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Title: Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: joeshambro on September 27, 2003, 01:54:33 AM

So I've found a really weird problem withmy UA5..

Last night, I go to a non-taping show (Christopher ORiley, classical pianist doing beautiful Radiohead transcriptions), sneak the full rig in and have the SR77's hid in some woodwork in the balcony.. I tape the whole show to my laptop, and when I check it after the show, it sounds like shit... no indication during the show it was happening.
I used it on tour for several months recording live into my Powerbook G3.  But now that I"ve moved to G4's, both in the studio and in the field, I"m having some serious trouble.  Unless something happened to the UA5 in between (very likely, as I just got the laptop a week ago or so)..

The sound jerks around, skips, has massive diginoise..  sometimes it slows down in pitch yet continues to record at the right speed.. it's very strange.

Happens both on my dekstop and laptop, so I'm thinking something is f'ed in the UA5 itself..


Any ideas?

Sample:

http://webpages.charter.net/jshambro/oriley1.wav

my apologies if the server's not working, there's been some problems today...

Thanks guys..

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: caymanreview on September 27, 2003, 02:49:47 AM

you smuggled in sr77s, ua5, and a g4 powerbook!

nice!

+T

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: Lee on September 27, 2003, 03:20:56 AM

shit, +T for brass balls!

don't know a thing about mac, so can't help you much.  Sounds like there might be another program hogging the system resources, though...

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: Scuba Jeremy on September 27, 2003, 04:03:27 AM

Random thought - sounds like hardware? Are there any problems with your USB cable? Bends or ??

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: Sean Gallemore on September 27, 2003, 05:44:43 AM

recording in the right bit/hrtz combo?

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: joeshambro on September 27, 2003, 02:11:38 PM

Yeah, everything appears to be right...

All the settings on the box are right, everything in Peak looks normal...  Very weird.

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: InfiniteOhms on September 27, 2003, 07:41:03 PM

you did'nt happen to run a backup did you? that sounds like a badass show.

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: Scuba Jeremy on September 28, 2003, 01:06:47 AM

Did the problem occur in your monitoring headphones, or only on your wav file?

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: 1st set only on September 29, 2003, 03:50:41 PM

yep sounds horrible. I would try it again at home with everything set up the same.
Were there wires crossed? AC power? right drivers? Have you used this setup before?

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: nic on September 29, 2003, 04:19:31 PM

what OS you using? OSX or OS9?
OSX audio recording support is still "flaky-at-best"

Title: Re:Horrible UA5 USB problem...
Post by: Chris K on September 29, 2003, 05:48:32 PM

what recording software are you using....i am having seriuos issues with peak LE 3.2.1

sounds fine going in, but on playback there is all this crackling....very frustrating...