Combined with the fact that they and m-audio state that they don't officially provide support within a boot camp based rig. I'm running XP, after wiping vista and re-configuring again. I'll wait a bit longer before I even consider win7.
Yeah I know, But I contacted Steinberg a lot and got replies once every month regarding minor details. Sometimes they just kept answering the same old questions because my queries got passed on to many different people. I'm not working to anywhere near the same extent that you are with your projects. Mine are all shitty home-based ones for personal use and what I'm highlighting is that I STRUGGLED with that configuration. I still am now.
The most reliable audio hardware/interface that i've had in this configuration has been my profire2626. I had to sell two more big name interfaces that wouldn't work. I'm hearin' ya on the low level and to be honest it's probably more firewire connectivity than anything, but after patching one driver in xp with one from vista, things have been okay. Except I get distortion/gargle randomly sometimes between 1-3 hours of unit use, which doesn't go away unless I reinstall the driver or reboot my pc. (Sometimes If I cba restarting then I will just reinstall). That and some random drop-outs of software in Cubase. Plug-ins hiding when they are clearly active etc. By all means man, if you think this method is saving you money by sticking to your mac go ahead. If I had the choice i'd go completely PC. Maybe Steinberg etc just don't care enough about the little people
I take it you're considering this option?
Yeah I know, But I contacted Steinberg a lot and got replies once every month regarding minor details. Sometimes they just kept answering the same old questions because my queries got passed on to many different people. I'm not working to anywhere near the same extent that you are with your projects. Mine are all shitty home-based ones for personal use and what I'm highlighting is that I STRUGGLED with that configuration. I still am now.
The most reliable audio hardware/interface that i've had in this configuration has been my profire2626. I had to sell two more big name interfaces that wouldn't work. I'm hearin' ya on the low level and to be honest it's probably more firewire connectivity than anything, but after patching one driver in xp with one from vista, things have been okay. Except I get distortion/gargle randomly sometimes between 1-3 hours of unit use, which doesn't go away unless I reinstall the driver or reboot my pc. (Sometimes If I cba restarting then I will just reinstall). That and some random drop-outs of software in Cubase. Plug-ins hiding when they are clearly active etc. By all means man, if you think this method is saving you money by sticking to your mac go ahead. If I had the choice i'd go completely PC. Maybe Steinberg etc just don't care enough about the little people
I take it you're considering this option?
uke: all over. i walked out of the room for 10-15 mins. to let him warm up or whatever, and when i came back he said that there was a delay between the drums and bass that was really bothering him. mind you, this is a 16 year old kid who knows jackshit about recording, latency, or really anything other than kicking out riffs and chasing tail. then i kicked the latency to 3ms, and he said it was better, but still bothering him. then i went with the latency-free monitoring, and BOOM - damn near flawless takes, with 2 songs done in less than an hour.
