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My Apologies for the slight misnaming, I’ll thrash myself later for the mistake 😆

I’ve got a report for you, it does seem to differ slightly from what Max is getting:

Podium audio manager status report
Log period: 18/05/2006 17:24:47 – 18/05/2006 17:48:59

ASIO device: E-MU ASIO
– Supported clock sources: Internal, S/PDIF, ADAT, Sync
– Current clock source: Internal
– Supported sample rates: 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000
– Current sample rate: 44100
– Input channels: 4 (1111)
– Output channels: 2 (11)
– Input/Output latency, buffer size: 514/458, 440
– PerformanceCounter: 3579545 Hz
– ASIO sample types: 18, 18

ASIO driver status:
– ASIO sample position gaps: 35 (440)

Audio stream buffer errors:
– Output buffer skip count: 35

End of report

Hope this means something. I’m off to the Emu forum now to answer a few questions and post a link to this topic…

Thanks
Technophobia 8)

Thanks for the answers Frit’s & Max

I have just vented my anger over at an Emu forum. These cards have a great sound and would be excellant if Emu would pull there finger out and deliver on drivers… 😡

Oh well, I’ll just have to limit the damage somehow.

Technophobia 8)

Hi Frit’s

❓ I need some more clarification on the CPU indicator, if that’s Ok ?

I tried tracking down and killing all known background tasks and general pain software hooks. I’ll clarify what is happening a bit better this time.

Podium program open and a project loaded and arrangement open. Even if I leave Podium as is and do not start playback/recording I get the CPU indicator flashing red for about a second every 44 seconds approx. It doesn’t actually show up as a CPU value in the indicator, i.e. it remains at 0% but flashes red briefly…?
I don’t seem to be suffering from audio dropouts/asio problems but it is a bit disconcerting to see the red flash when I’m actually running it at about 40% max CPU.
I have also utilised the Windows resource monitor to see if it shows up CPU use but, it doesn’t seem to show any abnormal use.

Is this a normal thing for Podium to do (I doubt it) ?

Can you do a special version for me that doesn’t show up the red flash 😆

Any ideas…

I’m going to start to tinker around with my Emu 1820m to see if it’s causing a problem somehow. I’ll get back to you.

P.S. I have already altered the PCI latency settings for my Graphics card so it doesn’t hog the bus.

P.P.S. How is the Z-reverb progressing ?

Technophobia 8)

Ah! I see.

However, if the MIDI file in the List Browser is then dragged to a track doesn’t that create a link from the List to the Arrangement ❓

If that is not the case at present, could it be in a future development ❓

Technophobia 8)

Thanks Max,

I must admit that I have read up on the EMU cards on various forums in the past. The various problems that people have experienced have not been a problem to me, but then, I am running a windows system that is much reduced in “Gates” clutter by using 2000Lite. I also have the latest drivers for the EMU which others report as being stable. 🙂

I think the answer lies in the fact that having to re-install windows has left me still setting up various parts of windows to minimise impact on running Audio applications. There is something I am missing that is utilising the CPU but I’ll track it down and kill it.. 😉

Thanks anyway for the pointers Max & Conquistador.

Technophobia 8)

@Max.

Yes. I am working with an EMU 1820m set to 10ms latency.

I recently had a Win’ 2000 crash and had to re-install completely, so at the moment I am going thru’ setting everything up. As I recall, on the previous setup, I don’t think I saw the same sort of spike as I am seeing now…strange

Anyhow, got the latest drivers for the 1820m and I’ve set it up as before. Presumably you’re aware of something about the card stealing some CPU time ❓
Any info you can pass on will be hugely welcomed.

Technophobia
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