Noise on top of Audio PT10 and Asus Z68 V Pro M-board

[Kryckmeister]

Did a fresh installation. Started an old session with an emptied plugins folder. No guitar emulation (bass amp room was left though), no superior drummer. It sounded allright. I started adding a few plugins. Noise! Got rid of those plugins. Same [bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep] all over.

[Kryckmeister]

SiSoftware Sandra

Computer
Model : System manufacturer System Product Name


Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Speed : 3.71GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : Asus P8Z68-V PRO
BIOS : AMI 3402 05/07/2012
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : No
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : ASUS Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 100MHz (100MHz)
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 667MHz (1.33GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-12800U DDR3-1600 (9-9-9-24 5-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (12 SM4.1 850MHz, 64MB DDR3 2x666MHz, Integrated Graphics)

Graphics Processor
Compute Shader Processor : Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 (12SP 850MHz, 64MB 2x666MHz, Integrated Graphics)

Storage Devices
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ) : 932GB (C:)
WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0 (320GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache) : 298GB (D:)
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ) : 932GB (E:)
TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222AB (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : 466MB (F:)
DTSOFT BDROM () : N/A (G:)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ)
SATAn (D:) : 298GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0 (320GB, SATA150, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache)
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
New Volume (E:) : 931GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD1002FAEX-00Z3A0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ)
Audio CD (F:) : 0bytes (CDFS) @ TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222AB (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Optical Drive (G:) : N/A @ DTSOFT BDROM ()

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS Cougar Point LPC Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 C3-33
Disk Controller : ASUS Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS JMB362 AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS 9172h
USB Controller 1 : ASUS Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2
USB Controller 2 : ASUS Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1
USB Controller 3 : ASUS 1042h
USB Controller 4 : ASUS 1042h
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ASUS VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (Ethernet, 1Gbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

[Kryckmeister]

Tried Reaper which worked before. Had the same noise, then I changed the driver to Mbox Mini Asio 64 and now it sounds normal!

[Kryckmeister]

The noise is by the way best described as crappy old Nintendo 8bits sound!

[Kryckmeister]

Is this a joke?

I formatted the disk and reinstalled Win 7. I installed PT10 inserted the Mbox Mini 3, Spotify. It sounded great. As soon as I installed the Mbox the drivers it started sounding like [bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep] again. When I inserted the Mbox Windows DID find some drivers to playback sound, but PT didn't allow me to start up!

It works on my Macbook Pro however. What is this? The end of a 10 year relationship with Pro Tools?

[Kryckmeister]

Still nothing?

[Kryckmeister]

This was a USB-issue. Works decently with my old 002R. No noise but I would've expected more when it comes to cpu when using plugins.