corrupt@The Telenator wrote:
First of all, I note that no matter how nice your machines, it appears everyone here is using Podium on a single CPU core, which is just asking for trouble. Do I understand correctly that one PC is a monster quad-core i7 and is being used with the free version of Podium? That’s a little like driving a Rolls on a muddy footpath in a moor.
stress testing 😉
corruptThanks for the responses and tips everyone. I haven’t had good results with asio4all with this device yet. I originally had it installed but wasn’t getting any audio through the device until I completely uninstalled then installed the latest M-Audio drivers. There seem to be a few hardware revisions of Fast Track. I’m currently using the original Fast Track but I’ll likely replace it with something else soon since it seems a bit quirky at times.
corrupt@Zynewave wrote:
If you’re using the latest Podium Free 2.42 version, then it should be possible by bypassing the input mapping on the track. Podium 2.37 had this new feature:
“The input bypass button has been changed to only disable monitoring instead of disabling recording. An audio input that is monitored through external hardware can thus be silenced in the Podium mixer during recording.”
I’m not sure why that didn’t seem obvious… Thanks 🙂
corruptThanks for the response 🙂 . I’ll try to clarify a bit. I’m currently using a USB M-Audio Fast Track interface with the M-Audio ASIO drivers (although I may pick up a different device soon). The interface has a mix control that allows me to mix the playback and live audio to separate amplified speakers (or headphones if I’m recording using a mic). unfortunately, I do get a bit of latency with the output through Podium. The latency does not seem to be in the recorded output if I play along to recorded tracks while listening to the live playing (or at least minimal differences). If I listen to the live output through Podium however while recording the result is tracks that are out of sync. The higher the latency/buffer setting, the worse it seems to get. Not to mention how much it will play with your mind if you’re trying to record a rhythm track while hearing the output slightly behind your playing. Using a VST effect to reduce the gain seems to add a slight amount of latency – not too noticable with a couple simple tracks but tracks seem to be a bit out of sync when using multiple VST effects on existing tracks while recording a new track at the same time. Due to lack of multi-processing in the free version? Maybe driver issues? After playing back a few times and recording a few tracks I also find that the audio suddenly becomes extremely distorted. Closing and reopening Podium and continuing with the same settings seems to temporarily resolve the issue…
basic PC specs: i7 860 (2.80GHz Quad core), 8GB memory, Windows 7 64-bit (running 32 bit)