This is a message to all Motu / Unicornation users..
If possible could you provide your system specs for the following.
DUAL 896HD (Without sync issues)
1. What is your motherboard (Make + Model) ?
2. What processor type + speed (single or dual) ?
3. What is the ram type + hard drive(s) (amount installed) ?
4. What firewire hardware are you using ?
5. What is your operating system (OS + service packs if any) ?
6. What video card are you using ?
7. What is your sample rate + latency ?
8. What is the configuration (motu panel + physical connectivity) ?
9 What other plug in components are in use ?
Just trying to see what's out there and what actually works consistently with this type setup....
thanks
Motherboard Spec Dual 896HD Sync
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Motherboard Spec Dual 896HD Sync
Asus PC-DL Deluxe Server Motherboard
Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz 2Mb L3 Cache 533 Fsb
Intel 875 Chipset, 4 Gb Ram, 256 Mb Agp 8X Video
Belkin Firewire Pci
Maxtor Sata 7200 rpm 16 Mb Cache 250 Gb X 3
Dual Motu 896HD Firewire Interface
Presonus Digimax LT Pre-Amp
Windows Xp Pro Sp1, Sonar 6 Producer
Native Instruments Komplete 3
Dual Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz 2Mb L3 Cache 533 Fsb
Intel 875 Chipset, 4 Gb Ram, 256 Mb Agp 8X Video
Belkin Firewire Pci
Maxtor Sata 7200 rpm 16 Mb Cache 250 Gb X 3
Dual Motu 896HD Firewire Interface
Presonus Digimax LT Pre-Amp
Windows Xp Pro Sp1, Sonar 6 Producer
Native Instruments Komplete 3
My setup
Hello edwardb,
1. hp ZD7000 laptop
2. ACPI Multiprocessor PC (Intel P-4)
3. 1 Gb RAM HD is Toshiba MK6022GAX
4. internal 4 pin FW card
5. Win XPPro SP-2 (SP-1 1394 driver)
6. NVIDEA GeForce FX Go5200
7. Sample rate 44.1 Kbps
8. Laptop 4-pin FW - 6-pin FW ext HD - 3 MOTU 896HD
audio light pipe from MOTU 896HD #1 to #2 for Cuemix
9. PCMCIA FW card w/TI chipset
Sometimes I connect a MOTU Ultralite at the end of the FW chain
1. hp ZD7000 laptop
2. ACPI Multiprocessor PC (Intel P-4)
3. 1 Gb RAM HD is Toshiba MK6022GAX
4. internal 4 pin FW card
5. Win XPPro SP-2 (SP-1 1394 driver)
6. NVIDEA GeForce FX Go5200
7. Sample rate 44.1 Kbps
8. Laptop 4-pin FW - 6-pin FW ext HD - 3 MOTU 896HD
audio light pipe from MOTU 896HD #1 to #2 for Cuemix
9. PCMCIA FW card w/TI chipset
Sometimes I connect a MOTU Ultralite at the end of the FW chain
Dell 650 Precision Workstation
2 Intel Zenon CPU's 3ghz
3 gig of 3200 ram
Nvidia dual head video card
adaptec SATA PCI card/w
2 120gig Maxtor SATA drives
onboard FW buss (TI chipset)
2 896HD's both on FW
Win XP pro sp1
Sonar5 producer version
I usually record @ 96/24. I have a very short AES/EBU hook up out of MOTU #2 into MOTU #1 so I can cuemix monitor both. I have tweeked the computer for just the studio so no extra sevices are running. I used to have a sync problem between the two units but traced the problem to the onboard nic (network card) was polling the CPU and disrupting the FW buss. I diabled the nic in BIOS and all is well now. I believe my buffers are set at 512. Hope that helps.
2 Intel Zenon CPU's 3ghz
3 gig of 3200 ram
Nvidia dual head video card
adaptec SATA PCI card/w
2 120gig Maxtor SATA drives
onboard FW buss (TI chipset)
2 896HD's both on FW
Win XP pro sp1
Sonar5 producer version
I usually record @ 96/24. I have a very short AES/EBU hook up out of MOTU #2 into MOTU #1 so I can cuemix monitor both. I have tweeked the computer for just the studio so no extra sevices are running. I used to have a sync problem between the two units but traced the problem to the onboard nic (network card) was polling the CPU and disrupting the FW buss. I diabled the nic in BIOS and all is well now. I believe my buffers are set at 512. Hope that helps.
DeskTop Productions
Mansfield, Ohio
Mansfield, Ohio