Beeps, where are they coming from? -ACID Product Family

Subject:Beeps, where are they coming from? Posted by: rusty Date:5/27/2012 4:18:22 PM Hi! In truth I've not used Acid Pro in a couple of years (I have version 7.0e) so I'm stumbling a bit remembering how to use it. However, when I press space to preview stuff I'm hearing a beep which changes tone with each preview. I do not think it is the metronome countdown (I think that's what it's called) because it only happens now and then but, as I can not seem to locate this option I can't be sure. Can anyone please... a) point me to this option and, b) suggest what else this odd beep might be? Thank you so much for any help! Rusty
Subject:RE: Beeps, where are they coming from? Reply by: b.complex Date:5/29/2012 7:44:37 AM Might be a sound card (or sound device) issue. Make sure you have the latest drivers installed and try to play with the buffer and latency settings. You may be "hitting your device too fast" and exceeding it's natural latency resulting in some kind of digital noise when playback is started each time. Message last edited on5/29/2012 7:46:10 AM byb.complex.
Subject:RE: Beeps, where are they coming from? Reply by: Chienworks Date:5/29/2012 11:33:37 AM I'm not sure when they stopped, but i know older versions of SONY/SonicFoundry software often used intermittent beeps to limit the usefulness of the software when it was in unregistered/demo mode. I don't recall if this was still the case for version 7 or not. Perhaps your activation key got corrupted and you need to register it again.

Subject:Beeps, where are they coming from?

Posted by: rusty

Date:5/27/2012 4:18:22 PM

Hi!
In truth I've not used Acid Pro in a couple of years (I have version 7.0e) so I'm stumbling a bit remembering how to use it. However, when I press space to preview stuff I'm hearing a beep which changes tone with each preview. I do not think it is the metronome countdown (I think that's what it's called) because it only happens now and then but, as I can not seem to locate this option I can't be sure.

Can anyone please... a) point me to this option and, b) suggest what else this odd beep might be?

Thank you so much for any help!
Rusty

Subject:RE: Beeps, where are they coming from?

Reply by: b.complex

Date:5/29/2012 7:44:37 AM

Might be a sound card (or sound device) issue. Make sure you have the latest drivers installed and try to play with the buffer and latency settings. You may be "hitting your device too fast" and exceeding it's natural latency resulting in some kind of digital noise when playback is started each time.

Message last edited on5/29/2012 7:46:10 AM byb.complex.

Subject:RE: Beeps, where are they coming from?

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:5/29/2012 11:33:37 AM

I'm not sure when they stopped, but i know older versions of SONY/SonicFoundry software often used intermittent beeps to limit the usefulness of the software when it was in unregistered/demo mode. I don't recall if this was still the case for version 7 or not. Perhaps your activation key got corrupted and you need to register it again.