Quattro....(Sigh)

[bassmanb]

Okay, against posts that have said not to do it, I did it anyway. I bought the M-Audio Quattro (Sigh). So, in Sonar I can only use the MME driver. (Sigh) 1 in / 1out (Sigh). However, I am doing this with a laptop that has a single microphone in and a headphone out. The 2 song ideas my buddy and I recorded so far sound really good just with that. So If I use the 1 in on the Quattro, wouldn't that be the same as left (1 in) and right (1 in)?

I am really happy with Sonar 2.0 so far and since it cost sooooo much to get to that point (in upgrades) and the $260 I dropped on the Quattro, I really don't want to try to learn a new recording software. (Just now starting to learn Sonar.)

Is the Logic Delta that I got free with Quattro any good? It uses the ASIO driver and they say it works (Hmmmph).

When the money allows I will buy some pro stuff but again my laptop is working great so far and IF I can get the Quattro to work well (even with 1 stereo in) then I can be happy.

Does anyone know if the Quattro will someday have WDM drivers? or Do the WDM drivers from the other M-Audio products work with Quattro? or Can I or someone else write a WDM driver for this thing? AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHH I just want something to work without me going broke! (Sigh)

 

[brzilian]

Since there is no way to sync the clock crystal on the Quattro with the crystal on your onboard soundcard, the two recorded tracks will slowly drift apart and eventually be out of sync.

 

[rcktdg]

Holy Cow!!!

I accidentally clicked on this topic and the last post was the answer to a question I have had about why my drum tracks seem to drift slightly out of time toward the end of some songs.

I use a guitar port to record guitar parts and scratch vocals but I must record the drum machine with the laptop sound card. Toward the end of the song I can look at the Audio view and see a difference in the attack of the note and the beat on the grid. Son of a gun, I bet that's the problem.

I record guitar/vox with the drum machine first and then record the drum track last. I have had to go back and record parts by punching in the drums at the beginning of each section. That usually keeps the drift minimal. I could just record the drum machine first and then track gtr/vox to that. I wonder how consistant the drift would be?

Thanks, RD