asio system overload - what the hell...?

Mo · Post by Mo » Fri May 25, 2001 6:12 pm

i know i should not use cracked software, but i didn´t find an actual demo version of logic, and so i used the zone-version for testing purpose (normally i work with cakewalk, licensed. but only 9.03 is running well, my brand new sonar also makes trouble, see my other thread...)

logic itself feels quite good, but the problem i have is that every five or ten minutes i get an error message saying "asio system overload - the audio engine was not able to process all required data in time". what the hell is this? i can´t believe that zone are not able to crack a software in a way that it´s not running, on the other side i can´t explain these problems i have, because all buffers and latency settings are at highest value.

also i experienced some strange behaviour of the solo and mute buttons in the environment (which itself is very cool) - yesterday i sat in front if my pc and was writing something down (with a real pen, not even touching the keys

so, guys... please, where can i get a real actual demo version of logic? have looked several times on the emagic web page, but found only a 3.5 demo, and... that´s a little antiquated...
and what do you think? are my probs related to the fact that it´s a cracked version (though i can´t believe, because then zone had fixed it during the last weeks), or is it more like logic doesn´t like my computer (p3b + p2 400, riva tnt)?

thanks in advance, and please have fun
Mo

[ This Message was edited by: Mo on 2001-05-27 18:13 ]

Stubbe · Post by **Stubbe** » Sun May 27, 2001 6:17 pm

Glad to see a user admitting his problems and ready to seek assistance. maybe you should join "warez-users anonymous"

I suggest you keep an eye out for the English magazine "computer music" or similar, maybe "future music" from the same publisher. What about any German magazine ?

If the demo is not already on the street it may be soon, as they continuously give away demos fo all 3 major sequencer-updates on the cover CD.

Try http://www.computermusic.co.uk or http://www.intermusic.co.uk

Hope this will help you with your problem.

Cheers
Stubbe

Mo · Post by Mo » Sun May 27, 2001 8:00 pm

well, i very hope that they will make a demo of 5.0. and i hope they give (like steinberg) all versions (silver, gold, platinum) that 24-bit support, so (if logic convinces me) i´ll certainly buy it. but i would really like to run the crack first, to really work with that stuff a few months - too much?

btw, i also bought sonar - apart from that sonar keeps telling me i can´t record because my audio disk is full (still 4gb free)... so i´m very careful, testing the soft under real-life circumstances, not possible with a demo imho. want to work with it.

of course, in germany we have the KEYBOARDS magazine, but... well, 'computer music' sounds more like the zine i should read

however, i had hoped to hear something like "ah, this issue is typical for cracked versions" or better: "i used exactly that version, and it worked" or even better: "i´m tired of making music with pc´s, buy my LAP for 50€..."

ok ok, i think i´ll go back to version 9.03 of cakewalk...

also licensed, but unlike sonar it´s working... and trying to get that zone-logic working on the test-partition...

however, thanks

Mo

Zer · Post by **Zer** » Wed May 30, 2001 11:15 am

Hey Mo.. this is a problem which often occurs using logic regardless of the card or ther version of logic... imply stop playback , reward to the beginning and start the playback again...if that didn´t help, try the option Larger process buffer and larger diskbuffer within the audio hardware & driver settings...if you´re using ASIO drivers make sure you set the busses to use 16 busses etc...

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed May 30, 2001 11:59 am

The cracked version of Logic does that, Mo.

You don't mention what version you're running. Make sure you have at least 4.7. I haven't had that message for a long time, but I think it came about when I would switch between Pulsar and Logic a lot. Try keeping Logic in focus at all times and seeing if that helps.

Mo · Post by Mo » Wed May 30, 2001 5:34 pm

you mean it´s a little equalization for the fact that zone´s logic is 'free'?

ok, i´m only testing logic (4.7) at the moment, and yes, it often occurs when i swiched to pulsar to do something in the mixer and then back to logic, and then there was this message.

in the cw forum a friendly emagic employee told me about 5.0 - 24bit support in every version and individual outs for the audio instruments. i think i´ll save a little amount of money ´till september

if it´s not doing this annoying asio overload terror like the zone´s... does logic still have a dongle as copy protection?

btw, anyone knows the difference between dx8 and dx8a? do i need dx8a? maybe there is the source of my trouble?

thanks again
Mo

[ This Message was edited by: Mo on 2001-05-30 19:28 ]

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Thu May 31, 2001 11:28 am

I'm still running DirectX 7.0. However, my roomie runs DirectX 8.0a with Pulsar and hasn't reported any problems -- and he actually uses his machine.

Mo · Post by Mo » Fri Jun 01, 2001 4:24 am

sonar needs dx8, i heard.