SKIPPING & STUTTERING DURING PLAYBACK (HELP!)

whitet wrote on 4/13/2003, 4:14 PM
I'm having skipping and stuttering problems during playback in both Vegas 4 and Acid 4. I have 192mb of RAM, Pentium III equivelant. The skipping is worse when I'm using MIDI tracks with SoftSynths and if i have around 15 tracks or more in Acid. Also I'm getting some latency during monitoring in Vegas. I'm guessing it's my crappy sound card that is causing these problems. I just want to be sure this sounds like a sound card problem before I purchase a more expensive one (leaning towards an M-Audio card). If anyone can comment I would appreciate it a lot, thanks! (I only need one input really. I'm just using it to record my vocals. I have a Samson C01 Condsnor MIC with a TUBEpre Amp. so the sound card doesnt have to be to complex, just something that wont have any latency or stuttering problems.)

- Ryan

Comments

djderricke wrote on 4/13/2003, 8:43 PM
192 meg?? Consider getting more memory. 192 meg is really pushing it memory wise. 512 meg is a pretty comfortable number. (And at the prices you can get memory for, there is no excuse to not have at least that much in your system) In fact, I would consider upgrading your processor now that I see you are using a Pentium 3 equivelant.
JohanAlthoff wrote on 4/13/2003, 8:56 PM
1> Get an M-audio Delta Audiophile 2496
2> Get at least 512 megs of RAM
3> Get a better processor (the term "PIII-equivalent" scares me)
4> Get happy =)
whitet wrote on 4/13/2003, 10:08 PM
Is it easy to change processors? Is it just a card or what? lol I'm pretty new to all this still. And do they make 256mb ram cards in PC100? thanks.
djderricke wrote on 4/14/2003, 12:44 AM
Well... going from a P3 to a P4 isn't as simple as just changing the processor. You are going to need to whole new motherboard. And we haven't even discussed what type of case your current motherboard is in. Hopefully it's not one of those mini-HPs, or a Compaq. You can get a motherboard/cpu combo @ tigerdirect.com anywhere from $239.00 and up. (I'm refering to the combos with a P4 2.4ghz processor, not the P4 Celerons which are slower) Email me if you want more help since this really isn't the place to teach you how to upgrade your system. (djderricke@djderricke.com)