[ddots-l] Re: Configuring my pc for sonar

I think an Echo Indigo or something similar would be a better bhoice
for a laptop, USB=20
is not a good choice for low latency applications such as music.

well, I use a M-audio Transit USB audio interface myself, I also used
a M-audio Ozone.

=46or me, I can accomodate it, but maybe it's not acceptable for others.


On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:33:45 -0500, you wrote:

>BTW, Dancing Dots does carry that TASCAM USB122.  Just ordered one for
>evaluation here but have not yet tried it.  Hearing good things about it
>though and will report as soon as I can.
>
>Bill
>=20
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=
 On
>Behalf Of Gordon Kent
>Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:55 PM
>To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Configuring my pc for sonar
>
>Well, that would probably be because the internal sound card in your =
laptop
>just isn't up to it.  You might want to consider something like the =
tascam
>us122 usb interface, or, I just got a behrenger bca2000 usb2 audio and =
midi
>interface, which is great if your computer has a USB II port.
>Gord
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Malver, Michael (MN65)" <Michael.Malver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 8:30 AM
>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Configuring my pc for sonar
>
>
>I recorded at 22.5 khz because I figured the disk space the files took =
up
>would be smaller, and because the mike I have is so cheap, I figured IO
>didn't need cd quality..
>The soundcard in the laptop is a conexant ac - link audio device.  When =
I
>export my sound file to a wav, it sounds fine. The problem happens when =
I
>record, and it simultaniously plays back the sound.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=
 On
>Behalf Of Gordon Kent
>Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:52 PM
>To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Configuring my pc for sonar
>
>
>What sound card are you using?  Why would you record at 22.5khz?  Any =
system
>
>made nowadays should be able to record 4 tracks of audio with no problem=
 at
>all, provided that you are using a sound card that is a cut above a =
sound
>blaster or soundmax card.
>Gord
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Malver, Michael (MN65)" <Michael.Malver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:29 PM
>Subject: [ddots-l] Configuring my pc for sonar
>
>
>Last night, I created my first piece of music.  Because I know there are
>readers with a wide range of sensabilities, I won't print all the lyrics
>here. I will say this much.  It consisted of four vocal tracks which =
created
>a four part harmony: consisted of two bars and four words: the first =
word
>was "this" and the last word was "test."  I have not hooked up my midi
>equipment yet. I did uninstall norton and some other nasties from the
>taskbar. My whole purpose in doing this was to simply record something. =
I
>didn't worry much about levels: I just set the frequency to 22.5 and the=
 bit
>depth to 16.  I found thatthat when I recorded the forth track, the =
other
>three tracks which were playing back as I recorderded were very choppy, =
and
>the whole meter of my groundbreaking work was lost.  My question is =
this:
>Are there any good sites on the net which discuss the compromises one =
can
>make to create a machine to work decently with audio, while still =
realizing
>that the machine will mainly be used for school homework and other =
things. I
>have already had a list member vollunteer to assist me, and though I =
will
>most likely take him u p on it, I'd like to understand the issues and
>trouble shooting techniques myself, so I can be a smarter wiser person. =
I
>don't want to clutter the list with spacific suggestions which might =
apply
>to me, as I'm sure most of you have been through this already, but if =
there
>are helpful links people have found, feel free to post them. Thanks in
>advance.also, is there a program which will let me stop services which =
are
>running? I don't want to go through the hastle of unchecking lots of =
stuff
>in msconfig, then rebooting, then rechecking them when my work is done
>unless I absolutely must.
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