New Build Part Deux (Warning!!!)
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From: Here In Oregon on 15 Feb 2010 21:29 "Bob Donald" > Truer words have never been spoken Dave! I just want to know who's climbing > behind there and tangling everything up when I'm not looking, because I > sure didnt leave it that way when I set it up! > > Sorry to hear that HIO, I was going to post that my experience with almost > the same build has been very positive, but then again I'm not using mine > for my DAW. The machine really is flying, but I do need to kick it up to > 8 gigs <at least!>. Right now my main focus is using it for virtual > machines. Hope you get it sorted out without too much pain! > > Bob Thanks Bob for your support.
From: Here In Oregon on 15 Feb 2010 21:30 "Glennbo" > Well there's that ray of Sunshine I knew you would find! ;) > > Sorry for all your troubles, and hope you get them all sorted out. I'm > not > a 64 bit, Windows 7, RME, or 01v96 expert, so I can't be of much help > there. Thanks Glennbo, I am working on getting my RME cards to work in Reaper with no luck as of yet. I am using Reaper because it has such a small footprint and was so easy to configure before.
From: Gerry Peters on 16 Feb 2010 02:10 On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:04:30 -0800, "Here In Oregon" <HIO(a)nospam.net> wrote: >For all of you folks who got jealous regarding my newest computer build you >can rest now and feel good about yourselves once again. I want to blame >this on Romy and Michelle (movie) but my situation is bigger than my huge >"post its" mistake. My problems are ten fold and I am somewhere between >purgatory and hell. Feel any better and you know who you are. I am only >taking the time to write this to warn others not to make some of the same >mistakes I have made. > >1. All of my computer wiring to my old studio computer and my audio gear I >marked with "post its" and wrapped it around the cables to mark where they >go. My studio is professionally wired by someone else and most cables >cannot be traced without tedious removal of "Panduit" parts, etc. Most all >of my "post its" fell off as the glue was insufficient. I watched that >movie last week and when I went to mark my cables I thought "post its". >They failed me. Bad idea and a huge mistake. > >2. The engineer's engineer that I flew out here for two months a few years >ago marked all of my cable with white tape and used a CD marking pen. Most >all of the writing has failed me and is blurry and I cannot make heads or >tails of what the markings say. > >3. My RME 9652 and my 9632 for Win7 64 bit is WDM and everything looks great >but the settings are all foreign now to me as I have been using ASIO all of >these years and I cannot configure it correctly. I am getting sound using a >SPDIF out but *recording* forgetaboutit. Too complicated to even explain. > >4. Win 7 sounds, devices and settings looks great also but foreign to me as >well. > >5. My 01v96 version 2 has three downloads for Win7 64bit and "Studio >Manager" looks foreign to me and I have no idea how to set it up. > >6. Yamaha help opens up my Windows media center with nothing. <giggle> > >7. I am impatient and do not take the time to read manuals and set-up >instructions and when I went to install the RME and Yamaha gear I just flew >by the seat of my pants like I always do so even though stuff looks >installed right, I am questioning whether my complicated installs were done >right. > >8. Win 7 64 bit is foreign to me when it comes to troubleshooting. > >9. I cannot even decide which audio recording program to go with for the >long haul since I am starting over and fresh. Sonar, Pro Tools, Cubase, >Reaper. I do input monitoring and Sonar and Reaper could not handle >anything less than 128 (3ms). I noticed that my RME WDM driver goes down to >32(0.7ms) and with my new rock solid computer I was hoping I could get down >to that or at the least to 64 (1.5). > >Questions??? > >1. Do I burn down the studio because I don't have time for this and am >traveling a lot this year? > >2. Is there someone out there knowledgeable with the aforementioned gear >that wants to visit Oregon and get paid along with all expenses? I can add >some additional work to make it profitable for you. > >I need help bad. Even if you know someone that might be interested please >reply or have them reply to my hereinoregon(a)hotmail.com address. I will >start looking locally tomorrow for someone smarter than me to help me get >out of this abyss. > >I am still stoked about this computer I built which I am using to type this >and I feel confident that I will eventually get to the bottom of everything. >It is just that there are so many problematic variables based on all of the >above hitting me all at once. > >You have been warned! > >HIO > -- > Proverbs Ch.18 Vs.17 Any story sounds true until someone sets the record >straight. Man, sorry to hear about your computer hell. We've all been there before and feel your pain. I've had Jim Roseberry put together my last 3 DAWS. He's a super nice and patient guy. It may be less expensive to have him do some phone consulting or even ship the computer to him to sort out. His website is studiocat.com. He frequents the Sonar forum. My 2nd thought is for you to go back to XP until you can get things working. Also can you just set up your old computer temporarily, get everything running again, mark your cables clearly and then make the transition slower? The worst thing any of us to do is to introduce several new variables simultaneously to an elaborate setup. Then when something goes wrong, it can be a number of things. When your brain gets fried from lots of frustration, it's hard to think clearly enough to troubleshoot. Get the simple stuff working first and then keep adding stuff. Good luck, man. -- Gerry Peters
From: polymod on 16 Feb 2010 12:00 "Steve_Karl" <nospam(a)noway.com> wrote in message news:hle0oo$qbu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Labeling cables: > Print the labels on the remainders of CD labels and cut them out with scissors. > 1/4"(or slightly less) tall by 1/2" is perfect for 1/4" male plugs. > I usually only end up printing 4 or 8 at a time but if I wanted I could > a few hundred on 1 sheet. > ....but THEN make sure to use some clear packing tape to wrap over the label. > They'll last 20 yrs. or more and still be readable. Nice tip Steve. Thanks! Poly
From: Here In Oregon on 16 Feb 2010 13:21
"Gerry Peters" > Man, sorry to hear about your computer hell. We've all been there > before and feel your pain. I've had Jim Roseberry put together my last > 3 DAWS. He's a super nice and patient guy. It may be less expensive to > have him do some phone consulting or even ship the computer to him to > sort out. His website is studiocat.com. He frequents the Sonar forum. > > My 2nd thought is for you to go back to XP until you can get things > working. Also can you just set up your old computer temporarily, get > everything running again, mark your cables clearly and then make the > transition slower? > > The worst thing any of us to do is to introduce several new variables > simultaneously to an elaborate setup. Then when something goes wrong, > it can be a number of things. When your brain gets fried from lots of > frustration, it's hard to think clearly enough to troubleshoot. Get > the simple stuff working first and then keep adding stuff. > > Good luck, man. > -- > Gerry Peters Thanks Gerry, I have known who Jim Roseberry is for at least fifteen years and maybe back to the Compuserve days and have had written communication via newsgroups and what have you. I build computers extremely well and would put my machines up with the best DAW builders out there. I cannot go back to XP because I am in love with my new computer unlike any computer I have built before and I have built many for myself and others. This thing is smoking fast, running cooler than I ever expected and totally stable. I could never go back. I have an additional five other computers here at my house/studio running XP and two interconnected to my main DAW providing a myriad of side tasks. I will make this work for audio recording or it will be the death of me. <g> > The worst thing any of us to do is to introduce several new variables > simultaneously to an elaborate setup. Then when something goes wrong, it > can be a number of things. Yes, this was my biggest mistake and in the future I will be more careful. I am impatient and work real fast. The engineer I spoke about was my polar opposite and I learned a lot from him but he was as slow as a seven year itch (sorry) and cost me a small fortune. Now realizing hind sight is 20/20, I should have been more methodical and careful. I dunno, I guess I got excited and just wanted to blast through this because of time issues. Someone from these newsgroups has referred an engineer that might be able to help me. I have not contacted him yet but will touch bases. I did have success with the 01v96 version 2 getting synced up and running late yesterday afternoon, so we will see. I use the O1v96 mostly as a control surface as I need actual faders when I mix. Sonar is not friendly with Yamaha gear, (I wonder why) and it took me almost as long and hard as getting our current Congress to pass an act to get it working well as a control surface. |