Solving audio problems. Discussion on best Hard/Soft-ware config.

[cybercharles]

Hi usiners

Do you have upgraded XP SP2 to SP3 with bootcamp 2.1 ?

if yes !

Do you notice improvement or not or is worse than before regarding Audio well known problems on XP installed on a macbook pro ???

Just to inform you I’m still having problems whit the SP3 and bootcamp 2.1 …

Here below the best link founded for solving some audio problems.

http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=591

http://www.digitalproducer.com/2002/11_ ... caudio.htm

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/music-co ... ost1961838

I’m completely desperate because I try all this tip with no big success ….

So here below my config if you have the same config and you don’t have problems help me !

macbook pro 2.2 Intel core Duo
Bootcamp 2.1
Windows XP pro SP3

System config following the advices in the link above:

Wireless driver, Ethernet, LAN, bluetooth …disable
Kbmanager.exe …disable
Powermizer from NVIDIA … disable
Write combining (NVIDIA) …disable
Hardware acceleration (NVIDIA) …disable
Realtek audio driver … disable
Virtual memory … OFF

Sound card : RME FIREFACE 400 with last drivers

[senso]

I can't help you.
The only info I have to tell you is that there are many Usine users with MAC + XPSP2 and it works fine.
Are you obliged to install sp3?

[SylvainT]

Hello Cybercharles

I work with Usine on a MacBook and it's fine. I just install the XP.SP2
I'm not sure that the SP3 is a good way for audio, all the computer I have use SP2 (Pyramix at home, in my studio another Pyramix...) and always SP2 without any problem. When the SP3 arrived, I wanted to install it, but the improvment were more for the net services. And it have a lot of bug.
For Usine on the MacBook, I make a Hard Disk Partition, NTFS formated (not Fat32), Windows XP.SP2, the MOTU 828Mk2 drivers, an ASIO4ALL for working without the MOTU (that's not working fine). I diseabled internet (I use it with the Mac) put a WaveLab for editing samples, and that's all. Just MacDrive to communicate with the Mac. And it works very fine.

What kind of problems do you have?

Sylvain

[franck]

Hello Cybercharles,

Usine with macbook and windows XP SP2, bootcamp, work fine since one year.
Dont forget to istall patch for firewire 1394, search on the net, it is necessary for fire wire audio cards.
Use the command : diskperf -n ( good for Direct to disk)
Disable the option index disk option in windows.

Franck and friends

[cybercharles]

Hi

thank you for your answers !

(for Slydeparis i have random click)

I'm going to simply re-install windows SP2 on a bootcamp 2.1 and after it opimizing my laptop for audio. whit your advices.

However i have a last question:

did you update your hard war drivers after your first Windows install ? Or you keep the original drivers privided by OSX install CD ?

I will keep you informe about my situation !

Charles

[antwan]

Hello,

Just adding my case. I, too, am running bootcamp 2.1 with XP SP2, succesfully. The road to success was a windy one though and took a lot of work. I have no experience with SP3 because I don't want to fix something that isn't broken (anymore).

I wrote something about the measures I had to take in this post:
http://www.sensomusic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=956

The main thing to point out from my post is the usefulness of DPC Latency Checker - a free utility that was very helpful in seeing whether any step taken was towards the better or worse.

As I wrote in my post I did try out updating drivers for hardware but I don't think it carried major importance. The main advances came from complete disabling of all hardware acceleration and other specialities of the graphics card (nvidia), complete disabling of the wlan and bluetooth (anything with an antenna) and killing all but the most essential system processes and startup items (i think i unchecked every single startup item). Anyways the DPC latency tool was very useful.

Please let us know how it goes. Will be glad to help out more if only I can.

antwan

[cybercharles]

Hi Usiners

good news my laptop is working very well ! no more audio clic & bleep....

Thanks for your answers !

Below my laptop config:

Windows SP2/NTFS hard drive/Bootcamp 2.1

Wireless drivers :OFF
Network card drivers (1394): OFF
Realtek internal audio card drivers : OFF
Bluetooth drivers : OFF

Ethernet drivers : ON because i'm using an external OSC remote.

Windows configuration:

NVIDIA Full Hardware acceleration
NVIDIA powermizer: OFF
NVIDIA Write combining: OFF
16 bit color
disable screen saver

Keyboard manager.exe (Kbmanager.exe:) disable

I also did this: Use the command : diskperf -n ( good for Direct to disk)
Disable the option index disk option in windows.

At the end I did not install the Windows correction patch regarding FireWire bugs.

See you

Charles

[yvonne]

i seem to be ok with the tips I've read on the forum!