Sound Forge v.4 recording problem -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Sound Forge v.4 recording problem Posted by: djb Date:2/6/2000 3:15:00 PM RE' awful warbling recording problem with SF-4 It took over 100 man-hours to find it but - for the benefit of those who may suffer the same.... My motherboard is a Chaintech CT-5AGM2 which has DMA/33 capability. The Hard drive is a Maxtor 10.4 DMA/66 - they don't talk the same language. The complete cure was ---- 1) Download a file from Maxtor which makes the drive work like a DMA/33 (what a waste!) 2) DISABLE UDMA in the mobo bios. Immediately upon making the latter change the problem went away - doing (1) wasn't enough. I stick to my point though.. When software says it has installed properly - it should mean it I don't care or want to know if my computer has bios or a potted plant - I install stuff and I expect it to work. What is the point of bloody diagnostics if they still expect some human to know what they don't know. End of gripe. Tomorrow - new motherboard, re-set Maxtor to DMA/66 and carry on. My job is recording music - not working out why the computer industry can't sell me something which actually works. Sound Forge "tech help" said - "Check your vga settings"..... I also checked my cars spark plug gaps but that wasn't the problem either! Auto-detect hard drives - my arse! All computer equipment should come with a health warning. No a "this might not actually work - you might be wasting your money" warning. I am supposed to be worth £150 and hour. That's £15000 wasted on something tht either Maxtor or Chaintech could have told me in a minute...... nice one!

RE' awful warbling recording problem with SF-4

It took over 100 man-hours to find it but - for the benefit
of those who may suffer the same....

My motherboard is a Chaintech CT-5AGM2 which has DMA/33
capability. The Hard drive is a Maxtor 10.4 DMA/66 - they
don't talk the same language.

The complete cure was ----

1) Download a file from Maxtor which makes the drive
work like a DMA/33 (what a waste!)
2) DISABLE UDMA in the mobo bios.

Immediately upon making the latter change the problem went
away - doing (1) wasn't enough.

I stick to my point though.. When software says it has
installed properly - it should mean it

I don't care or want to know if my computer has bios or a
potted plant - I install stuff and I expect it to work.

What is the point of bloody diagnostics if they still
expect some human to know what they don't know.

End of gripe.

Tomorrow - new motherboard, re-set Maxtor to DMA/66 and
carry on.

My job is recording music - not working out why the
computer industry can't sell me something which actually
works.

Sound Forge "tech help" said - "Check your vga
settings".....

I also checked my cars spark plug gaps but that wasn't the
problem either!

Auto-detect hard drives - my arse!

All computer equipment should come with a health warning.
No a "this might not actually work - you might be wasting
your money" warning.

I am supposed to be worth £150 and hour. That's £15000
wasted on something tht either Maxtor or Chaintech could
have told me in a minute...... nice one!