Re: Computers and Global responsibility - was RE: Snap, Crackle, Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems

["gareth whittock" <gareth@whiteoakstudios.freeserve.co.uk>]

Hi Jris,
Don't know if you're still with us but have you tried "asio 4 all" drivers 
- 
they will run with any sound card.I interchange between 3 different 
soundcards and have no trouble.
I can see both sides of the hardware/software discussion though. I use a 
mixture of hardware and sortware - a pedal that gives me my tone and some 
fx 
and a laptop that runs me loops plus infinite reverb/enhancing etc.
If the computer crashes then i can get away with a basic loop set up just 
from my pedal, (as happened when I went to Japan with a virus in my 
computer).
Of course, if the hardware conks out.............................

g
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <johnsrude@peak.org>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Computers and Global responsibility - was RE: Snap, Crackle, 
Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems


> Kris wrote:
>> This is
>> the most frustrating thing about software and computer systems. 
>> Applications
>> will often work great by themselves, but they don't always play nice 
>with
>> others, which is why my complex system crumbled when I decided to try a
>> different sound card.
>
> If I had to guess, I would say that your main problem is with the 
>software
> driver for the soundcard.  Computer hardware manufacturers usually write
> crummy software.  Why?  Because they don't think it's valuable so they
> under-budget for it.  I think that computer hardware manufacturers of 
> sound
> cards and such should open source the drivers for their software.  That 
> way
> the computer community can fix muckups.  I don't think they should open 
> source
> all the software, mind.  There's a lot of software on those chips and 
>it's
> valuable intellectual property.  Just the drivers.  My two cents.
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
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