Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

30 Sep 2007, 22:12

Okay.

Problem is with digital record out (from fantom x) to digital in of the Delta.

Comp is a Pentium 4 2.6 GHZ

1.25 Gig of Ram

Ok, So I just bought the card today. I hooked it up tried recording the fantom dig out to the m-audio dig in. Here's the problem.

I keep getting clicks, little annoying little things that pop in. Any tips. This is my real first attempt at recording digital audio. And I just got the card today, so I may seem naive.

It doesn't have the clicks when I play, just when I playback a recording. Seems to be worse on melodies then drums.

I just hope I didn't waste time and money on a card, hopefully they take it back, if thats the problem.

Also should I need to bump up the fantom output to around 9DB to get a decent sound in dig in? does that sound off?

I've also updated the drivers, and increased the DMA Buffer to 2046 samples, and still nothing.

Re: Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

1 Oct 2007, 11:46

hi.

I have the same click-problems with my 1010lt. A workaround
that at least works for me is to simply boot the PC twice after
switching it on ..sounds stupid but it does the trick

A more better solution might be to not use ACPI interrupt sharing.
You can select this (hidden feature!) during Windows installation: when it asks for additional SCSI/RAID drivers press F5 (*NOT* f6!) and you will be able to select "Standard PC" (no ACPI). This might help.

Finally, it is possible to switch to another "HAL" without re-installing windows but it is kind of tricky. Here is a link that describes it in detail (beware: german)
http://www.microsoft.com/germany/technet/datenbank/articles/600257.mspx

Re: Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

1 Oct 2007, 18:51

really?

Wow.. thats alot. I was thinking maybe my ram was low, but it certainly exceeds the minimal requirements.

Should I just return it for maybe a e-mu card?

I swear, and I also found out that is happens with all playback from the comp and such, that this card must be broken or something, I had better quality from the normal p.o.s. card that came with my dell.

I have 14 days to return.

Re: Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

2 Oct 2007, 16:01

I've had the same problems with Layla3G,Delta66,Delta1010LT with Fantom,V-synth and Korg Triton.

Once I sung the praises of a totally digital studio but then I found out that it could be very unreliable, often requiring a reboot to work and even then only working some times.

Pops and clicks would creep in, audio would be lost if cubase lost focus and random drop outs too.

I steer clear of digital now, opting instead for prudent routing of audio cables away from sources of interference (e.g. mains leads) and using an audio solution that has a breakout box where the signals are immediately converted to digital.

Re: Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

4 Oct 2007, 08:46

if i buy a solid clock (word clock) and hook it up through the in, will it help?

Re: Fantom X6 and M-Audio Delta 1010 LT issues.

6 Oct 2007, 18:22

For all those using a delta and windows xp and having problems. here's a page i found. Kinda tucked away on the m-audio site.

Seems to help so far, but I'm still trying to figure how how to get everything right. Disabling alot of un-used devices, has helped so far. I still get the occasion click or pop though. Not as bad as before.

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=support.faq&ID=80d7b56e35ea51e73104295aec1f755b