[Duo2400] Re: 2400 Audio Interruptus

[Ivan Drucker]

It's a time-consuming suggestion, but I would clean-install the system 
software, turn off virtual memory, disable energy saver, and run it while 
plugged in before drawing any conclusions. I have recorded audio on my 
2400 with no problems.

Ivan.

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>Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:39:32, Shawn Wolfe <tsc at hereintown.net> asked:
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>Could you use a PCMCIA sound card and see if that will help?
>>>
>
>Makes no difference. I have a VXPocket that I have tried.
>
>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:17:14, Carlson <mariner at mts.net> suggested:
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>What kind of hard drive is it? I have an 18gb IBM in mine (400 also) and no
>problems such as you describe, although I did have a similar experience when
>attempting to record to an external syquest. Have you tried running minimal
>extensions, is virtual memory off? What app are you recording with? Which
>OS?
>>>
>
>Yep, it's an IBM/Hitachi Travelstar 10GB, and I'm using OS 8.6.
>I have the same experience with extensions off. In the past I have used 
>Protools to record and had noticed the glitches in the recorded files. 
>This problem happens with *any* sound program, and I am mostly concerned 
>with playing back.
>
>Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:26:09, Larry Friedman <larry.s.f at mindspring.com> 
>opined:
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>When was the last time you de-fragmented and optimized your drive?
>>>
>
>Did that with Disk Warrior and Plus Optimizer, to no avail.
>I'm starting to believe it is the processor that does the interruption. I 
>have tried turning off TCP, sharing and Appletalk. Any more ideas?
>
>David Reaves
>
>
>
>My original posts:
>
>In a message dated 03/19/2003 3:51:58, I had originally written:
>
><<
>My 2400 is a wonderful machine. I upgraded it a while back to 400MHz, 10GB 
>HD and 80MB memory.
>but it is totally useless for recording audio. The hard drive does a 
>recalibration every 60 seconds, which interrupts the audio stream briefly. 
>As you can imagine, this sucks in a profound way.
>
>Any workarounds, or do I need to just not use this baby for audio?
>
>David Reaves
>>>
>
>
>Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:31:02 I added the following:
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>Having not gotten any response from this very knowledgeable group, I 
>meanwhile have tried a few more things myself.
>
>I have an external (PCMCIA card) hard drive that I hooked up to see if I 
>could isolate the problem to the internal drive. Well, the audio 
>interruption also happens when the audio is playing from an external. And 
>you don't even want to know the performance with a USB external drive!
>So, I ask, nay plead, does anybody know what's up with this brief audio 
>interruption every 60 seconds? Is it endemic to the 2400?
>:-(
>
>David Reaves
>unhappy camper
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>
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