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subtlerage
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Hello...
I've looked everywhere else and have had no luck finding an answer to this problem, so I'm hoping maybe somebody on here can help.
I'm getting audio glitches when recording simple 2 track audio to my computer. It started ever since I upgraded. I used to run with a 200mmx with 128MB ram and a 3.1GB Western Digital Drive using an awe64 in Windows 95. I've upgraded to a 500mhz K6-2 with 128MB ram and a 15GB 7200rpm Maxtor drive using a Lexicon Core2 in Windows 98.
The glitches are like a "skipping" effect. I've got a short 50k MP3 to demonstrate it, if anyone is interested:
So, what have I tried so far?
-I've set the virtual memory size to prevent resizing of the swap file. I've tried setting it anywhere from 16MB to 128MB, with no luck.
-Auto insert notification is switched off on both of my CD-ROMs.
-I've disabled write-behind caching for all drives.
-I've disabled double buffering
-I defrag regularly, and never record with more than 1% fragmentation.
-All virus software is shut down. In fact I ctrl-alt-del to see what's currently running and shut down everything except explorer before even loading Sound Forge.
-Finally, I've run scan disk and other disk diagnostics on the Maxtor, and all come out OK.
At this point, I'm out of ideas. I figure since these glitches didn't exist before building the new system, perhaps it's being cause by something new in the PC. The only new components that could cause audio glitching that I could see are the Maxtor and perhaps Windows 98 itself? Unfortunately I don't have another hard drive that I could use as a test, and I don't want to spend the money for another one unless I really have to.
SO...if any of you kind folks have any suggestions, I'm all ears.
Thanks!
-Andrew
I've looked everywhere else and have had no luck finding an answer to this problem, so I'm hoping maybe somebody on here can help.

I'm getting audio glitches when recording simple 2 track audio to my computer. It started ever since I upgraded. I used to run with a 200mmx with 128MB ram and a 3.1GB Western Digital Drive using an awe64 in Windows 95. I've upgraded to a 500mhz K6-2 with 128MB ram and a 15GB 7200rpm Maxtor drive using a Lexicon Core2 in Windows 98.
The glitches are like a "skipping" effect. I've got a short 50k MP3 to demonstrate it, if anyone is interested:
So, what have I tried so far?
-I've set the virtual memory size to prevent resizing of the swap file. I've tried setting it anywhere from 16MB to 128MB, with no luck.
-Auto insert notification is switched off on both of my CD-ROMs.
-I've disabled write-behind caching for all drives.
-I've disabled double buffering
-I defrag regularly, and never record with more than 1% fragmentation.
-All virus software is shut down. In fact I ctrl-alt-del to see what's currently running and shut down everything except explorer before even loading Sound Forge.
-Finally, I've run scan disk and other disk diagnostics on the Maxtor, and all come out OK.
At this point, I'm out of ideas. I figure since these glitches didn't exist before building the new system, perhaps it's being cause by something new in the PC. The only new components that could cause audio glitching that I could see are the Maxtor and perhaps Windows 98 itself? Unfortunately I don't have another hard drive that I could use as a test, and I don't want to spend the money for another one unless I really have to.
SO...if any of you kind folks have any suggestions, I'm all ears.

Thanks!
-Andrew