Subject:i need help desperately

Posted by: johnnyangel

Date:6/2/2002 1:50:07 PM

but i don't know how to ask for it, because the problem is really obscure.

i tried out the demo of acid music 3.0, which worked great. a couple days after downloading it.. it didn't work great. the border above the track viewing window became distorted & black in a little stretch, and all actions slowed to a crawl. if i simply moved my mouse over a button, it would stop everything, wait ten seconds, then acknowledge the fact that my cursor had passed over that button. i figured "oh well.. the demo version has a few screws loose. better get the full version if i really want to get things done".

so i did. and i just installed it today. and the problem is still there. i desperately need to record, NOW. THIS INSTANT. and the lousy acid music program won't even work properly, with no specific symptoms or causes. i'll also note that this computer is brand new as of a couple days ago. veeery new. should not be broken yet.

what is going on here?

Subject:RE: i need help desperately

Reply by: Vocalpoint

Date:6/2/2002 7:46:28 PM

Doubt if this is a software (Acid) problem just by your description. What can you tell us about your computer...operating system? Video Card? Sound Card? RAM? etc etc...

Cuzin B

Subject:RE: i need help desperately

Reply by: TeeCee

Date:6/3/2002 7:45:31 AM

What can you tell us that has happened to your PC since you installed Acid? It sounds like you have a major resource hog. Did you install any CD burning software? What OS do you have on your PC? WinXP? You can check the Task Manager to see what is hogging your CPU cycles.

For referrence, the "demo" version of Acid is just an unregistered full copy. No difference.

TeeCee

Subject:RE: i need help desperately

Reply by: groovewerx

Date:6/3/2002 1:10:58 PM

make sure you have directx 8.1. then try lowering hardware acceleration and updating the video driver.