The Final Curtain for Omni I/O & Delta-66!

[mark4man]

I have clarifed my recurrence of static distortion through process of elimination; & this is my last shot in the discussion forums prior to the equipment goin' out window. I am running CWPA9 using an M-Audio Omni I/O Desktop Audio Station & Delta-66 PCI Card. When I record audio tracks in Cakewalk, they get corrupted with a static, crackling noise. The gain of the noise is directly proportional to the waveform (loud when the audio is loud, soft when the audio is soft.) The waveform looks normal. The noise can't be heard monitoring the track during recording, but this does not appear to be a playback problem, in that it always sounds excactly the same (I think it is embedded in the track as it is recorded.) Direct Show Audio settings are per M-Audio & Cakewalk recommendations. Delta Contarol Panel settings are per M-Audio recommendations. It happens with every microphone I own. It happens when I record MIDI as audio from my sound module (Roland JV-1010.) I have swiched cables; & rerouted them away from my monitor & other equipment. I have moved the Card to other PCI Slots; & it now only shares an IRQ assignment (3) with my modem, which has been disabled. I don't think it's a ground loop because it doesn't happen all the time (only 75% of the time.)

I know this sounds like a quiz, but I sure am in need of some serious help. It's a real letdown to record a near perfect track, only to find out it sounds like static paper crunching. Thanks.

Sincerely,

mark4man

 

[heinz]

You didn't mention which operating system you use, but is it WinXP or Win2k? If so, is there a way to force MME drivers instead of WDM? If possible (don't know about the Deltas) it would be an interesting test.

Have the M-Audio people been able to help?

 

[TheWewus]

Fixing Omni Studio

Ok This is something I heard from a guy named Billy Buck, you might be able to contact him at DigeFreg.com. What he says is reinstall Windows but use Standard PC Mode instead of ACPI mode, you have to watch during installation and when it says press F6 press F5 and scroll down and select Standard PC Mode. This prevents any IRQ conflicts. I know you said you had taken measures to prevent this already but Billy Buck has the same setup you described and he says it works very well indeed.

So try what I said, and by the way if you haven't upgraded to Windows XP, try that and try installing in Standard PC Mode instead of ACPI.
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[Lopp]

FWIW:

I seem to recall having a similar prob with CW9 and the 66. The prob occurred when I left a 66 input selected for an already recorded track while recording with the same input for another track.

Matt

 

[mark4man]

Oh Well...

I pulled the damn thing & went back to Creative (Audigy Platinum eX.) Thanks to everybody.

mark4man