need an ASIO guru ...
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as the motherboards makers got the bios down and as m$ figured out ACPI changing the HAL became irrelevant. in fact the newer hardware works better in ACPI mode.
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the other issue - with 2 Pulsar cards anyway - had to do with forcing 2 slots to use 1 IRQ. Also some other techie kind of thing whose reason escapes me about "bus mastering slots" or perhaps that just means slots that have 'virgin' IRQ's not used by any other processes. a shame you have to be a goddam nerd to make friggin music.
(also it seemed that some BIOS's allowed you to 'force' iRQ assignment and some didn't)
(also it seemed that some BIOS's allowed you to 'force' iRQ assignment and some didn't)
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that is exactly what i am talking about. in ACPI irqs are handled by the os.
it's better if the card has it's own irq, but if ACPI actually works correctly, then everybody gets to talk to the cpu when it is his turn and everyone is happy.
the current motherboards require ACPI in order to run the way that they are designed. it's not absolutely essential, but when running windows it kinda is. at first, win 95 and 98 didn't handle ACPI well, so some systems ran better on standard pc. also, it was often possible to assign irqs to slots, but motherboards and cpus were much simpler then.
yes, if you are going to own a studio, you will need to become an engineer, or at least a technician, or you won't be able to get anything done. you can learn what you need to know little by little. it can't be avoided, though. otherwise, you could just make music and hire someone else's studio if you wanted to record.
it's better if the card has it's own irq, but if ACPI actually works correctly, then everybody gets to talk to the cpu when it is his turn and everyone is happy.
the current motherboards require ACPI in order to run the way that they are designed. it's not absolutely essential, but when running windows it kinda is. at first, win 95 and 98 didn't handle ACPI well, so some systems ran better on standard pc. also, it was often possible to assign irqs to slots, but motherboards and cpus were much simpler then.
yes, if you are going to own a studio, you will need to become an engineer, or at least a technician, or you won't be able to get anything done. you can learn what you need to know little by little. it can't be avoided, though. otherwise, you could just make music and hire someone else's studio if you wanted to record.
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... so true. The "engineering" of digital music is a questionable but essential bed-mate to the creative side. I originally had an ample supply of left-brain neurons, but they're disappearing at an alarming rate. I think they're going to Cuba for the Winter...
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actually, to record music, it's always taken the understanding of an engineer, or at least a technician.