Samplitude 9 anyone?

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:12 pm

I have serious runtime errors occurring when running Samplitude 9. I did NOT have any problems with v8.31.

I have a couple simple, one-track MIDI VIP's that run for a while and then suddenly crash out with a runtime error message. Samp. closes and the audio goes into a stuttering mode until I ctrl/alt/del and close out of SFP.

I contacted Magix support, and after running their syscheck, and a memtest, etc., the best recommendation they could make was to switch to an RME system!!

Pretty lame.

Samplitude 9 is VERY unstable on my system, which has plenty of horsepower to handle 8.31.

The runtime error starts happening if I alt/tab between Samp. and SFP and back.

I have a good power supply, do not see any definite IRQ conflicts, and have tons of RAM.

So, is anyone else running Samplitude 9 with SFP without any problems?

I feel forced to consider getting an updated motherboard with dual-core, etc. etc.

Kinda frustrating, ya think?

Anyone?

Greg

Post by **garyb** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:31 pm

they need to fix that. it sounds like sam is losing communication with the asio driver when it's not on top. there might be a setting regarding this...

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:53 pm

yes, seems like a bit of an oversight to me.

There are definite driver issues with Samplitude 9. This is my determination after fiddling around with it for over a week now.

Greg

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:54 am

I'm running Samp9 pro for a couple of weeks, no crashes. I've got the same mboard as you, so maybe it's just a config issue. I have 2 scope & 1 Pulsar SRB, no 1st gen. cards though.
Hope you can work it out.

/dave

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:22 am

tech. support reply back from Magix recommends switching to REM cards because 'Magix doesn't support Creamware'.

A bit of a copout I think, especially since the cards have been working fine up until now, and for the most part are stable.

Greg

Post by **garyb** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:49 am

absolute b*ll sh*t.
asio is asio.
tech support has no answer so they blame it on the card.

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:51 pm

I've seen quite a few reports of driver problems with Samp 9 - no doubt there will be a fix in an update. Crap tech support attitude though :/

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:18 pm

They must be busy making fixes because Magix's tech. support has gone awry since the rev. 9 release (or so it seems). I hope it doesn't get as bad as their Video product support.

The Magix Samp. forum is great, but no hard-core bug reporting going on - just reports of anomolies. For me it's the drivers, for others it's graphics or plugin problems. Perhaps all related.

rev. 8.0 was unstable until 8.1, then it was great. I guess it's the same this time around.

I DO see better stability on my laptop running RME Multiface, so perhaps there is still an opportunity for Creamware to work more closely with Magix (being German and all), because it sounds as if Magix has surrendered to 'not supporting' Creamware cards.

Anyways, back to the music...

Greg

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:50 pm

another question:
How can I get hybrid engine working in Scope 4?
Which ASIO modules should I use?

I can get it working just fine on my laptop RME system. It's VERY cool.

Anyone?

Post by **garyb** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:58 pm

that's something i always have when monitoring in scope...

still, that shouldn't require anything special. i would use asio2 24bit.

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:10 pm

Thanks, I'll try it out.

Greg