podxt+kx+cubase+kt133a+xp=my insomnia

klaarn · May 9, 2003, 07:40 AM

i have done a lot of reading on this, but haven't found much, so i'm posting for help... i *have* done my homework...

i normally use a motu 896 to work in cubase sx, but i brought my pc home from the studio to mix at my house. i have an sblive card, and had ugly latency issues, so i tried to find asio drivers... came across the kx drivers. great speed in the gui but horrible audio playback (distortion, pitch alterative, speed alteration etc) so i thought it was a driver issue...

i then began to read up on the kt133a via / a7v133 issues, since i have such a board. i applied the newest bios updates, 4 in 1 patch, and george's latency patch to no avail. i finally gave up and said that i would try my podxt's asio drivers. well, guess what? the exact same horrible feedback is overwhelming no matter what asio i use, with the sblive or the podxt (which interfaces through usb, not pci) so... i'm at a COMPLETE friggin' loss as to wtf to do, and i'm kind of going crazy...

i'm running winxp, cubase sx, 1.5 gigs of pc133 ram, acpi off, athalon 1.3 ghz, optimized for background services, lots of virtual ram, and extra hd space (165 gigs ata100) and i'm about to pull my hair out. the worst part is, the pod and kx driver work find in say, winamp. but asio wiggs out. steinberg's forums are a joke, so i'm trying to find help, and you guys know your stuff, so... any advice (short of "go buy new this or that" would be appreciated). if i used the multimedia or directx driver in cubase, the aduio plays but then i have horrible gui lag issues and overall audio latency issues... it's ridiculous because my 1.3 ghz machine is driving like i'm trying to do all of this on an old p120.

thanks in advance.

- aaron

edwardar · May 10, 2003, 10:45 PM

Hi,

I also have an ASUS A7V133, the problem I experienced (with both kX and Creative drivers) was a random crackling/popping sound - is this what you're getting?

I heard that swapping the soundcard to different PCI slots can help with this, but it didn't seem to do anything for me.

I fixed my crackling by increasing the "PCI Latency Timer" option in the BIOS from 32 to 64. The other thing I noticed was that if I was using software cooling (like CPUIdle) the problem was made much worse.

As for the POD, I use a POD 2.3 with a standard 1/4" lead to my livedrive, a simpler solution! I heard that Line 6 really messed up the XT by releasing it long before any software was ready.

Sorry if you've heard all that before - hope you can get it sorted and get some sleep again...

Ed

PS I should say what I actually use:

Win XP Pro
Athlon XP 1800+
ASUS A7V133, BIOS 1010_01b
SB Live! + Livedrive II
SB Audigy
Cubase SX 1.05.61
kX Drivers 3532

klaarn · May 11, 2003, 03:58 AM

i woudln't call it popping or crackling... it's actually distorting the adio (pitch speed) and the problem depends on how many channels i monitor... it may have to do with my memory or something but i don't think it's a kx problem or a pod problem since it happens no matter whether i use the pci card or the usb pod, so it's either a cubase problem or some other hardware like memory perhaps... or, i've thought it ocould have to do with the asio standard itself, since when i use my motu 896 i don't have that issue...

May 9, 2003, 07:40 AM	#1
klaarn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	podxt+kx+cubase+kt133a+xp=my insomnia i have done a lot of reading on this, but haven't found much, so i'm posting for help... i have done my homework... i normally use a motu 896 to work in cubase sx, but i brought my pc home from the studio to mix at my house. i have an sblive card, and had ugly latency issues, so i tried to find asio drivers... came across the kx drivers. great speed in the gui but horrible audio playback (distortion, pitch alterative, speed alteration etc) so i thought it was a driver issue... i then began to read up on the kt133a via / a7v133 issues, since i have such a board. i applied the newest bios updates, 4 in 1 patch, and george's latency patch to no avail. i finally gave up and said that i would try my podxt's asio drivers. well, guess what? the exact same horrible feedback is overwhelming no matter what asio i use, with the sblive or the podxt (which interfaces through usb, not pci) so... i'm at a COMPLETE friggin' loss as to wtf to do, and i'm kind of going crazy... i'm running winxp, cubase sx, 1.5 gigs of pc133 ram, acpi off, athalon 1.3 ghz, optimized for background services, lots of virtual ram, and extra hd space (165 gigs ata100) and i'm about to pull my hair out. the worst part is, the pod and kx driver work find in say, winamp. but asio wiggs out. steinberg's forums are a joke, so i'm trying to find help, and you guys know your stuff, so... any advice (short of "go buy new this or that" would be appreciated). if i used the multimedia or directx driver in cubase, the aduio plays but then i have horrible gui lag issues and overall audio latency issues... it's ridiculous because my 1.3 ghz machine is driving like i'm trying to do all of this on an old p120. thanks in advance. - aaron

May 10, 2003, 10:45 PM	#2
edwardar HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	a7v133 Hi, I also have an ASUS A7V133, the problem I experienced (with both kX and Creative drivers) was a random crackling/popping sound - is this what you're getting? I heard that swapping the soundcard to different PCI slots can help with this, but it didn't seem to do anything for me. I fixed my crackling by increasing the "PCI Latency Timer" option in the BIOS from 32 to 64. The other thing I noticed was that if I was using software cooling (like CPUIdle) the problem was made much worse. As for the POD, I use a POD 2.3 with a standard 1/4" lead to my livedrive, a simpler solution! I heard that Line 6 really messed up the XT by releasing it long before any software was ready. Sorry if you've heard all that before - hope you can get it sorted and get some sleep again... Ed PS I should say what I actually use: Win XP Pro Athlon XP 1800+ ASUS A7V133, BIOS 1010_01b SB Live! + Livedrive II SB Audigy Cubase SX 1.05.61 kX Drivers 3532 Last edited by edwardar; May 10, 2003 at 10:53 PM.

May 11, 2003, 03:58 AM	Thread Starter #3
klaarn DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	i woudln't call it popping or crackling... it's actually distorting the adio (pitch speed) and the problem depends on how many channels i monitor... it may have to do with my memory or something but i don't think it's a kx problem or a pod problem since it happens no matter whether i use the pci card or the usb pod, so it's either a cubase problem or some other hardware like memory perhaps... or, i've thought it ocould have to do with the asio standard itself, since when i use my motu 896 i don't have that issue...