Hello everyone! I'm about to build a PC for PT and don't know what I should get...

[cody]

Minorelli,

I'm curious to know what your results are with Davec torture test on your system.

Thanks,

Cody

[Minorelli01]

Cody, what is the "Davec Torture Test" exactly?

[jjhuntfox]

Go here and read / print the instructions. You will have 4 effects on each track and 4 on each aux track. All tracks must be record enabled. When you get done post your results. Look how others have posted their results. Good luck.

http://duc.digidesign.com/cgi-bin/ub...;f=32;t=001474

[Minorelli01]

Alrighty, just ran the Davec and here it goes:

> 24 tracks
> 15 aux tracks
> Athlon XP 2000+
> Asus A7V333
> 512MB PC2100 (Corsair, with cooling)
> 7200rpm Maxtor ata133

[aziel]

look at this:

- Biostar motherboard M7VKG SKTA(AMD) VIA KLE133
- AMDXP 1.8
What do you think? could work? help...i dont have acces to many systems...

[Allen Hallada]

Stick with these chipsets:
AMD761
KT333

Recommended motherboards:
A7M266
A7V333

Other chipsets that have worked in the past:
KT266a
KT133a

Motherboards with these chipsets:
A7V266E
A7V133

I have a hard time recommending anything else anymore.

Allen [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[Allen Hallada]

Check this thread for more info:

http://duc.digidesign.com/cgi-bin/ub...;f=32;t=004858

[WoodMan]

I just built a system using the specs from this forum. My system is as follows:

AMD Athlon 1800 XP
ASUS A7M266 Motherboard
256MB of DDR RAM (PC 2100)
ATI Raedon Graphics Card
SB Live (disabled in Pro Tools hardware config, only using as midi sound module)
NIC (disabled in Pro Tools harware config)
I also disabled all COM ports in my Pro Tools Hardware config.

My Digi is on IRQ 10 and is not shared with any other device. VIA IRQ sharing device.

That all being said I'll be moving on...
I was recording all 8 inputs at one time during rehearsal and would only be able to make one successfull recording. I tried to record multiple takes, but kept getting harware interrupt timeouts. I have a killer system (the one that showed to perform the best using the davec test) and am only using on avg. 2 plug-ins per channel (compress and eq). I am also running two aux busses using D-verb and chorus on an aux for the drums (running from 4 tracks), and reverb and delay (running from 2 tracks) for vocals. Can anyone think why it kept stopping recording. I need to figure this out ASAP. We are due in the studio in July and I am sending sessions to our producers in Pro Tools format to give them a better idea of the sonic quality I am looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I defraged my audio drive last night and will try some more before rehearsals this weekend. Thank god, for the DUC.

[Minorelli01]

Is your NIC physically disabled? or s/w disabled?

[Basshead3606]

You didnt say if you have the ata100tx2 card. I have built 2 systems around that motherboard and the ata100tx2 card and had great results. Also put the Digi card in slot 3 and set to IRQ9. ATA100tx2 card in slot 2 and set to IRQ5. This should help some.