unsuccessful multitracking with CEP and Delta 44

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I'm trying to record 4 different mono tracks at once with CEP 1.2 and its not working too well.

Heres what I'm working with-
Mackie mixer 1604 vlz pro, I'm using the the 4 sub outs and going into a delta 44. I've had the delta for a month or so, and its been great. But this was my first try at recording 4 tracks simultaneously. (I'm trying to record drums -> 2 overheads, a kick, and a snare)

Whats happening when I assign 4 tracks from the mixer to each input is, the tracks coming from input 1 and 2 are recording fine, but the tracks from inputs 3 and 4 appear to be recording twice as fast. When I hit stop, the tracks assigned to 1 and 2 play back fine, but random static and garbage is left in the tracks assigned to 3 and 4.

Here's what I've tried-
I can record from any input one at a time just fine.

I can record from inputs 1 and 2 at the same time -or- from inputs 3 and 4.

When I try to record from 2 and 3 though, the track assigned to 2 records fine, but the track assigned to input 3 does that same crap again. (appears to record twice as fast, but then results in just noise and static) The same applies to the comniations of 1 and 3, 1 and 4, 2 and 4

I'm pretty sure its not a problem with the Mackie. I dont know if its a sound card problem or a CEP problem. I thought it was a cool edit problem so I posted here. I also figured if it wasnt a CE problem, since you CE users are more familiar with the software I'm looking at, you'd be more able to understand my poor descriptions of whats going on.

btw, I've been reading the boards here for about 6 months now, and I've never had a question that hasnt already been answered. (until now anyway) I just want to say thanks to everyone that has ever posted here because I've sure learned a lot.

Colin
 
Hey thanks for the sugestions! I got some of those tweaks to work, but I think the operating system the article was written for must have been different from mine, because nothing was where the article told me to go (I'm running XP pro). I found some of the settings elsewhere though. It didn't fix my main problem, but my computer seems to be running smoother!

Heres my computer specs if that helps
PIII, 1.0 GHZ, 512Mb ram, 40gig 7200RPM hard drive (not partitioned), its not a beast of a machine, but it can hang with the big boys

Thank you for your suggestion F_cksia, if you can think of any more I'd love to hear em. Because I'm stumped.

Colin
 
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