• Registered: 2009-01-16
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Topic: windows on mac

I have been using an HDSPe PCI card very happily on my mac pro for years without issues.  In order to run the new SADiE 6 software I have installed a copy of Windows XP SP3 on it via Boot Camp.  After dealing with the partition map problem successfuly (windows wont see drives with the GUID/Apple partition map) my next problem is to install the HDSPe card which is neither shown in the device list nor detected as a new device despite the fact that it works perfectly under OSX 10.5.8.  Does anyone have any experience in this field?

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Chris Thorpe
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Re: windows on mac

Please check Device Manager again, the card should be detected as "unknown device" or "multimedia audio controller" under the Other Devices heading.

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  • Registered: 2009-01-16
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Re: windows on mac

Yes it was that.  I thought it might be but was a bit nervous about going ahead without a bit of advice as I know very little about windows.  I have managed to install the driver and S/W - all shows up and the mixer and HDSPe settings panel are visible and seem to be working.  My digiface is locked and responds to changes in the HDSPe settings.  Should I be able to use the digiface to output stuff from W media player,  I have not managed to do this so far.  I would like to be able to do this to verify that the RME device and windows are talking together properly as I have a sync problem between the SADiE 6 software and the RME device - I think it is a digital sync problem as there is sound but it is of a very lo-fi "dalek" like quality.  The SADiE plays back through WDM ok.

cheers

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Chris Thorpe