1 Topic by InTheCHAOS (edited by InTheCHAOS 2012-12-13 10:49:23)

  • Registered: 2011-07-02
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Topic: RayDat Unable To Playback Sound Lower Than 512 Buffer...

Just this week, suddenly my buffer setting had to be pushed to 512 just to play back a single audio file on my Nuendo 5.5 with zero plugins. My ASIO is very low. I did a latency check on my computer and it is extremely low as well. My Nuendo system is measuring 5.850ms latency.

My system is Windows 7 64bit Intel i7 X980 3.33ghz, 24gigs of RAM, NVidia GTX 460  and my RME RayDat 3.29 Driver.

I have not had a single issue. Things run fast. Until now. Literally no sound until a 512 buffer setting. When I have my plugs in, I have to put 5120ms shift to record in time. Before I would use 1024ms with full mixing plugins engaged.

What could this be? Has my sound card died?

I appreciate ANY help in this matter. Thank you.

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Re: RayDat Unable To Playback Sound Lower Than 512 Buffer...

Please be more specific... "No sound" where. Where do you see signal display e.g. in the software and HDSP mixer?


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Daniel Fuchs
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  • Registered: 2011-07-02
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Re: RayDat Unable To Playback Sound Lower Than 512 Buffer...

No signal display anywhere when buffer is set lower than 512 in Nuendo 5.5. (Last week I could go to a 64 buffer easily.) The HDSP mixer shows signal at all latencies. Other programs can go as low a 128 buffer before no sound, which is odd too, because performance was much better before.

Do you think there is some kind of routing error? I have been over and over it. I just never have had issues before with this latency and I am not very experienced in diagnosing what it could be.

Thank you for responding Daniel.

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Re: RayDat Unable To Playback Sound Lower Than 512 Buffer...

Most probably you updated a hardware driver or your BIOS etc. in the last week. Or changed a setting in BIOS etc that does this. Or added some software that operates in the background. If the card itself would be defective then it wouldn't work at all. But you could just take it out and clean the PCI contacts with a rubber eraser and put it back in. Reflashing the card's firmware or updating the driver will most probably not help.

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