other cards and didnt find the same problem so I ditched it for a Lynxtwo which I must say is an amazing card. The drivers are SOLID and the sound is lush, even better than the fireface sounded. Deffo worth checking out.

ten

grs · #8 02.08.2006, 12:18 AM

ten: what are the symtoms of the RME reload bug again? Is it possible to have the RME Fireface 800 and not have this bug?

Doc Jones · #9 02.08.2006, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ten

Yea, I sold it on. ... so I ditched it for a Lynxtwo which I must say is an amazing card. The drivers are SOLID and the sound is lush, even better than the fireface sounded. Deffo worth checking out.
ten

glad I saw your post. I am just starting to build a new system and was going to go with the fireface. I will now start looking at the lynx. thanks for the info.

ten · #10 02.08.2006, 05:46 AM

@ grs...

It happens on all RME soundcards, including the firewire ones. The problem is when your using a project, finish and save up for the day, when you come back to it and load up again, for no apparent reason the cpu usage will be higher. We tried several cards (me the ff800) over several systems and several driver releases quite extensively and it happened every time. I even noticed it myself before doing these tests using my own projects and I just put it down to the complexitiy of todays daws....but now we know different. The same tests run on Echo, Emu and Lynx cards did not produce the same bad results as on the RME kit.

Of course it might only be certain situations/projects this problem arises....but it DOES happen, and thats the issue.

Unfortunately, the RME top guy (Matthais) was quick to shun this information saying he will not comment on the topic at all which worries me even more.

RME hinted they had fixed the problem over several driver releases, but according to people I know still with the cards it actually has not been fixed at all.

Very glad I got rid of mine when I did, having so much fun with the Lynx card now.

ten