Horrid playback in Sonar 3 PE.
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:53 am
Hello,
New here, and am posing a question for my brother who doesn't have internet service yet. He just a purchased a new Pentium-4 HP computer, and is to be using it solely for his music creating. He installed Sonar3 PE on it, and called up a few files that he had previously done in Sonar 2. The playback was horrendous, meaning that the sound was muddied and riddled with popping noises. However, those very same files played clear as a bell when through the Windows Media Player. We tried everything that we could think of (changing through the four listed drivers, and a host of other settings), but nothing would offer a favorable solution. Those files played fine, also, on his other computer w/ Sonar 2, and we tried to install that version on his new computer to see what the story would be. But it would not install on the new one. It kept giving reference to DirectX 8.1 being needed - and would go through the process of installing it. After receiving indication that DirectX was successfully installed on the system, I restarted it. But - when trying to install Sonar 2 again - that same DirectX installation screen would surface, with that same message.
It is imperative that my brother gets this matter straightened out ASAP, and we are hoping that someone wouldn't mind stepping up to help him out in this. It would be MOST appreciated.
New here, and am posing a question for my brother who doesn't have internet service yet. He just a purchased a new Pentium-4 HP computer, and is to be using it solely for his music creating. He installed Sonar3 PE on it, and called up a few files that he had previously done in Sonar 2. The playback was horrendous, meaning that the sound was muddied and riddled with popping noises. However, those very same files played clear as a bell when through the Windows Media Player. We tried everything that we could think of (changing through the four listed drivers, and a host of other settings), but nothing would offer a favorable solution. Those files played fine, also, on his other computer w/ Sonar 2, and we tried to install that version on his new computer to see what the story would be. But it would not install on the new one. It kept giving reference to DirectX 8.1 being needed - and would go through the process of installing it. After receiving indication that DirectX was successfully installed on the system, I restarted it. But - when trying to install Sonar 2 again - that same DirectX installation screen would surface, with that same message.
It is imperative that my brother gets this matter straightened out ASAP, and we are hoping that someone wouldn't mind stepping up to help him out in this. It would be MOST appreciated.