Needing help !

[Caj Ilotuuli]

I bought a new graphiccard :nvidia geforceGTX 560 , and after one of my friends installed it, I found that I´ve often got distortion when I worked in Reaper and Sibelius . One guy at the Reaper forum said that nvidias graphic cards often has  that impact when working with music software .

Anyone here who has the same experience ? and what shall I do ?

I know there is many here who is good at computers ( I am not )

This is a really frustrating problem .

Anyone who has any advice ?

[Doug Lauber]

You need to setup your DAW to work with a regular A/D/A interface- firewire or USB or internal PCI.

examples: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=interfaces

[Caj Ilotuuli]

Thanks Doug !  A lot of them to choose between ,I´m running windows 7 64 bit .

Any special you will recommend ?

[Doug Lauber]

I use the MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid. It has multiple ins and outs. USB or Firewire. I use firewire with my Win 7 64bit.

I need multiple connections for doing things like sending a track out to my outboard compressor and/or outboard EQ, and then back into a separate recording channel in my DAW (Sonar) So it goes like this:

Bass track in Sonar > MOTU ch 8 out > outboard compressor(Distressor) > channel 4 in MOTU > new recorded track in Sonar. You may not have a need for that kind of signal chain now, but if you get into recording and mixing, it's a nice luxury later on.

[Caj Ilotuuli]

Thanks Doug ! Good help for me . Before I buy an interface I solved the problem temporarily by increasing the samplerate and latency ( a guy at the Reaper forum helped me ) . I also disabled some of windows "cosmetic" functions .

[Caj Ilotuuli]

Is A/D/A analog to digital ? 

Is it good in your Motu ?

I´m making EAM music in REAPER but my knowledge about studio technique is very bad .

Doug Lauber said:

You need to setup your DAW to work with a regular A/D/A interface- firewire or USB or internal PCI.

examples: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=interfaces

[Doug Lauber]

I don't think you should use your video card for music.  I like my MOTU Ultra Lite Hybrid. Do you have a MIDI keyboard?

[Caj Ilotuuli]

How do I manage to not use the video card for music , more then I have done ? ( I´m not using nvidia´s settings ).

I have M-Audio Key rig 49 .

[Caj Ilotuuli]

I bought Motu Ultralite mk3 Hybrid , but can´t get any sound at all from it . REAPER freezes totally and Sibelius won´t start at all . What is the problem ? 

Doug Lauber said:

I use the MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid. It has multiple ins and outs. USB or Firewire. I use firewire with my Win 7 64bit.

I need multiple connections for doing things like sending a track out to my outboard compressor and/or outboard EQ, and then back into a separate recording channel in my DAW (Sonar) So it goes like this:

Bass track in Sonar > MOTU ch 8 out > outboard compressor(Distressor) > channel 4 in MOTU > new recorded track in Sonar. You may not have a need for that kind of signal chain now, but if you get into recording and mixing, it's a nice luxury later on.

[Caj Ilotuuli]

OK . I first installed the latest drivers ( Setup Audio ) from Motu . But nothing worked until I change USB-port ( I can´t find any firewire port on my motherboard ) , then REAPER and Audio-Mulch worked but in Sibelius I had to change to 48 kHz to avoid glitches . I can´t play an mp3 with windows media player or  Qick time , and when I go to the Control panel / sound it says :  No audio device is installed , but I can find the Motu hardware under program , but no software .

When I searh in the c-drive I have Cue mix , Motu audio console and Motu SMTPE console among the programs .

No , I don´t have an amp or speakers yet ( only Sennheiser HD 650 headphones ) .Why do I need an amp ?

I thought there was enough with headphones and monitor speakers . Thanks for help .

[Caj Ilotuuli]

After I restarted my computer I could see Motu in the Control panel / sound .

But how do I setup Windows to send audio to Motu ?

[Doug Lauber]

Are you in the USA? Phone MOTU. Have them walk you through the setup.

[Caj Ilotuuli]

No , I´m in Sweden , but I registered my Ultralite at Motu , and have sent my setup to them .

But now all seems to work . Both REAPER , Audio-Mulch and Sibelius . (windows media player also)

It sounds really good .