Gigastudio problems...

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cleanbluesky
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Post by cleanbluesky »

Hi

I made a 4 instrument piece using gigastudio and drumkit from hell superior that lasted appropx 2-2.5 minutes and gigastudio works fine until about 1minute (almost always at the same point) when the sampler starts making glitchy computer noises. It may be during a less-instrument intensive part of the song that this occurs as it happens in the middle and at the end, but not when all instruments are running. If I stop Gigastudio before it gets to the quiet and glitchy part, then start it again, the quiet part is fine so it seems to be a problem that only occurs when Gigastudio has been playing back audio for about 1min.
I have used 2 drivers with GigaStudio (assuming it to be a driver problem at first) but the exact same problem happen with both drivers (at same point in audio performance). The first driver I used was FX-Max GigaVST and the second one I used was Creamware Puslar II GSIF. Increasing latency seems to have little effect and the sound persists at the same point.
My computer has two harddrives and I run all my Giga instruments off the second, which is 7200rpm. I have a P4 1.6ghz (soon to be upgraded), 1.5gig RAM, a Creamware Pulsar II Plus and a Creative Audigy 2 Plat Pro. I also have a 128mb ATI(?) graphics card.
I first turn on Creamware SCOPE software (to initiate the card and the drivers), then Gigastudio, then CubaseSX (For the arranging). This is a conisteny problem.

Please help me with this frustrating glitch...
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astroman
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Post by astroman »

I guess it's a 'misalignement' of the disk buffer (cache) in Windows. It doesn't stream properly, but fills that buffer and gets hick-ups when the buffer needs to be emptied.
Something like the 'read ahead' optimization and 'write behind cache' (?) in control panel.
I'm on a German Win98, so can't tell the proper naming, and I assume you run XP - but it should point you in the right direction.

just an idea, tom
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