HELP ME PLEASE: I can't record with my M-audio DiO 2448
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Posted on Aug 13, 2003 05:28 am
Joost Assink
Member Since: Aug 13, 2003
Hello,
I found this site because I am having problems getting my m-audio DiO 2448 to work.
I have installed the Dio 2448 on my system when I was still using XP. However, when I started overdubbing with Cool Edit Pro, it started to stutter. I read on their site that there were only pre-XP drivers available and since XP uses up a lot of system resources I thought it would be smart to install '98 with the dedicated driver, but that increased the problems, 'cause the soundcard kept malfunctioning (it works and then goes silent every time I startup). So then I install Windows ME and use the latest driver from your site, which was suited for 98SE, ME and 2000. Now my system crashes and won't even record when I shut of playback (no full-duplex and using the old 98 drivers). My system totally locks up when I install the latest ME driver! I had to format the Hard Drive.
I am totally lost. Can you help me figure this out?
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
-Joost Assink
The Netherlands
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Aug 13, 2003 07:04 am ME may provide a bit better sound, but I would never go back to 98...MAYBE 98 second edition...if forced to. Also know that you should make sure you have at least DirectX 8 preferably the newest, which is 9.x as I recall.
Does Cool Edit support ASIO or WDM? if WDM then stick with Windows ME. The hard lock up may be a result of an IRQ conflict, try moving the sound card to different slots in your motherboard and see if that helps.
Aug 15, 2003 01:15 am i'm not familiar with the DiO but man, it looks like you're really having some trouble there. Sorry you had to format the HD, that's usually a last option, and I'm certain you could have backed up your data first. I know it's too late to hear that now, but just for furtue refference, formatting is usually a last option. It's stories like these that make me want to set my system up as an XP/98se dual boot setup.
As for stutters, I get some strange clicks, as do many M-Audio users it seems, and that's almost gone away since I bumped my RAM up from 192 to 384. I still get nasty clicks and pops (or playback, never in my recording), and the occasional dead dropout on large projects, but I get much better performance since I added the extra RAM and manually set my virtual memory to 1GB. -- You didn't mention your system stats. Fill out your gear profile so we know what we're working with ;O) -j
Aug 15, 2003 01:54 am Well, thanks guys! I finally got it to work. First of all, I anticipated problems, so I backed up everything I had before I had to format.
ME turned out to be the biggest mess of all (the '98 driver worked, but didn't support ASIO and the ME ASIO driver didn't even work!).
I checked out the Device Manager and it said there were no conflicts, but when I started msinfo32 it showed me there were 3 devices (2 hardware, 1 software) on the same IRQ. So, I did what you said: I moved the card to all the possible other slots, but the software IRQ kept moving with it. Then I got fed up and went for my last option: I formatted the harddrive again and installed a friends Windows 2000 version. I installed the Windows 2000/ASIO driver and installed Cool Edit AND IT WORKED!
So, after moving the card to different slots and installing 4 versions of windows I got it to work!
Halleluja
Aug 15, 2003 02:04 am BTW: my system specs:
Intel Pentium II 400
384MB SDRam
6 GigaByte 2nd harddrive for recording
M-Audio Delta DiO 2448
Fostex VM04 digital mixer
Optical S/Pdif connection
Is this a good setup for a beginner?
And since I installed Windows2000 and optimized the system (and Cool Edit Pro) it's been performing great! The audio quality has always been good, but now it's fast with no latency, pops or clicks at all! Now lets see if it holds up when I start bigger projects.
Glad to find out it was Windows and not the M-audio card, because I was very excited about the soundquality compared to my old card.
One more thing: their tech support was slow (it took days) but they did help me. (telling me about the msinfo32 IRQ sharing)
Aug 15, 2003 02:45 am excellent! glad you got it working! and i'm glad M-Audio tech support came thru to you. I'm still waiting on an email reply from them from.. oh.. about a year ago :O)
now, the Pentium 2 could be an issue in the future. I'm running Win98se on an old Pentium 3 700MHz and this dinosaur is so sluggish at times it's just frustrating. I can only get 8 or 10 tracks recorded in Cakewalk before it starts giving me dropouts and junk, Ihave to mute and archive tracks to procede, and you can forget about lots of DX effects going on at once. 384MB should be goo for now, I mean, you can never have too much RAM, so make sure you've got fast harddrives (at least 7200rpm) and set aside a good chuck for virtual memory for when you get around to those bigger projects. 6GB isn't much space, i've got a total 115GB myself, but it is good that you've got a second hard drive for data, that's always faster that way. But other that those few points, that P2 system should be fine for starting out.
And if you get stuck on anything at all, or if you just want to share your recording expereinces, feel free to let us know!
Aug 20, 2003 04:43 am I will thanks!
