Another bizarre problem...

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I imported some midi files that I wanted to convert to audio. The midi files are stereo. I armed a track for recording audio via the "What you hear" parameter for my SBLive. I clicked on the Audio-in option in Sonar and got only "SBLive Mono in" as an option. I need stereo, but can't find it. It seems my settings are somehow f*cked up. Any ideas?
 
This has come up a few times on this bbs. Are you using Win XP?

If so, the problem is most likely that you installed the Creative WDM drivers. Open Control Panel and roll back the drivers to the ones supplied with the OS. That should fix it.
 
I'm using Win2k, but I'll try your suggestion. I think the fact that I have my SBLive going at the same time as my Delta-1010 (on the same IRQ, no less), I'm kind of looking for trouble. I haven't tried to disable ACPI yet as it hasn't caused a real strain on the system.
Thanks for the reply,
Chuck
 
This is a footnote found on the Cakewalk Web Site as to whether the SB Live or Audigy have WDM drivers:

"4. WDM drivers are only available in Windows 2000 and XP. Please use the Microsoft WDM drivers that are supplied on the OS installation disk."

My emphasis. In other words, don't use Creative's drivers.
 
Hmmm...Well, my OS was upgraded from Win98SE (a nightmare in itself thanks to my Abit mobo and its raid controller) but I didn't reinstall the Creative driver. In fact, I installed the minimum drivers from their website when I built the system, as I didn't want all the crap. Maybe I should uninstall it and reload the drivers. Right now it's primarily used for the synth and the extra midi port.
 
Well now you have me concerned. One of my systems has an Abit BX-133 RAID MoBo. That wouldn't happen to be the same MoBo you just upgraded, would it?? Mine's still running WinMe, but I have plans to upgrade at some point.

Did you do an "upgrade" from Win 98, or a complete reformat and fresh install of Win 2K? If you did an upgrade, the Creative drivers were probably already on your system.

If the only problem you are having is the SB Live showing up as mono in Sonar, I wouldn't reinstall. You should be able to fix this through the Device Mgr in Control Panel. You can also tell what driver you are currently using by looking at the Properties Page for your SB Live. If you check driver details, it should tell you who the provider is.

If you need step by step instructions, let me know and I'll walk you through it.
 
My Mobo is an Abit BE6 II with an Intel 440BX (I think) chipset. The Win2K is an upgrade, not a clean install. The problem I had was that during the upgrade, I had my HD's on the RAID bus and the Windows install had a problem with that (don't remember specifics but it sucked. This was a year ago. Friends of mine had the same problem with this board.) Anyway, one casualty was the USB Midisport by M-audio. Worked fine in '98, no go in Win2k.

Anyway, thanks for the tip. I'll try the Control Panel stuff (I was there last night, but got cold feet) and keep you posted. As for my RAID problem I just connected the drives to the IDE bus and finished the install. I don't recall if I even hooked them up back on the RAID bus.
 
dachay2tnr said:
Well now you have me concerned. One of my systems has an Abit BX-133 RAID MoBo. That wouldn't happen to be the same MoBo you just upgraded, would it?? Mine's still running WinMe, but I have plans to upgrade at some point.
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RAID install under XP Pro is pretty trivial, just after you start the installation a small message will appear at the bottom of the screen, "Press F6 to install 3rd party disk drivers" or something to that effect. Hit F6 quickly before the message disappears. If you do this at a later point the install prompts you for the RAID drivers from a floppy, insert the floppy containing the latest XP RAID drivers for your controller. If it tells you it has newer drivers override this and force loading from the floppy. All should be good from that point on. I've installed XP on at least 6 systems with Abit raid controllers and they're all running great.
 
Yeah, Heinz, that's it. That's where I had to physically change my connections. I had the drivers on the floppy. The latest FROM THE HIGHPOINT WEBSITE, and Bill Gates said, "Oh no you don't." Maybe the XP install is smoother than the Win2K. Anyway, all is running well under Win2k. Do you recommend a switch to XP from Win2k, or if it ain't broken, don't fix it?

BTW, Heinz, I went to your website a while back. It looks like you're into 3D graphics. What program do you use?

I did this in 3Dstudio Max
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/7/1400/
 
Hi Chuck, hey I like your graphic the cooling tower is a nice touch. :) I also use 3ds Max, and Photoshop.

If Win2k is running fine then I wouldn't mess. The only reason I went to XP was a work requirement, I really liked Win2k a lot from a stability and consistency standpoint.

I've done Promise & Highpoint RAID setups under WinXP Pro and they are both stable using the latest website drivers. Again the key is to load the latest drivers from the floppy during install, ignore XP telling you it has better drivers, and to override the warning messages that XP spews about the drivers being non-certified.
 
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