Hi, I have SX3 and it has been fine up to now and maybe it is still fine. I recorded 24 tracks at a commercial studio and brought home the 48bit tracks as wav files, loaded them up fine and they are all synced etc but.. When I go to play, they are all erratic and stop and make noises etc. My guess is my box is not strong enough to play them, however I have done this before without a problem. Anyway box is PC4 1GB 2GB RAM Plenty of HD space with 4 externals etc. Yes I know I need to upgrade but at the moment would like to see if this will work. Thanks rock
rock wrote: > Hi, > > I have SX3 and it has been fine up to now and maybe it is still fine. > > I recorded 24 tracks at a commercial studio and brought home the 48bit > tracks as wav files, loaded them up fine and they are all synced etc > but.. 48 bit files? I guess, you rather mean 48 kHz sample rate, as there are no 48 bit audio files - at least not, as far as I know. ;-) The files are more likely 48 kHz sample rate / 24 bit. SX3 should be well capable of playing back 24 tracks in this format without any problems. Could you maybe look up the specs of the files again and post them here? > When I go to play, they are all erratic and stop and make noises etc. > My guess is my box is not strong enough to play them, however I have > done this before without a problem. > > Anyway box is PC4 1GB 2GB RAM Plenty of HD space with 4 externals > etc. Hmm, that probably means a 1 GHz CPU and 2 GB RAM - not much, but should be sufficient for playback without real-time effects. Whatever "plenty of HD space" may mean, it could be possible, that the files on the HD are simply too heavily fragmented. This could lead to problems with playback, since the HD´s read/write "head" needs to move too much between different locations on the disk resulting in such problems, as you described above. Playback of 24 tracks at once causes a lot of "work" for the disk, since uncompressed audio files (.WAV format probably) are quite big. Defrag your HD (the one, that has the OS and programs on it AND the one containing the audio files) and try again after that. Defragging the HD may not be the cure for your problems, but it might help. It won´t be bad in any way... > Yes I know I need to upgrade but at the moment would like to see if > this will work. If you´re going to do work with so many tracks at once, a hardware upgrade will be a good idea. The cheapest route will probably be to find out, which kind and speed of CPU your current mainboard can run, then look for a cheap used CPU of the fastest possible. Old CPUs of this kind can be found on ebay or so quite cheaply - for about 10-20$ and if you can step up to 1,6 or 1,8 GHz, that will be a noticable improvement over the 1 GHz CPU your computer currently uses. 2 GB of RAM is okay, although more would of course be better. ;-) Anyway, it would be good, if you could provide some more information on your computer´s hardware. Important are: - CPU - mainboard model and revision/version - sound card / audio interface An easy way to find out about these facts is to use a small freeware program like "S.I.W.": http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html download the "Stand-alone" version and run it - doesn´t require installation! Go to the "Hardware" section, there you can find "System summary", "Motherboard", "CPU info" and so on. Look up the information and post it here. Besides that, do you have the latest driver versions installed for everything (mainboard chipset, audio card/interface)? As well as the latest SX3 patches available from Steinberg? Phil
Vintage Cubase quest Dear members, Does anyone know where I might find a workable copy of Cubase Audio XT 3.0.4 for classic Mac? On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:16:19 +0200, rock <> wrote: > Hi, > > I have SX3 and it has been fine up to now and maybe it is still fine. > > I recorded 24 tracks at a commercial studio and brought home the 48bit > tracks as wav files, loaded them up fine and they are all synced etc > but.. > > When I go to play, they are all erratic and stop and make noises etc. My > guess is my box is not strong enough to play them, however I have done > this before without a problem. > > Anyway box is PC4 1GB 2GB RAM Plenty of HD space with 4 externals etc. > > Yes I know I need to upgrade but at the moment would like to see if this > will work. > > Thanks > > rock -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Phil W wrote: > rock wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have SX3 and it has been fine up to now and maybe it is still fine. >> >> I recorded 24 tracks at a commercial studio and brought home the 48bit >> tracks as wav files, loaded them up fine and they are all synced etc >> but.. > > 48 bit files? I guess, you rather mean 48 kHz sample rate, as there are no > 48 bit audio files - at least not, as far as I know. ;-) > The files are more likely 48 kHz sample rate / 24 bit. SX3 should be well > capable of playing back 24 tracks in this format without any problems. > Could you maybe look up the specs of the files again and post them here? > >> When I go to play, they are all erratic and stop and make noises etc. >> My guess is my box is not strong enough to play them, however I have >> done this before without a problem. >> >> Anyway box is PC4 1GB 2GB RAM Plenty of HD space with 4 externals >> etc. > > Hmm, that probably means a 1 GHz CPU and 2 GB RAM - not much, but should be > sufficient for playback without real-time effects. > Whatever "plenty of HD space" may mean, it could be possible, that the files > on the HD are simply too heavily fragmented. This could lead to problems > with playback, since the HD´s read/write "head" needs to move too much > between different locations on the disk resulting in such problems, as you > described above. Playback of 24 tracks at once causes a lot of "work" for > the disk, since uncompressed audio files (.WAV format probably) are quite > big. > Defrag your HD (the one, that has the OS and programs on it AND the one > containing the audio files) and try again after that. Defragging the HD may > not be the cure for your problems, but it might help. It won´t be bad in any > way... > >> Yes I know I need to upgrade but at the moment would like to see if >> this will work. > > If you´re going to do work with so many tracks at once, a hardware upgrade > will be a good idea. The cheapest route will probably be to find out, which > kind and speed of CPU your current mainboard can run, then look for a cheap > used CPU of the fastest possible. Old CPUs of this kind can be found on ebay > or so quite cheaply - for about 10-20$ and if you can step up to 1,6 or 1,8 > GHz, that will be a noticable improvement over the 1 GHz CPU your computer > currently uses. > 2 GB of RAM is okay, although more would of course be better. ;-) > > Anyway, it would be good, if you could provide some more information on your > computer´s hardware. > Important are: > - CPU > - mainboard model and revision/version > - sound card / audio interface > > An easy way to find out about these facts is to use a small freeware program > like "S.I.W.": > http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html > > download the "Stand-alone" version and run it - doesn´t require > installation! > > Go to the "Hardware" section, there you can find "System summary", > "Motherboard", "CPU info" and so on. Look up the information and post it > here. > > Besides that, do you have the latest driver versions installed for > everything (mainboard chipset, audio card/interface)? As well as the latest > SX3 patches available from Steinberg? > > > Phil > > I've been away thus the delay to answer. Really appreciate the answer and your time Phil. Yes I am looking at an upgrade altho' I think I do really need to get newer gear so have started to look around at some deals. I found the main cause of my 'stuttering' playback and I feel a fool having to say this, however it was I loaded the files from a dvd and of course it could not keep up. Once I got them onto the HD then it was much better until I started to use some fx so it is when I try to add fx etc, that my set up is weak. Anyway. thank again I will return when I have a new box and hopefully get some help setting it up. best.. rock
rock wrote: > I've been away thus the delay to answer. > > Really appreciate the answer and your time Phil. You´re welcome! ;-) > Yes I am looking at an upgrade altho' I think I do really need to get > newer gear so have started to look around at some deals. Well, as I said, in the meantime, you could look for a CPU-only upgrade for 10-20$ and get a noticable performance boost. It won´t be like a new machine with modern components, but 1,8 GHz is noticably more "power" than 1 GHz. > I found the main cause of my 'stuttering' playback and I feel a fool > having to say this, however it was I loaded the files from a dvd and > of course it could not keep up. hehe ;-) ALWAYS copy your projects to a local HD, before opening it. I just assumed, you had already done that, cause it´s the only realistic way. > Once I got them onto the HD then it was much better until I started to > use some fx so it is when I try to add fx etc, that my set up is weak. The number of fx would be greater, if you put a "bigger" CPU in your existing machine. It also depends on which plug-ins you use, some are more CPU-hungry than others. > Anyway. thank again I will return when I have a new box and hopefully > get some help setting it up. better ask here or somewhere else for advice, what to buy, BEFORE just running to a shop and getting something "that looks like a good deal". Of course, it´s up to you, but I can only encourage you to do so, if you want to spend your money for good stuff, rather than something "suboptimal" ;-) Phil
