audio track sync(not MIDI)

[rogee]

I record audio tracks from my Roland xp-80, that have been sequenced and quantized to 100 bpm, for example. I press record in ptle7.3.1 and then press play on my roland but 100bpm on the roland doesn't quite match 100bpm in Protools.

I'm also getting increase H/W buffer errors. I have an external hard drive that worked just fine, connected USB for a long time but then I started getting H/W buffer errors again so I switched to the firewire 800 ports on the external hard drive. Only problem is my laptop only has a 4-pin 1394 port. so I bought a 9-pin to a 4-pin cable and it worked about as well as USB.

My laptop has an 80Gb hard drive now, that Dell told me had a "SATA interface" but it only has one place available for a hard drive on the mother board so whatever I use there, will be the HD that the Operating system is on.

I can buy a firewire express card, apparently, that will allow me to hook firewire 800 to 800. I think that's my best option but don't know if that will solve the beat-clocks-not-matching-up issue.

any advice? (sandra below)

[rogee]

SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : Dell MP061
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : bob-652c896bfda
User : pt
Processor
Model : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz
Speed : 2GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Mobile, Dual-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
Computer
Platform Compliance : Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Mainboard : Dell 0FF049
BIOS : Dell A01 03/17/2006
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Chipset
Model : Dell 955XM/945GM/PM/GMS/940GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 333MHz (1.33GHz)
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Shared Memory : 8MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 666MHz (1.33GHz)
Storage Devices
FUJITSU MHV2080BH (78.5GB, SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 73GB (C:)
SanDisk Cruzer Micro 1GB (USB) : 977MB (E:)
_NEC DVD+/-RW ND-6650A (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 73GB (NTFS) @ FUJITSU MHV2080BH (78.5GB, SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ _NEC DVD+/-RW ND-6650A (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Removable Drive (E:) : 976MB (FAT) @ SanDisk Cruzer Micro 1GB (USB)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Dell 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : SMSC FDC37N769
Audio Device : Dell 82801G (ICH7) High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : Sigmatel 9200 HD Audio Codec
Disk Controller : Dell 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M) Serial ATA Storage Controller
USB Controller 1 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 3 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 5 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Dell R5C832 IEEE-1394 Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Adobe PDF Converter (4000x4000, Colour)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Network Adapter : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport (Ethernet, 54Mbps)
Wireless Adapter 1 : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : Off-Line
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 3)
Platform Compliance : x86

[The Weed]

Your chipset may be an issue, the Dell firewire controller will always be an issue. You must disable the wireless when using Pro Tools and you must have a physically separate hard drive to record your sessions to. If firewire, both the motherboard firewire controller and the chipset in the enclosure must be Digidesign approved.

If you can get and use an eSATA ExpressCard with an eSATA external drive that will mean you don't have to be worried about chipsets for your external drive at least and eSATA will be faster than even firewire 800.

Cheers,

[rogee]

I was chatting w/ a dell representative for an hour the other day and he said my only option was the firewire express card. I don't know anything about eSATA except I did see that protools wasn't compatible with it in their instructions.

can I do a sandra report while my external hard drive is connected to view it's chipset?

[rogee]

This is w/ my external hard drive connected. I don't think it tells me about it's chipset

anybody know? it's a storcase rhino jr.



SiSoftware Sandra
Computer
Model : Dell MP061
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : bob-652c896bfda
User : pt
Processor
Model : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz
Speed : 2GHz
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Mobile, Dual-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 2x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
Computer
Platform Compliance : Intel Centrino Mobile Technology
Mainboard : Dell 0FF049
BIOS : Dell A01 03/17/2006
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB PCMCIA USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Chipset
Model : Dell 955XM/945GM/PM/GMS/940GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 333MHz (1.33GHz)
Total Memory : 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
Shared Memory : 8MB
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 666MHz (1.33GHz)
Storage Devices
FUJITSU MHV2080BH (78.5GB, SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 73GB (C:)
WDC WD2500JB-00REA0 (250GB, USB/ATA100, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (E:)
_NEC DVD+/-RW ND-6650A (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 73GB (NTFS) @ FUJITSU MHV2080BH (78.5GB, SATA150, 2.5", 5400rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ _NEC DVD+/-RW ND-6650A (ATA33, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
rhino (E:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD2500JB-00REA0 (250GB, USB/ATA100, 3.5", 7200rpm, 8MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Dell 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : SMSC FDC37N769
Audio Device : Dell 82801G (ICH7) High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : Sigmatel 9200 HD Audio Codec
Disk Controller : Dell 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M) Serial ATA Storage Controller
USB Controller 1 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 3 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 5 : Dell 82801G (ICH7) USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Dell R5C832 IEEE-1394 Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Adobe PDF Converter (4000x4000, Colour)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Network Adapter : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport (Ethernet, 54Mbps)
Wireless Adapter 1 : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport (802.11g (ERP), TKIP, 54Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Battery No 1 : 98%
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 3)
Platform Compliance : x86

[rogee]

I also get these yellow question/exclamation marks. it has something to do with my mbox2 I think. does this tell you anything?

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...2/yellowqs.jpg

[rogee]

anybody?

[albee1952]

Those yellow flags are telling you that you need some drivers for something. I would disconnect the Mbox and try to solve that problem first. I assume this is a laptop? You MUST disable wifi when running Pro Tools.

[ondruspat]

Regarding you first problem:
[QUOTE=rogee;1500449]100bpm on the roland doesn't quite match 100bpm in Protools. QUOTE]

Unless you pieces of gear are linked by a master clock of some sort there will always be a little tempo drift. Your 100bpm will even vary computer to computer unless they are clocked to the same source.

Since you already have done your sequences before dropping them into PT you could just take their bar/beat measurement and assign these to the proper place of the imported audio using the "Identify Beat" command.

[TOM@METRO]

He's right.