crackle and midi problem in sx3, not in sx2

protok · Nov 22, 2005, 12:32 PM

Aloha people,

first: mad props to the kx-crew, if it wasnt for you i would have bombed the creative headquarters...

then my problem:

i used to make music with cubase sx2, no problems at all. 2 ms latency was no problem, i used 5 ms because i found 2 ms to be too insane to be true... Now that i've switched to sx3 i'm having all sorts of irritating problems. First: i'm having crackle/pops during playback, even with the most simple plugins. Also at some points the audio plays back so slow everything sounds very... robotic... even 40 ms doesnt even solve this. I've tuned my pc for audio, also set the process priorities to realtime, so that should be okay. Oh, restarting cubase solves the robotic problem.

Midi is being nasty as well, it stops working after a 10 minutes orso, and a reset in cubase doenst help. what does help is playing with the kx asio driver in cubase, not changing anything, just playing with it. then it works again, but not long enough...

Does anyone know if this is a bug in sx3, or that i'm doing something completely wrong?

setup:
cubase sx3
kx drivers, duh...
pentium 4 2,5 ghz, intel
1 gig ram
180 gig hd, raid so fast enough
windows xp, sp2, clean install.
there's also a audigy 2 in the system, but i only use it for the surround feature, i dont want to replug calbes

thanks for your time,
cheerio!

Zulus · Nov 23, 2005, 02:56 AM

You'll have to be more specific...

I use kX driver 3538i (via ProFX plugins released 11/06/2003) with Steinberg's Cubase SX v3.1.1.944 with no problems.

----Hardware / Software configuration---------------
Driver Name:kX Audio Driver (Debug)
Driver Date: Jul 14 2005 17:03:16
Driver Version: 5.10.00.3538 - debug
DB Name:none
SB0238 10k2 [c000]
PCI Information:
Device: 41102 Subsys: 5c1102 ChipRev: 3
Card is '10k2'
Card has MPU device
Card model is '5.1'
Card HAS AC97 codec
Codec name: SigmaTel STAC9721/23
3D Extension: SigmaTel 3D Enhancement
Codec is 2.0 compliant
Capabilities[6940] :
DAC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit-
ADC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit-
Ext Capabilities [200]: -slot/DAC mappings-
Port: c000 Irq: 0x9(9)
Playback buffer: 20a0
Record buffer: 4000
Number of AC3 buffers: 4
Tank memory: 256 kb
GSIF buffer: 256 samples
OS version: [2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 156 148]

protok · Nov 23, 2005, 10:10 AM

Zulus, you're a genius!

seeing that you use the 3538 version made me think: why not use an older driver... so, using 3534 -> problem solved...

thanks mate!

Nov 22, 2005, 12:32 PM	#1
protok DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	crackle and midi problem in sx3, not in sx2 Aloha people, first: mad props to the kx-crew, if it wasnt for you i would have bombed the creative headquarters... then my problem: i used to make music with cubase sx2, no problems at all. 2 ms latency was no problem, i used 5 ms because i found 2 ms to be too insane to be true... Now that i've switched to sx3 i'm having all sorts of irritating problems. First: i'm having crackle/pops during playback, even with the most simple plugins. Also at some points the audio plays back so slow everything sounds very... robotic... even 40 ms doesnt even solve this. I've tuned my pc for audio, also set the process priorities to realtime, so that should be okay. Oh, restarting cubase solves the robotic problem. Midi is being nasty as well, it stops working after a 10 minutes orso, and a reset in cubase doenst help. what does help is playing with the kx asio driver in cubase, not changing anything, just playing with it. then it works again, but not long enough... Does anyone know if this is a bug in sx3, or that i'm doing something completely wrong? setup: cubase sx3 kx drivers, duh... pentium 4 2,5 ghz, intel 1 gig ram 180 gig hd, raid so fast enough windows xp, sp2, clean install. there's also a audigy 2 in the system, but i only use it for the surround feature, i dont want to replug calbes thanks for your time, cheerio!

Nov 23, 2005, 02:56 AM	#2
Zulus DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	You'll have to be more specific... I use kX driver 3538i (via ProFX plugins released 11/06/2003) with Steinberg's Cubase SX v3.1.1.944 with no problems. ----Hardware / Software configuration--------------- Driver Name:kX Audio Driver (Debug) Driver Date: Jul 14 2005 17:03:16 Driver Version: 5.10.00.3538 - debug DB Name:none SB0238 10k2 [c000] PCI Information: Device: 41102 Subsys: 5c1102 ChipRev: 3 Card is '10k2' Card has MPU device Card model is '5.1' Card HAS AC97 codec Codec name: SigmaTel STAC9721/23 3D Extension: SigmaTel 3D Enhancement Codec is 2.0 compliant Capabilities[6940] : DAC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit- ADC resolutions : -16-bit- -18-bit- Ext Capabilities [200]: -slot/DAC mappings- Port: c000 Irq: 0x9(9) Playback buffer: 20a0 Record buffer: 4000 Number of AC3 buffers: 4 Tank memory: 256 kb GSIF buffer: 256 samples OS version: [2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 2 5 1 Service Pack 2; 156 148]

Nov 23, 2005, 10:10 AM	Thread Starter #3
protok DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Zulus, you're a genius! seeing that you use the 3538 version made me think: why not use an older driver... so, using 3534 -> problem solved... thanks mate!