1 Topic by Killahurts (edited by Killahurts 2013-01-21 20:21:00)

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Topic: Published Channel Names changed with HDSP 3.04?

I have a Mac Pro with an HDSPe MADI card installed. I recently updated the OS to Mountain Lion (10.8.2) from 10.6.8. I was having a few strange problems with the HDSP 2.77 software/drivers, so I updated that to 3.04. It runs more solid, except that in Digital Performer 8.01, my main DAW, the channel routing, or "bundles" are all messed up. I noticed that the names of the channels on the card have changed- they now say

"MADI 1-8 1"
"MADI 1-8 2", etc.

Where it used to have the name HDSPeMADI /1 (or something like that).

Then on channel 9, it says

MADI 9-16 1
MADI 9-16 2, etc.

So it seems to be named in groups of 8 now.

I have to go and re-set up the Bundles one click at a time on every old project I pull up, so they will all play out of the correct channels. 48 mono channels and 24 stereo, both ins and outs. Big waste of time.

I reinstalled HDSP 2.77 and it was all correct again, but the system was somewhat unstable. Installed 3.04 again, and I get a stable system, but also this name change that messes up the routing in my DAW. Can anything be done about this? Is there a setting in Total Mix that will fix it (like "use classic channel names", or something)?

Thanks!

2 Reply by MC

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Re: Published Channel Names changed with HDSP 3.04?

Because of changes in the OS (sample rate change did no longer work when using non-interleaved devices) we had to modify the way the driver works (to 8-channel streams). Due to another change in the OS we were also forced to add real names to the channels based on the streams. The older driver you refer to had no names at all, they were generated either by the OS or your application automatically.

Sorry, but you will have to reset the channel names on all older projects with DP.

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Matthias Carstens
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  • Registered: 2007-05-26
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Re: Published Channel Names changed with HDSP 3.04?

Thanks for the response Mathias! That's what I was afraid of. DP provides a way to import the bundles from other projects, but I haven't been able to make that work yet.. with the renaming scheme, it may not be possible. Oh well, at least the card still works, and still sounds great! :-)