Hi there
Sorry for taking so long to reply, I was off for a few days. No. You shouldn't have to delete the old folder and songs, I think you can install into another or the same folder. n-track should register the new location as the correct one.
I'm on murky ground here, I'm not on 3.0 and not planning to be anytime soon. I'm not even a registered user, and I'm only using the demo. I've tinkered around with n-track extensively at a friend's place though, where we jam.
To answer an earlier question in the thread... Network server setting on computer role is actually way better than 'Desktop computer'. IT allows for smaller buffer sizes and manages caches more effectively. Don't touch it.
24 bit playback stresses a hard disk subsystem very much, as well as the PCI bus. The motherboard and CPU combination you've mentioned seem OK.
A few questions: Are you using the onboard sound? I guess that's problem No. 1. Try disabling it if you don't really need it. You'll find the option in your BIOS, under 'Onboard Peripheral Resource control' or something like that. I guess you're using the onboard for SB compatibility, which you may really not need if you don't use old DOS games.
Problem #2 is that the modem and the onboard sound are sharing the same IRQ. That can cause severe corruption in audio. To solve, either shift the modem to another slot, or get an external modem, or disable the onboard audio. I see COM2 is free, disabling that will free up an IRQ.
Problem #3 is the disabled Midi. Again, not a major problem and may not be causing the skipping. Try reinstalling the driver, use the CD that came with the motherboard and install the audio driver. Should be OK now... If you want the onboard for MIDI, there's no way you're going to be able to disable the onboard. disabling primary audio will disable the MIDI automatically...
I've known networks can cause audio corruption sometimes. Try disconnecting the second computer (not really sure you have one connected, but looks like that) while recording/playback.
To try a reinstall, do this: Navigate to c:\windows\options\install, and click on setup.exe. Don't put in any CD-ROMs, drivers, nothing. Just let the computer look for files that are missing. Note down the names of these files (I'm guessing there won't be many, if any) and let me know.
You've got many devices crowding the computer up... The Sound is sharing with the USB, the SCSI controller (what's on this, BTW?)
Get the latest VIA 4-in-1 drivers for the motherboard. Try
www.viaarena.com or
www.viahardware.com (you'll have to poke around a bit here). Your drivers aren't very old, but not very new either (drivers are dated April which would be 4.28 or 4.30 i think). Old versions of the driver can cause audio corruption, it's a known and common problem.
Try and disable some stuff you don't need. There's a huge number of mostly useless things running, and ME doesn't take much time fill your system with a load of bull. Try switching off some stuff in msconfig, etc. Display utilities are rarely needed unless you're in a business where you have to switch between modes frequently (web design, for example)...
Other examples would be System Restore (if you're comfortable with switching that off), Taskmonitor, Anti-virus programs (not that I can see any running), and Win Mgmt. All these can cause problems with audio.
Lastly, get all updates for your computer, from the microsoft website. Might help get some improvement in general performance.
More later, see if the above is any help. Also check out my reply to CPU redlining in the same forum. Lots of help for overburdened CPUs and generally bad playback. Specially note post on buffer sizes and driver issues, with WDM/ASIO drivers...
Sang
