Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback -ACID Product Family

Subject:Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback Posted by: SonicSounds Date:10/3/2002 9:37:01 PM I've had Acid freeze up when I push the play button about a half-million times. It does this on both the main playback button and the playback button in the piano list too. What's the deal?
Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback Reply by: SonyNateM Date:10/4/2002 11:00:27 AM I think in a previous post you said you have an Audigy..? Which version of the drivers are you using? What is the filename that you downloaded from creativelabs.com? What happens if you using the WDM/MME drivers for playback, rather than ASIO? Nate
Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback Reply by: SonicSounds Date:10/5/2002 12:31:30 PM I have the original drivers but I can't update them. I tried installing the latest VXD drivers from the website and they caused all sorts of problems. The install program wouldn't install them and I almost lost my hard drive! By the way, what are VXD drivers? I've heard of MME, WDM, ASIO, etc. but never VXD. I'm running Win 98 SE. It doesn't seem to freeze up when I'm using the MME drivers but I still get playback problems with these. The audio begins to distort after it's been playing a while and all of the onscreen graphics begin to stutter and lag. The MME drivers work fine in Acid Pro 3. That's why I'm thinking that something is wrong in Acid 4.0a. I should add that the program also freezes at will too. It's not only on playback.
Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback Reply by: dkistner Date:10/6/2002 10:32:01 AM It freezes for me, too. So badly I've just quit working in it for a while. If it's any help, SOFO, I just downloaded the most recent update to Harmony Assistant, and it predictably freezes after I've had it loaded for less than a minute. It's been rock-solid stable until this upgrade. Myriad added some MIDI mapping capability, and I'm wondering if there's not something going on with Acid, too, in the MIDI department that's causing freezing. But Acid freezes even after I've rendered to wave. 4.0a is much worse in this regard than the first 4.0 was. Also makes me wonder if there's not an XP gremlin about. AMD Athlon 1000 gig 512 RAM SB Live! with current drivers (not ASIO) XP Professional LiveDrvPak.exe downloaded 6/25/02 (supposed to fix issues with XP) Software is very complicated, isn't it? :)
Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback Reply by: SonyNateM Date:10/8/2002 12:56:42 PM "VXD" just refers to the way the driver interacts with the system. VXD ( always MME ) drivers are used with Win9x to access the cards through Windows. Win2k/XP do not allow virtual devices, and use the newer WDM standard instead. When I asked about VXD drivers I meant, "Are you using the latest release of the Win9x drivers for your card?" I have heard of big problems using the Audigy drivers if you have any other sound cards in your machine. Do you?

Subject:Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback

Posted by: SonicSounds

Date:10/3/2002 9:37:01 PM

I've had Acid freeze up when I push the play button about a half-million times. It does this on both the main playback button and the playback button in the piano list too. What's the deal?

Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback

Reply by: SonyNateM

Date:10/4/2002 11:00:27 AM

I think in a previous post you said you have an Audigy..?

Which version of the drivers are you using? What is the filename that you downloaded from creativelabs.com?

What happens if you using the WDM/MME drivers for playback, rather than ASIO?

Nate

Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback

Reply by: SonicSounds

Date:10/5/2002 12:31:30 PM

I have the original drivers but I can't update them. I tried installing the latest VXD drivers from the website and they caused all sorts of problems. The install program wouldn't install them and I almost lost my hard drive! By the way, what are VXD drivers? I've heard of MME, WDM, ASIO, etc. but never VXD.

I'm running Win 98 SE. It doesn't seem to freeze up when I'm using the MME drivers but I still get playback problems with these. The audio begins to distort after it's been playing a while and all of the onscreen graphics begin to stutter and lag.

The MME drivers work fine in Acid Pro 3. That's why I'm thinking that something is wrong in Acid 4.0a. I should add that the program also freezes at will too. It's not only on playback.

Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback

Reply by: dkistner

Date:10/6/2002 10:32:01 AM

It freezes for me, too. So badly I've just quit working in it for a while. If it's any help, SOFO, I just downloaded the most recent update to Harmony Assistant, and it predictably freezes after I've had it loaded for less than a minute. It's been rock-solid stable until this upgrade. Myriad added some MIDI mapping capability, and I'm wondering if there's not something going on with Acid, too, in the MIDI department that's causing freezing. But Acid freezes even after I've rendered to wave. 4.0a is much worse in this regard than the first 4.0 was. Also makes me wonder if there's not an XP gremlin about.

AMD Athlon 1000 gig 512 RAM
SB Live! with current drivers (not ASIO)
XP Professional
LiveDrvPak.exe downloaded 6/25/02 (supposed to fix issues with XP)

Software is very complicated, isn't it? :)

Subject:RE: Acid 4.0a Freezes On Playback

Reply by: SonyNateM

Date:10/8/2002 12:56:42 PM

"VXD" just refers to the way the driver interacts with the system. VXD ( always MME ) drivers are used with Win9x to access the cards through Windows. Win2k/XP do not allow virtual devices, and use the newer WDM standard instead.

When I asked about VXD drivers I meant, "Are you using the latest release of the Win9x drivers for your card?"

I have heard of big problems using the Audigy drivers if you have any other sound cards in your machine. Do you?