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Aaron Saunders · #1 07-26-2006, 01:39 PM

So I'm trying to record here in my humble abode, and I have an M-Audio Firewire Solo. It is plugged in, drivers installed, and all that jazz.

Now, my recording software is Nuendo. Unfortunately, Nuendo is also a petulant little twit, because it refuses to play nice with M-Audio and recognize the device. The FWSolo is getting a signal, but Nuendo and the device just will not connect. What do I do?

Joe Nerve · #2 07-26-2006, 01:46 PM

I have an M-Audio OmniStudio USB and Nuendo. I hate M-audio and I hate Nuendo. I've pretty much given up. Got it working, but it's got latency issues that I'm convinced are impossible to work out.

I'm going to assume you've uninstalled and reinstalled everything. I'm going to also assume that you checked the Steinberg site and M-audio site for updates and most recent drivers. Other than that I can be of no help.

Good luck.

Aaron Saunders · #3 07-26-2006, 01:52 PM

Yes indeedy :/.

Thanks Joe

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**Chris Fitzgerald** · #4 07-26-2006, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Nerve

I have an M-Audio OmniStudio USB and Nuendo. I hate M-audio and I hate Nuendo. I've pretty much given up. Got it working, but it's got latency issues that I'm convinced are impossible to work out.

A small mixing board can usually solve most latency problems. I use Digital Performer, but since latency isn't platform specific, I assume the issues are the same. If you've already tried the following and it didn't work, my apologies. If not, it's worth a try:

Get your hands on a small mixer. I use a 12 channel Soundcraft for recording, but upstairs on my other machine, I've got one of These little buggers, and they work just fine (the one on the left comes in at under $100). Send your recording signal through the mixer to your interface, then wire the sound coming out of the program through the interface and back through the mixer, but MUTE THE CHANNEL YOU"RE RECORDING ONTO WHILE RECORDING. You should hear the tracks that are already recorded on the mixer's phone jack, together with the signal you're trying to record at the same time in sync with them.

Sorry if you were already onto this, but it's been working for me for years, and before I discovered this method, I hated DP and MOTU, too. :;

Aaron Saunders · #5 07-26-2006, 03:26 PM

Forgive me if I don't understand, but...why wouldn't I *just* use the mixer in that situation? The whole point of the FWSolo was so that I didn't have to use one, so that I could just plug in a mic or a DI line and record.

Aaron Saunders · #6 07-26-2006, 04:00 PM

Problem solved! Audacity plays nice with it. Stupid Nuendo...

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #7 07-26-2006, 04:03 PM

I don't know the specific interfaces you guys have, but the real point of an interface is to give the user ______(x) channels of high quality A/D conversion so that the audio gets stored in as pure a form as possible. If you only used the mixer, your A/D conversion would be at the mercy of whatever stock soundcard your computer happened to have installed, which usually ain't that great. I use both my mixers as basically big monitor boards, and leave the conversion to the MOTU interfaces. The only times I've tried to monitor through any interface....LATENCY HELL.

M Ramsey · #8 07-26-2006, 06:20 PM

Evening all,

We're using a Tascam FW 1884 to a PC loaded with Nuendo 2.0. Bought a cheap Behringer headphone amp and have NO latency problems.

There was some latency earlier when Aaron (my son) was using the Tascam dual input USB port (can't recall the item number).

Brent Nussey · #9 07-26-2006, 10:46 PM

Chris, the current generation of small, portable interfaces pretty much all have a setting for zero latency monitoring, so you can get the job done without the need for an external mixer. Of course, these things have their own problems, for example, what do you do about limiting or compression before the A/D conversion? Some of the Tascams have inserts, and some of the Edirols have a built-in limiter, but a lot of these devices have no provisions whatever. Anyway, they don't need a mixer for no-latency monitoring, which is handy when you want to record something in your hotel room. It's just not a real interface in the sense of something meant to work with a board and other outboard gear.

Most (ok, all) of the guys I know who use Nuendo are using it for film scoring, using surround sound, etc. It's meant to be used with very powerful setups, and isn't that easy to learn for the casual user. Since it's also by far the most expensive program, may I gently suggest that users may encounter more difficulties if they are using a "cracked" version of the software. I'm not saying anyone here is, just something to consider...

Brent