recording problem help,help

ken70 wrote on 1/5/2005, 6:22 AM
recording into vegas audio 2. After recording a simple piece of music, guitar or keyboard,when I listen to the track there are spots in the track that are garbled and jumbled for a second or two and returns to normal. I have plenty of system resources, the ram counter in the corner hardly flinches. Tweaking the pc is key I think....plus I have an older ensoniq audio pci card. Can someone help point me in the right direction.

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ken70 wrote on 1/5/2005, 7:57 AM
really...ANY help is appreciated...here's a strange finding...if I record a 5 minute guitar piece in goldwave...she records with no blips and stutters and jumps...only in vegas and acid do i have this problem....please help
drbam wrote on 1/5/2005, 10:16 AM
Don't know anything about "goldwave." There's a possibility that there could be a compatibility issue with your ensonic card and Vegas. Have you checked this? Did Vegas and Acid *ever* work with this card? Have you updated drivers, etc. Did you check to make sure the soundcard and Vegas are set for the same sampling rate, etc, etc.?

drbam
MJhig wrote on 1/5/2005, 11:03 AM
I've used the Ensoniq PCI 128 card, while not much of a card, it should work with the Playback buffer slider in Vegas' Options > Preferences set just about all the way to the right so it doesn't stutter during playback. Also set the recording device as the PCI 128 itself not Sound Mapper etc.

Are you sure the flaws are actually being recorded? Do you actually see it in the waveform? I've never had a problem with recording although I don't really use it for that just playback stuttering. It's the system card in one of my machines, I use the onboard synth for some MIDI, metronome (Sonar) and some down and dirty editing for playback usually on video projects.

As mentioned check sample rate and the latest drivers.

MJ
PeterVred wrote on 1/5/2005, 2:28 PM
I used to get that same problem back when I started out with Version 2.
Sorry, I can no longer remember how I cured it...I'll think on it and get back to you if it comes to me.

I did get it cured though.

Some obvious things I did in the beginning to help with glitches was:

Partition harddrive into at least three partitions, C/Windows, D/Programs, & E/data

C is of course ACTIVE partition with Windows loaded on it.
Load Vegas on D drive with all other programs
Set Vegas to use E drive for temp files & recorded data

I was running a 1.1mhz processor at that time with 512mb Ram and 7200rpm drive.
Windows 98SE, Echo Layla soundcard.

I'm thinking it was something to do with where Vegas was storing temp files and such...like on the same drive as windows, which should not be a problem, but I think it was for me.

Going to XP seems to have helped out my little glitchy things alot also.
wobblyboy wrote on 1/5/2005, 6:05 PM
Did you record in Vegas? Check playback in Windows Media player. Check project sampling rate in Vegas project properties. Make sure it matches. Try playing back in sound mapper. Try a different sound card.
ken70 wrote on 1/6/2005, 6:00 AM
thank you all for your suggestions...as a matter of fact..the blurbs and stutters are being recorded...I have saved the tracks and played them back in media player and there they are in the exact spot...kinda weird but i will keep tweaking and playing with it...