Topic: UFX & Windows 7 Dropouts and Digital Distortion from Software playback
I've been having this issue for as long as I've had my UFX and my current PC (~3 years), but due to university (electrical engineering) I have had little or no time to work in my studio.
Having searched the forum I see that there are OSX Yosemite users that have a similar issue as mine.
The basic issue is as follows. After a seemingly random period of time the software playback from my DAW (Ableton Live 9, Maschine, Cubase 6 etc) will begin to degrade with lots of digital distortion and what sounds like an extreme amount of jitter and a complete loss of synchronization (the sound is similar to extreme bit crushing). Eventually the result is that I will no longer have any audio from any software on my PC. Totalmix FX still functions (I have crystal clear audio from any and all hardware inputs), and the USB led on the UFX is illuminated. I can temporarily restore full functionality by switching the buffer size on the fireface control panel, but the problem eventually returns.
I do not believe it is an actual buffer issue as when it works I get excellent performance on all buffer settings.
Things to note about my system are:
I have the UFX in a rolling rack, connected to the PC by a 3 meter USB cable (switching different cables doesn't help).
I have tried numerous USB2 and USB3 ports on my PC with little to no change regardless of another devices being connected.
When I get a chance I will update to the latest drivers (I'm currently running either USB driver 1.053 or 1.059), but would love some other suggestions just in case the issue is still persistent.
My system specs are:
Motherboard:
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
Processor:
AMD FX-6100 3.3GHz
Video Card:
AMD Radeon HD6670
Ram:
GSkill RipjawsX 12800CL9 4x4GB (16GB total)
System drive:
Intel 520 Series SSD 120GB
Library drive:
Intel 520 Series SSD 240GB
Audio drive:
Intel 520 Series SSD 60GB
Peripherals:
D-Link DWA-160 wireless adapter (connected via USB2)
DSP Cards:
UAD 2 DUO
Audio Interface:
RME UFX
MIDI Interface:
MOTU MIDI ExpressXT
Other Peripherals:
Korg Kaoss Pad 3 (x2)
M-Audio Keystation 88es
Native Instruments Maschine Studio
Ableton Push
Thank you,
Gabriel