RedEyz
I have a AMD K62-500Mhz, 512M SDRam and a SB PCI 128
Atomic runs through my 4.1 surround speakers with a mono Y Split and my headphones. Everything sounds totally wicked while I just mix stuff together on a regular - but if I try to record it I get chops, bumps, blips, bleeps and all kindsa stuff.
Any idea on how I can have this not happen? Recording with an external program [Wavelab] didn't seem to solve the problem.
I'm think my PC is just too damn slow...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. =)
Atomic runs through my 4.1 surround speakers with a mono Y Split and my headphones. Everything sounds totally wicked while I just mix stuff together on a regular - but if I try to record it I get chops, bumps, blips, bleeps and all kindsa stuff.
Any idea on how I can have this not happen? Recording with an external program [Wavelab] didn't seem to solve the problem.
I'm think my PC is just too damn slow...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. =)
Posted Fri 10 May 02 @ 10:44 am
Grimm
Your problem could be a combination of your hard drive (and or controller card) and the speed of your computer.
A K6 isn't exactly the newest cpu around, and if I'm not mistaken, your motherboards IDE controller card is probably only a ATA-33. Thats pretty slow, and having the cpu accessing the hard drive to read a file, playback the file, alter the audio by whatever settings you may be running (EQ, Volume, Gain, Tempo, Effects, etc), then at the same time having it write to the hard drive can be *very* cpu intensive.
Add to that the slow access speed to the hard drive, and you more then likely get the problems you have.
The only suggestions I can give are these.
1. Close all running programs before you use Atomix to record a mix. Any program, even minimized, can steal cpu cycles away from Atomix.
2. Try a fresh OS install with all the latest drivers. With Windoze, this seem to help alot. It sure did for me. ;)
3. Upgrade to a newer computer. If you can build your own, or are not afraid to, check out http://www.pricewatch.com for the cheapest prices around. You can get a new mobo and cpu for under $100 and resuse most of your current hardware.
Grimm
A K6 isn't exactly the newest cpu around, and if I'm not mistaken, your motherboards IDE controller card is probably only a ATA-33. Thats pretty slow, and having the cpu accessing the hard drive to read a file, playback the file, alter the audio by whatever settings you may be running (EQ, Volume, Gain, Tempo, Effects, etc), then at the same time having it write to the hard drive can be *very* cpu intensive.
Add to that the slow access speed to the hard drive, and you more then likely get the problems you have.
The only suggestions I can give are these.
1. Close all running programs before you use Atomix to record a mix. Any program, even minimized, can steal cpu cycles away from Atomix.
2. Try a fresh OS install with all the latest drivers. With Windoze, this seem to help alot. It sure did for me. ;)
3. Upgrade to a newer computer. If you can build your own, or are not afraid to, check out http://www.pricewatch.com for the cheapest prices around. You can get a new mobo and cpu for under $100 and resuse most of your current hardware.
Grimm
Posted Fri 10 May 02 @ 12:57 pm
Thanks for the info... I figured as much as putting a new PC together. I'm in the process of saving up for parts as it is.
Planning on an XP 2.0+ with a gig of DDR 333 and a 120GB Maxtor drive. I know that's gonna solve my problems. =)
I just though if I could do something in the mean time it owuld have been nice.
Thanks.
Posted Mon 13 May 02 @ 2:58 am
Good thing when you don't log in huh?
Posted Mon 13 May 02 @ 2:58 am
trip_likeido
that system is a wet dream
Posted Mon 13 May 02 @ 5:22 am
Grimm
Wait till I get a P4 2.4 with the 533 bus. 8)
Posted Mon 13 May 02 @ 7:13 am