I posted this in the SF Forum but I guess it is a bit late for anyone to be reading it.
I am truly in a pickle and if I cannot resolve this problem I guess I'll have to record all of tomorrow's audio onto DVCAM 184s at DV speed....
Subject: Help - EMERGENCY - SF7b/M-Audio Transit/1394 external drive screw up
Posted by: PeterXI
Date: 5/3/2005 7:54:26 PM
I am doing a recording session for a very important first time client with potential for regular repeat business.
The PC quits recoirding after about 90 minutes. This wasn't a problem for the first set of sessions because the facilitator stopped for breaks at 1 hour 20 minute intervals.
Thankfully I have an audio cassette recorder for back up. The quality isn't the best but maybe I can tweak the missing minutes and the client will not notice. Or dumb down all the other files....
TAPE OUT from audio mixer going into Toshiba Satellite Celeron 1.8 ghz/256 meg RAM via M-Audio USB Transit. Sound Forge 7b for recording. Recording stereo 16 Bit 44hz (they insisted)
Hard drive is external IEEE 1394 (firewire). New drive, tested extensively before use. 100 gigabytes free.
Defragged Laptop program drive last night after uninstalling SF8.
SF 6 is still installed, if that makes any difference.
Could the failure be due to the audio input being USB and the output to hard drive 1394?
Is it possible SF8 has f***d up my laptop. If so, how do I eradicate it and revert to a clean copy of SF7 or even SF6?
I will keep the frum page open and check for advice every fifteen mintes. ALL suggestions welcomed.
thank you all in advance!
Peter Burn
I am truly in a pickle and if I cannot resolve this problem I guess I'll have to record all of tomorrow's audio onto DVCAM 184s at DV speed....
Subject: Help - EMERGENCY - SF7b/M-Audio Transit/1394 external drive screw up
Posted by: PeterXI
Date: 5/3/2005 7:54:26 PM
I am doing a recording session for a very important first time client with potential for regular repeat business.
The PC quits recoirding after about 90 minutes. This wasn't a problem for the first set of sessions because the facilitator stopped for breaks at 1 hour 20 minute intervals.
Thankfully I have an audio cassette recorder for back up. The quality isn't the best but maybe I can tweak the missing minutes and the client will not notice. Or dumb down all the other files....
TAPE OUT from audio mixer going into Toshiba Satellite Celeron 1.8 ghz/256 meg RAM via M-Audio USB Transit. Sound Forge 7b for recording. Recording stereo 16 Bit 44hz (they insisted)
Hard drive is external IEEE 1394 (firewire). New drive, tested extensively before use. 100 gigabytes free.
Defragged Laptop program drive last night after uninstalling SF8.
SF 6 is still installed, if that makes any difference.
Could the failure be due to the audio input being USB and the output to hard drive 1394?
Is it possible SF8 has f***d up my laptop. If so, how do I eradicate it and revert to a clean copy of SF7 or even SF6?
I will keep the frum page open and check for advice every fifteen mintes. ALL suggestions welcomed.
thank you all in advance!
Peter Burn