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danrayol Just Startin'
danrayol
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May 14, 2009 1:51 AM

Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

I was recording using Sonar 8 Producer and a POD X3 live as my I/O for my guitar stuff and a Vaio notebook with 2Gig of ram a 1.6 dual core 32 bit, and it was working well. But I had to switch the notebook to a HP 64 bit 2.0 dual core and 4 gigs of ram and now I’m having a lot of problems! The audio stops, and the sound is chopped up and glitching. So I try to minimize the programs running on the background, stopped the wifi conection and networking, I also went into the ASIO panel and maximized the buffers performance. It helps but it doesn’t fix the problems. I appreciate if anybody could help me! Should I get a different notebook, or a better I/O?

  • edog999854 Just Startin'
    edog999854
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    Jun 15, 2009 9:36 AM (in response to danrayol)
    Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

    Set your sonar tracks to output sounds to the card in the HP notebook

  • jungfriend Just Startin'
    jungfriend
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    Jul 14, 2009 3:19 PM (in response to danrayol)
    Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

    Hey Dan,

    Did you try the suggestion and did it help? I am having a similar problem with my laptop. Everytime I playback a track I get a dropout about 20 seconds into the track. I adjusted the latency, matched the bit rates (the X3 Live was set to 24bits, and the soundcard output was set to 16bits so I set them both to 16 bits), and disabled the Realtek soundcard, but still the dropouts persist. Right now I am routing the output from the internal soundcard into the CD/MP3 input on the POD X3 Live and not using the X3 Live for playback. This works but I think the audio interface functions of the X3 Live should be able to handle simple playback of recorded tracks.

     

    Here's hoping there is another solution besides setting the output to the soundcard. BTW I am using an HP laptop with Centrino Core2Duo, 2gb RAM, Vista Home Premium, which I think is 32bits and not 64bits, so that may not be part of the problem.

     

    Paul

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    Bertus
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    Oct 23, 2009 1:28 AM (in response to danrayol)
    Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

    I am having the same problem: the audio stops after about 30 seconds. And I am not using any DAW software, I just try to play mp3 music, using the x3 live as a soundcard! Did you ever find a solution for this?

    • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
      silverhead
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      Oct 23, 2009 6:59 AM (in response to Bertus)
      Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

      This original thread was some time ago. At the time there was a well known audio dropout issue with teh X3 that has since been resolved. You need to take your X3 to an authorized Line 6 service centre (see http://line6.com/support/serviceCenters/) and tell then you have the audio dropout problem and the fix is documented in Line 6 Tech Bulletin #52. The fix is free, regardless of warranty. At most you will have to pay shipping charges if there's no convenient service centre for you.

       

      THey may have to order a part - talk to them first so that your machine is not sitting in their shop for weeks awaiting the part.

      • Bertus Just Startin'
        Bertus
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        Oct 24, 2009 2:21 AM (in response to silverhead)
        Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

        I never had any problems with usb dropouts until I bought a new computer. I remember a post about a program to check a computer. And would a usb pci card be a solution?

        • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
          silverhead
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          Oct 24, 2009 7:48 AM (in response to Bertus)
          Re: Recording with POD X3 Live and Sonar8

          Bertus wrote:

           

          I never had any problems with usb dropouts until I bought a new computer.

          That's one of the known symptoms of this problem, and why many devices continue to have the problem without the owners knowing about it. But the problem is there, in your X3 - not in your computer - and it will emerge at some point.

           

          ..... I remember a post about a program to check a computer. And would a usb pci card be a solution?

          Why check the computer? The problem is known, and it's with the X3. A pci card might be a temporary solution (so is going back to your old computer, by the way). But you're likely to replace/upgrade your new computer again sometime within the working lifespan of your X3 - and you'll still have the problem. By that time, however, Line 6 may well assume that everyone with the problem has had it fixed, and they will discontinue the free-fix program and stop making the replacement part.

           

          My advice: fix the problem, now, for free while the Line 6 offer is there. Don't waste time and money (e.g. checking the computer for a problem it doesn't have, or purchasing a pci card) trying to temporarily work around the problem.

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