Here's a formula for achieving success with 3 x RME HDSP PCI cards-
drivers are v2.94(3), 4 x UAD-1 cards (v4.2), an ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo, 4G RAM,.AMD XP4200 dual core CPU, a Matrox P750 graphics card and a 13 slot Magma chassis with 3 x IDE HD's in external cases, 1 x USB 2.0 HD, Sony IDE DVDR burner, Memorex USB CD burner and Steinberg dongle.
First of all, use the 1014 BIOs for the mobo. This gets rid of the USB over
current *feature* that rears it's ugly head with the 1017 bios.
Install the most recent VIA Hyperion drivers for the mobo.
Install all Win XP updates except the .NET 2.0 framework (use the 1.1
framework)
Update the Matrox P750 driver and bios to the most recent, then use the Matrox sysutil 1805 to *downgrade* the Matrox BIOS so the Splash screen and mobo BIOS can be viewed without garbled graphics
without upgrading to the ASUS 1017 BIOS from hell (which probably won't help anyway, even though ASUS and Matrox recommend this-don't go there)
Install the 2 x RME HDSP 9652's in PCI slots 2 & 3.
Install the Magma host card in PCI slot #4
In the Magma chassis, the slot assignments are as follows:
1.-UAD-1
2.
3. RME Multiface PCI
4.
5. UAD-1
6.
7.
8. UAD-1
9.
10.
11.
12. UAD-1
13.
I'm playing back a 31 track project with a 98% UAD-1 resource load with the
buffers set to 512k (6ms). No crackling in the audio.........at all......and
no dropouts or glitching. System isn't even breathing hard.
This is with my system marginally optomized for audio. None of the
recommended registry tweaks have been done and none of the system service tweaks have been done either.
I've been struggling with this situation for quite a while-Thanks to Chris Ludwig of ADK Pro Audio who has been extremely helpful during this ordeal.
drivers are v2.94(3), 4 x UAD-1 cards (v4.2), an ASUS A8V Deluxe mobo, 4G RAM,.AMD XP4200 dual core CPU, a Matrox P750 graphics card and a 13 slot Magma chassis with 3 x IDE HD's in external cases, 1 x USB 2.0 HD, Sony IDE DVDR burner, Memorex USB CD burner and Steinberg dongle.
First of all, use the 1014 BIOs for the mobo. This gets rid of the USB over
current *feature* that rears it's ugly head with the 1017 bios.
Install the most recent VIA Hyperion drivers for the mobo.
Install all Win XP updates except the .NET 2.0 framework (use the 1.1
framework)
Update the Matrox P750 driver and bios to the most recent, then use the Matrox sysutil 1805 to *downgrade* the Matrox BIOS so the Splash screen and mobo BIOS can be viewed without garbled graphics
without upgrading to the ASUS 1017 BIOS from hell (which probably won't help anyway, even though ASUS and Matrox recommend this-don't go there)
Install the 2 x RME HDSP 9652's in PCI slots 2 & 3.
Install the Magma host card in PCI slot #4
In the Magma chassis, the slot assignments are as follows:
1.-UAD-1
2.
3. RME Multiface PCI
4.
5. UAD-1
6.
7.
8. UAD-1
9.
10.
11.
12. UAD-1
13.
I'm playing back a 31 track project with a 98% UAD-1 resource load with the
buffers set to 512k (6ms). No crackling in the audio.........at all......and
no dropouts or glitching. System isn't even breathing hard.
This is with my system marginally optomized for audio. None of the
recommended registry tweaks have been done and none of the system service tweaks have been done either.
I've been struggling with this situation for quite a while-Thanks to Chris Ludwig of ADK Pro Audio who has been extremely helpful during this ordeal.