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Soul El · #11 04-10-2014, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mesaone

As for the waves bug, it seems to only affect people running mirrored displays. I'm not sure the status of panoramic displays, it would be worth looking into. I have no problems here with an NVIDIA card running dual displays (but I'm not mirroring or running 3+ screens, and you are)

Hmm gotcha. Yea I would prefer no risk, but the insight of that happening is priceless, thank you for that.

mesaone · #12 04-10-2014, 07:18 PM

I don't think ATI cards are immune to the bug, either. You should check the waves bug thread to make sure.

Soul El · #13 04-10-2014, 07:22 PM

Good call, I'm on it!
On the Duc or waves? lol cant find it in either....

feliponk · #14 04-11-2014, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Soul El

Im headed PC for sure, Mac is out of the budget.

Dude: do you know you can build a custom MAC Pro using PC parts?, that's what I was talking about.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/416-buildi...html#custo_pro

mesaone · #15 04-11-2014, 09:51 AM

Sorry, I was unintentionally vague. The thread is stickied in the Windows section here, the title is i7 Builds. http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=238426

Soul El · #16 04-12-2014, 08:56 PM

Update...
So went to Fry's and setup some things...
Set me up with the...
Intel core I7 4930
TT Toughpower 750w
siig 3-port firewire card (saphire pro 40)
CM trooper window case
MSI AMD R7 260x
and the ASUS x79 deluxe
Rather have the Sabertooth so I may have to hunt it down.

mesaone · #17 04-12-2014, 09:49 PM

About the SIIG 3-port firewire card, does it have both FW400 and FW800 ports? This will pose a problem to Focusrite interfaces. I didn't realize you were using a Saffire, otherwise I would have said something sooner.

As per this whitepaper (and various forum posts I've seen all over the place from users), you want a card with FW400 only. If your card has both types, you should exchange it.

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Known Incompatibilities

- Most FireWire 400/800 and FireWire/USB “Combo Cards”
We have seen undesirable behaviour with “Combo Cards”, and as such recommend using
cards with only FireWire 400 ports.

The SIIG NN-E2012-S2 (~$40) is the one they list as supported, although any PCIe FW400-only card with a TI chipset should do.

Soul El · #18 04-12-2014, 10:30 PM

I tried to dig into focusrites compatibility page as far as firewire to usb 3.0 but was unsuccessful, never thought it went further. Thanks again Mesaone. Huge help. That would be the worst if audio processing was a hardware issue.

mesaone · #19 04-12-2014, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Soul El

That would be the worst if audio processing was a hardware issue.

I'm not sure what you mean. Audio processing (well, the process of conversion) can be a hardware issue. Is it a combo card?

Soul El · #20 04-12-2014, 10:55 PM

Just looked at the card its 800 only... more research
and yeah the process of sending audio thru