Possible interface problem..

shyda wrote:m audio are just known for **** soundcards so that could be it(I have audio phile 2496).

i use m-audio mobile pre, and quatro, and i've never had a problem.

Madness wrote:Don't ever Dis the M-Audio soundcards they are one of the most compatible around. I have a Delta 66 and it works fine. Here is my list of things I must do to get a rock solid recording PC with my DELTA.

1. Increase the Latency settings on the Delta Control pannel if you are getting clicks and pops this is the first thing to try. Make sure your Recording app is set to use the M-Audio ASIO

2. Make sure the Delta is not sharing an IRQ in controll panel with any other device, USB , VIDIO card. IT MUST BE ON ITS OWN IRQ!!!

3. When you install XP use STANDARD PC mode. It doesn't share IRQ's and is the known way to avoid Sound Card problems in XP. This is the most important thing for a hassle free music PC. some time you may not need to do it if the above works but I do it anyway and eliminates many hassles.

4. Experiment with drivers! I don't use the latest drivers just because they are there. I had crackly problems and rolled backward to a driver that worked best for me and experimented with Increasing Latency. I am using the 5.10.25 driver even though 5.10.29 is the latest. I Find that the 5.12 drivers worked best for me for quite some time! Then, when I reinstalled XP 12mths later I ended up on the Newer driver because the old one was creating issues. in CUBASE SX !!

I emphasise "STANDARD PC" mode. You can change it from within control pannel by expanding the PC device it will say "ACPI" mode and update the driver from the XP cd and change it to "STANDARD PC" and reboot. This will ensure your DELTA will be on its own IRQ!!! Also, set your IRQ's from within your BIOS and change your bios mode to NO PLUG AND PLAY OS even though XP is plug and play this will control your IRQ's from the BIOS which is more effective I find.

Thanks, yo, I'll try that out.

Lampdog,

It sound like to me that if everything else works fine and the virus didnt destroy the working of all the other devices it may just be that the actual card maybe gone......what ever the problem was that came through may have shot the in port on the card.........I tell u what I would do I would try to adjust the recording level on the card in the multimedia section of control panel and if that didnt remove the cracklin I cop a new one

It ONLY happens when he records in via ANY program. We've tried Vegas Video, and Sound Forge so far. When his MPC is just playing through the Delta44 there's no problem, when you go to record AND later playback there is crackling. I'm thinking also to just unistall the audio programs and reinstall them, unpplug the PCI and move to a different slot, unistall reinstall drivers (again) and also try the previous MADNESS post suggestions. If after all that I still have grief then it just might be a bad Delta44..