Re: issues with mac book pro and Tascam FW1884 running win xp pro sp3, jaws, sonar 6pe, with bootcamp.

[Alex Jurgensen]

Hi,

Cameron,
YOu should be able to argue your point. Say that you bought a new  
computer and that 7 ain't working. They can't charge you because thier  
software ain't compatable.

Thanks,
Alex,


On 29-Jan-09, at 2:36 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

actually given how finicky Jaws can be in general, it is highly  
possible that the older edition  is creating the conflict, making  
the suggestion very relevant indeed.
Unless you know others running the exact same setup using this  
edition of jaws, why is the suggestion of an upgrade unimportant?
it looks like you are using hardware and configurations that are  
more recent than the screen reader.

Karen

On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Cameron wrote:

Hi.  Not sure what that has to do with this particular issue,  
however, since
you brought it up, I did call freedom sscientific about that last  
week and
they said they can only upgrade me to the latest version, ten,  
which would
cost me approx $550.  That ended the call pretty freaking quickly.

Cameron.





-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-boun...@macvisionaries.com
[mailto:discuss-boun...@macvisionaries.com] On Behalf Of David  
Poehlman
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:45 AM
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS  
X by the
blind
Subject: Re: issues with mac book pro and Tascam FW1884 running win  
xp pro
sp3,jaws, sonar 6pe, with bootcamp.

one thing you need to do is upgrade your jaws to at least 8.

On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:26 AM, Cameron wrote:

Hi everyone.  This is driving me insane.  I am out of ideas on what  
to
do.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated.



Here is my setup.  Mac book pro, 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo processor,
200gb
hd, 2gb ddr 2 ram, texas instruments firewire chipset, using bootcamp
to run
windows xp pro service pack 3.  I am using the Tascam FW1884 in  
native
mode
in sonar 6 producer edition, and I am using jaws seven.



Now, I sold my white mac book recently due to the lucent chipset not
being
compatible with various firewire audio interfaces etc.



All signs pointed to the mac book pro with the ti firewire chipset
being the
solution.



This is not the new aluminum series mac book pro by the way, it's an
early
08 model.



I've been doing a lot of research and was aware of the speed issue
with the
combination 400/800 firewire port in win xp sp2 and sp3.  I managed  
to
edit
the chipset device properties in the registry an the sidspeed is now
set at
2, which is the default for a firewire 400 device.



I also went into the device manager and disabled wireless, the  
firewire
network adaptor, and Bluetooth.



According to the posts I've read on various forums, this should have
solved
my problem.



After resetting the sidspeed, I get audio playback, of a stereo  
file in
winamp for example.  However, when I open a sonar session, even when
there
are just say four or six audio tracks, it takes about ten seconds for
playback to begin.  Also, I am getting many instances of jaws  
freezing.
Like the soft synth gets stuck.



Everything in sonar is set as it should be and I selected acio  
drivers
instead of wdm.



However, when I closed sonar and relaunched it, it said that my bit
rate and
sample rate have been reset to 16 bit 44.1k because the settings were
not
compatible with the device drivers.



In the tascam's control panel I seem to need the latency at 100
percent or
at least above fifty or I get dropouts every few seconds.



And yes, I have the latest firmware installed for the fw1884 and I
have the
latest sonar driver installed for it.



This is driving me insane.



I am running out of things to try.



Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please feel free to forward
this to
anyone who may have a solution.



Thanks,



Cameron.