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dtc:
Brian - The manufacturer calls it a DI. It is meant to feed a mixer or active speakers as well as being a normal DAC.
http://www.radialeng.com/r2011/usbpro.php
blgentry:
^ Ah OK. Well that's an easy explanation! I thought maybe there was something unusual about this box, like it was some kind of hybrid device. It's odd that the manufacturer calls it a DI, but that's certainly what it says on the page.
I should probably learn to read a little more carefully.
Brian.
uniman4:
Yeah, sorry, its a bit hard explaining because it's kind of a weird problem. That being said, I have found a simple fix!
Ok, what i have learned is for some reason, ANYTHING i change in MC, is usually followed by a quick sound, like when your tv is on to read an antenna but you just get snow. So, change settings, eq, whatever, ANYTHING i try to change even when stopped, seems to do that, then for some reason it shuts me down, giving me a sign that i can't playback in whatever setting i am in, such as 96kbs 2 channels, or whatever. That comes from MC.
So at least i diagnosed the problem, don't change ANYTHING or home MC freezes of anything, cause that is when it happens.
So then it was time to mess around with settings to find out how to fix after that happens, i tried EVERYTHING, nothing worked!
Well in the end, 1 thing DOES work, and it's pretty simple. I just have to take the usb connection and unplug it from the computer, and plug it back in. Believe that?
So yeah, I guess I still don't know what is so picky, and if its MC or a crappy laptop that is causing it. So i guess I just don't do any changes once connected, which kind of stinks, and hope for no crashes and I'm fine. If i have to, i know the easy solution to the problem.
I don't get it, but at least I know how to work around it I guess. One thing i did do was change MC making it adaptable with XP instead of 10, but that didn't do any good.
uniman4:
Also, i do highly recommend that DI BOX ;)
One of the venues i play has a pretty crummy system, and it makes a HUGE difference in sound quality.
I'm hearing audio that i never even knew existed before with this thing. It's pretty darn amazing. Not cheap but it gets great reviews for a reason! Highly recommend for laptop/pa setups.
So Jim, i guess you actually has the correct answer, usb port! Just not in exactly the context we were thinking. lol
Also, i should mention i am using MC23, never went back and tried with 22, i tend to keep the past in the past. Maybe something to do with 23? Who knows.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: uniman4 on June 25, 2017, 05:31:39 pm ---I just have to take the usb connection and unplug it from the computer, and plug it back in. Believe that?
--- End quote ---
Yes, I believe that. Plugging the USB connection back in triggers the laptop to power up the USB port.
From your posts above I suspect that your laptop is turning off power to the USB ports, a common thing for laptops to do to save battery power. Of course, they shouldn't do it when the USB port is in use, but maybe the laptop detects the loss of signal between tracks and turns off the power then, or maybe it is a crappy laptop.
The good news is that you should be able to find a setting either in Windows or the laptop BIOS to keep USB ports on all the time, or even just one USB port, that you will use for the Radial USB PRO DI DAC. In fact you may even be able to tell Windows not to turn off the DAC itself no matter which port it is connected to.
Windows > Device Manager > find your DAC in the listing > double click the DAC to open properties, or right click, Properties > Power Management tab > Make sure that "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is not checked.
If that setting is greyed out and "Allow this device to wake the computer" is checked, uncheck the later (should be unchecked anyway for your use), and then uncheck the first setting.
See how you go with that.
If that doesn't work, then in Device Manager, select the the DAC, then on the menu at the top of Device Manager, select "View > Devices by connection". You should see a layout something like the attached image, where I am using my G700 USB mouse as an example USB device. Now check the power setting on each step in the chain (red arrows) from the USB Hub to your DAC, and make sure none of them can be turned off by the computer (setting at blue arrow).
If that doesn't work, check the Power Management settings in your laptop BIOS, and see if you can set it to always keep its USB ports turned on. You shouldn't need to go this far, but if the above didn't work, this is worth a try. I can't advise on what settings you will find in the BIOS, because they are all different. But there should be a Power Management or similarly named section that controls power usage by devices, like the USB Hub in the laptop.
Note that all of the above will use more battery power, from least to worst in order above. So it is good that the laptop will be on charge/power supply when you are using it.
If none of the above work you may want to contact the supplier and see if there is a setting for the DAC to always keep itself turned on. Some devices can tell Windows to do that. Because it really does sound like the DAC is being turned off, which stops playback.
Let us know how you go.
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