[AG-TECH] windows sound card woes

[Gavin Burris]

Thank you all for the response.  I am going with a M-Audio FireWire 
Audiophile.

As for the feedback on the card...  I was using mono rca/phono cables 
between my RAV900 and the soundcard.  When I switched to a stereo cable, 
using only the left channel, things were back to normal.  No crosstalk 
and great gain levels.

I mistakenly thought a mono cable would be fine to jack into a computer 
sound card, but it causes problems.  DON'T DO THAT!  :)

Cheers.


Gavin Burris wrote:
> So I'm not new to this Access Grid thing, but I'm having lots of 
> problems lately!
> 
> I can't get RAT to cooperate.  The integrated audio on a Dell Precision 
> 650 workstation would not give me audio line-in or microphone record.  I 
> then disabled integrated audio and threw in a Soundblaster PCI 512, but 
> RAT would crash or lock up every other minute.
> 
> I then went to the store and bought a Soundblaster Audigy SE.  It gave 
> me echo right on the card!  The speaker out would leak into the 
> microphone in, causing the remote site to hear themselves faintly.  The 
> record gain was way too low even when maxed out and boosted.  And RAT 
> would _still_ crash, but only about every ten minutes.
> 
> So I'm really frustrated.  Could someone please recommend their choice 
> sound card or device for use under Windows with AGtk 3.0.2?
> 
> I'm thinking about getting the M-Audio FireWire Audiophile recommended 
> on the Hardware Reference.  Will RAT behave with this choice?
> 
> Cheers,


-- 
Gavin W. Burris aka 86
Senior Systems Programmer
Penn State Visualization Group