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Anyone have any experience with the Abit KV8 Pro coupled with A64 3000? No overclocking just good stability.

I read there were some problems with 10x multiplier booting as 9x (Andtech) I know there may be other chipsets that are better, but in Korea A64 boards are in short supply. My choices are basically: Abit KV8 Pro (VIA K8T800 PRO) Abit KV8 - Max3 (VIA K8T800) Asus K8V (VIA K8T800) Asus K8V SE deluxe (VIA K8T800) Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP (Nforce 3 150) Soyo CK 8 Dragon (Nforce 3 150) MSI K8T Neo FSR (VIA K8T800) MSI K8T Neo FIS2R (VIA K8T800) Chaintech SKT8T800 (VIA K8T800) As far as I understand the Nforce 3 150 chipset is the worst of the bunch so which do I pick? Anyone have any experience with the Abit KV8 Pro coupled with A64 3000?

No overclocking just good stability. I read there were some problems with 10x multiplier booting as 9x (Andtech) I know there may be other chipsets that are better, but in Korea A64 boards are in short supply. My choices are basically: Abit KV8 Pro (VIA K8T800 PRO) Abit KV8 - Max3 (VIA K8T800) Asus K8V (VIA K8T800) Asus K8V SE deluxe (VIA K8T800) Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP (Nforce 3 150) Soyo CK 8 Dragon (Nforce 3 150) MSI K8T Neo FSR (VIA K8T800) MSI K8T Neo FIS2R (VIA K8T800) Chaintech SKT8T800 (VIA K8T800) As far as I understand the Nforce 3 150 chipset is the worst of the bunch so which do I pick? Anyone have any experience with the Abit KV8 Pro coupled with A64 3000?

I found a page to download a utility, called 'Digi Sleep Enabler' It states that 'In Mac OS X, when a user selects 'SLEEP' from the Apple menu, the Mac enters into a state (called forced sleep mode). Before Mac OS X actually performs these tasks, it polls certain processes to determine if it's alright to go into forced sleep mode. System level processes (KEXTs to be specific) are allowed to veto such requests. When this happens, the system will not go into forced sleep mode but rather idle sleep mode (the monitor screen blacks). Why do I mention all this? Because Digidesign implemented their Audio drivers in the form of a KEXT that will, indeed, veto the Mac's request to enter deep sleep. The result of Digidesign's decision to veto all requests for forced sleep simply cripples Mac OS X.

Users who frequently use SLEEP are now forced to forego the operation and SHUTDOWN/REBOOT instead. While this might not seem like such a severe tradeoff, it does impose on the usage patterns of Mac users. Simply put: Digidesign should not have the authority to cripple ANY features built into Mac OS X (or any other OS for that matter).'

Now here's something I've been thinking - If Avid condescendingly expects users to optimize their machines for Pro Tools anyway (where the first optimization is to set Computer Sleep to Never) - why would they cripple OS functionality, with potential energy wasting consequences? It's like deciding that, for their software alone, they have the right to tinker with OS features Mac users paid for, and that's like installing a root kit. Avid, please issue a driver update to allow our Macs to go back to sleep again. This has been an issue for a long time, and it shouldn't help Pro Tools stability in any way - and even if it does, the solution is correctly DEBUGGING Pro Tools drivers, NOT disabling the sleep feature for everyone!

Stop developing software like we're your Beta testers. You have no right to decide which Mac features we can or can't use. It is allowed in Apple's OS X implementation. This is nothing like installing a root kit. Technically, but not ethically allowed - that's why no other DAW has the nerve (nor the need) to do such thing.

All I'm saying is, Pro Tools is a DAW Application. Not a one-of-a-kind custom OS modification to turn your full-featured Mac into a crippled recording-only device;) I'm just pushing for better standards for all of us, Avid users. Why did you have to counter my request for a feature we shouldn't be denied? Do you work for Avid? I don't know about some of you guys, but I'm getting fed up with Avid's 'half features' and 'special treatment'. Power cycling rack hardware like the 003 on a daily basis is ridiculous, considering this is 2011 and the current technology is way ahead of this. That's why I'm selling it, and switching to a Focusrite interface.

I know audio people tend to be technologically impaired, or prefer to work with hand-wired tube gear instead of modern tech, but this is ridiculous. If other DAWs aren't doing it, then Avid has no excuse to be outdated.

I'm just pushing for better standards for all of us, Avid users. Why did you have to counter my request for a feature we shouldn't be denied? Do you work for Avid? Do you work for Steinberg or Apple? You are pushing for better standards for yourself.

You do not speak for me. Technically, but not ethically allowed - that's why no other DAW has the nerve (nor the need) to do such thing.

All I'm saying is, Pro Tools is a DAW Application. Not a one-of-a-kind custom OS modification to turn your full-featured Mac into a crippled recording-only device;) Not ethically allowed?

What are you talking about? It is in the implementation guidance. When I run Pro Tools, I do not want a full-featured Mac. I want stability while using Pro Tools. For the price you paid (for Mac + Pro Tools), you're a fool if you don't ask for both!

I know nothing about Macs, only the fact that I bought an Imac cause I wanted stability in my DAW. I build custom PC's gaming rigs all the time. I even built one for PT, but Since I gathered all the info before I bought a MAC I knew it was strictly for my PT endeavors, and nothing else. Point is that it rocks with my PT and use it only for that. I have Other PC's that do everything else on, and it's a happy marriage. It's a well known statement that you should dedicate your PC or MAC only for audio.

Ultimately stability is the name of the game.;) But I can't stand the fact that on my 003 console volume knobs crackles when you turn it up or down in volume. I can't believe there's not a fix? I know nothing about Macs, only the fact that I bought an Imac cause I wanted stability in my DAW. I build custom PC's gaming rigs all the time. I even built one for PT, but Since I gathered all the info before I bought a MAC I knew it was strictly for my PT endeavors, and nothing else. Point is that it rocks with my PT and use it only for that. I have Other PC's that do everything else on, and it's a happy marriage.

It's a well known statement that you should dedicate your PC or MAC only for audio. Ultimately stability is the name of the game.;) But I can't stand the fact that on my 003 console volume knobs crackles when you turn it up or down in volume.

I can't believe there's not a fix? I am obsessed with stability as much as we all are here - but I get a feeling that stability comes from our desperate attempts to configure and buy new equipment that will perfectly suit Avid's naturally unstable software/hardware - not from their efforts to build the most stable DAWHAHAHAHA couldn't say that with a straight face xD It's hypocritical of Avid to TAKE AWAY a feature off the hardware/software WE BOUGHT in order to improve stability, considering we always have to configure that hardware to Avid specs. 1) Either take away ALL the features you need to make it rock-solid stable; 2) Or take away none and let us configure it ourselves. As far as I can see by reading the DUC over years and years, when a customer's issue isn't caused by an untimely OS update or incompatible hardware or software, it's very usually due to Avid's neglect, and the answer is to tweak something in order for Avid's software to work better. Avid has not behaved like a trustworthy team of developers - they have been condescending, arrogant fat cats who believe they can charge $500 per customer support call.

And we're not stupid, we're industry professionals. We can tell when you're not doing your job, so don't pretend we can't do ours. I am obsessed with stability as much as we all are here - but I get a feeling that stability comes from our desperate attempts to configure and buy new equipment that will perfectly suit Avid's naturally unstable software/hardware - not from their efforts to build the most stable DAWHAHAHAHA couldn't say that with a straight face xD It's hypocritical of Avid to TAKE AWAY a feature off the hardware/software WE BOUGHT in order to improve stability, considering we always have to configure that hardware to Avid specs. 1) Either take away ALL the features you need to make it rock-solid stable; 2) Or take away none and let us configure it ourselves. As far as I can see by reading the DUC over years and years, when a customer's issue isn't caused by an untimely OS update or incompatible hardware or software, it's very usually due to Avid's neglect, and the answer is to tweak something in order for Avid's software to work better. Avid has not behaved like a trustworthy team of developers - they have been condescending, arrogant fat cats who believe they can charge $500 per customer support call. And we're not stupid, we're industry professionals.

We can tell when you're not doing your job, so don't pretend we can't do ours. I can concur with that for sure!, it's disheartening they can even consider charging customers that amount of money for support, (SIMPLY WRONG), just like my recent experience with my only two year old EVENT SP8's. With the known issues with the tweeters and amps failing, they want me to buy a tweeter for $70, knowing they will eventually fail again, or the amp capacitors frying.

I don't think so. It's time to find another company that has a reliable product. Any reccommendations under a $1,000? But a 'Professional DAW' should at least give you an option to change that in the settings:). Its a Professional Audio Work Station. Your asking that it be a consumer level product. The code thats implemented IS currently the best solution to the problem.

If PT is not running it should be out of the equation. This is really about Apple not providing the needed granularity in the OS or an EFI interface to disable sleep at the hardware level. Would it be nice if PT didnt need sleep disabled? But its not that big of a deal to most users - Who accept that like nearly any other actual workstation product there are optimizations that need to be done.

Just close PT if your not using it. Its not Office or iTunes.

I can concur with that for sure!, it's disheartening they can even consider charging customers that amount of money for support, (SIMPLY WRONG), just like my recent experience with my only two year old EVENT SP8's. With the known issues with the tweeters and amps failing, they want me to buy a tweeter for $70, knowing they will eventually fail again, or the amp capacitors frying. I don't think so.

It's time to find another company that has a reliable product. Any reccommendations under a $1,000? Yamaha HS speakers tend to be pretty rock solid - I got Yamaha to fix my tweeter for free (it was a quality control issue from the factory that was causing some slight distortion while playing piano). After that, they have been perfect. Of course, it took some convincing - I told them I blogged about Yamaha audio gear and this tweeter issue was clearly a quality control issue, because it was on only 1 of the speakers, ever since I got them. I told them I'd write a bad review, they called back in 5 minutes and said they'd replace the tweeter for free. Its a Professional Audio Work Station.

Your asking that it be a consumer level product. The code thats implemented IS currently the best solution to the problem.

But its not that big of a deal to most users - Who accept that like nearly any other actual workstation product there are optimizations that need to be done. Just close PT if your not using it. Its not Office or iTunes. The code thats implemented IS currently the best solution to the problem.

This is really about Apple not providing the needed granularity in the OS or an EFI interface to disable sleep at the hardware level. Would it be nice if PT didnt need sleep disabled? Then why doesn't Logic Audio need to disable sleep? Is it black Apple magic? What about Nuendo or Digital Performer? Why don't Live or Reason disable sleep in your Mac? By now you should realize you just sounded idiotic.

You're trying to defend the worst developed DAW in the market today, under the excuse that it's 'professional'. Yeah, almost every audio software is 'professional' nowadays, and that doesn't serve as excuse for them to screw up the way your Mac works with a corrupted driver that disables OS functionality. So go ahead, look for another excuse. By being denied this feature, we're being neglected as users. And when someone complains, you come to Avid's rescue?

That's pathetic. I spent a lot of money on my MAC PRO, and it's a lot more professional (and stable) than any crackling, popping, power cycly Avid hardware I've worked with. And guess what, it comes with advanced power management, so it won't waste energy in my home studio. Avid is neglecting the environment AND the users, by not addressing a BUG in their software, and instead circumventing the issue by disabling basic Apple software features that I PAID FOR. It's lazy, it's cheap and it's wrong for a $500 software Application that claims to be professional. There's no way around it man, it's the truth. Don't tell me it's Apple's fault when they run circles around Avid in terms of quality control, bug testing and overall product development.

Sleep mode is not supported as it interrupts reconnection of the driver with the interface. There are many interfaces that do not support sleep - UAD is one that comes to mind and I'm sure I could dig up others.

This is a technical limitation - one that we wish weren't there but, in the case of low-level driver interaction, it is and it's unlikely to change. Yeah, you guys need to stop clinging with the interface. Disconnection shouldn't bother Pro Tools 9 at all, now that it's native and supports non-Avid interfaces. You could try to find out what happens in Logic.

It's annoying when we have to quit the PT session just because the 003 power tripped for a fraction of a second. UAD doesn't support sleep? I bet they have different reasons, they are providing DSP. All I have is a simple firewire 400 audio device. Software development went a long way in audio, you guys should really look into it, or hire someone to do it. Yeah, you guys need to stop clinging with the interface.

Disconnection shouldn't bother Pro Tools 9 at all, now that it's native and supports non-Avid interfaces. You could try to find out what happens in Logic. It's annoying when we have to quit the PT session just because the 003 power tripped for a fraction of a second. UAD doesn't support sleep? I bet they have different reasons, they are providing DSP. All I have is a simple firewire 400 audio device. Software development went a long way in audio, you guys should really look into it, or hire someone to do it.

Like I said - many interfaces, software and devices do not support sleep, for the reasons I gave and many more. Do a Google search - it's easy to find several devices that state it specifically and many more with reported problems with sleep, but not specific info from the manufacturer about it. It's already been looked into and, as I stated, it's a technical limitation with no reasonable solution other than to disable sleep. Thanks for the tip. But I wonder, can I run Pro Tools successfully without any Avid drivers installed tho? Say, if I get a focusrite saffire pro 40, I can uninstall all avid drivers and have sleep mode AND software mixer AND a more stable interface without crackly pots and power cycling? Sounds too good to be true: Any success stories with focusrite interfaces?

My studio partner has a Focusrite Saffire 56 and another friend has the 24 Pro DSP and both experience the same wake from sleep issues, even in other DAWs. One thing I didn't bring up - there were changes in the OS from Tiger to Leopard (and Snow Leopard) that makes sleep mode not function as well as it did previously. There are reports of that all over the net, too. The OS handles a lot of the tasks (as services are called from the audio interface driver) and how they handle reconnection changed since Tiger. I don't know of an interface right off the bat that has had zero reports of sleep mode functioning properly all the time.

Maybe with a USB interface, since that uses different OS services. Maybe someone else has an experience they can report on. I had a ProFire Lightbridge for awhile and, for whatever reason, sleep mode worked fine on a Mac Pro (1,1) with that interface though, if you search the net, you'll see that some have no problems with their interface (whatever it may be), while others aren't so lucky.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure the nasty volume pot is the reason why one of my monitors went South. I barely touch the volume knob and it makes the monitors crackle super loud, no matter how low in volume it set at. Digi this is a known issue and do the right thing and get my monitor fixed:mad: A KNOWN ISSUE DAM IT.

Yea I know folks, never going to happen. I would like to take a poll on how many shottie pots are out there?:confused: Have you contacted tech support about that? If not - you should. Sleep mode really doesn't mean a thing except if you're running a laptop, then the meager power savings will help.

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In a desktop sleep mode means nothing. The computer is still powered up, as is your monitor. Want to save power? Why not just shut the computer down? And if you're worried about the startup time install a ssd for your main drive. Just because a certain hardware/software combo allows sleep mode to work doesn't mean it has to or will work with any other combo.

Yes, after years spending thousands of dollars in interfaces and new computers just to 'pamper' Avid and their buggy software, that's exactly what I need now: A solid state drive! HAH!:D In energy savings, sleep actually means MORE on the desktops, because everytime you forget to turn it off for the night, or leave the house with it on, that's not a mere 25w being wasted per minute - it's at least 200 even with just the browser running. I'm just fed up with all the little 'compromises' which don't make sense. It's not a compromise - Avid is just terrible at making drivers. How do I know the sleep issue is just a bad excuse? Because good software never cripples the OS. Avid still acts like we're in 1995 and computer audio is the final frontier in cutting edge technology, without realizing they've been surpassed in everything but the interface (because it's somewhat copyrighted, right?).

Have you contacted tech support about that? If not - you should. I have the same problem and contacted tech support. They charge $100 just to 'take a look at it', which is maybe OK if you think $500 is a decent price for a support phone call, but NOT OK for people who worked hard to earn the money they spent on their LE interfaces. Result: I'm probably going to sell it on eBay and just warn the buyer that the volume pot is a complete wreck, and can't be turned without blasting the speakers with noise. I would have solved the problem myself if the pots weren't sealed, and soldered in such a tight space between circuit boards.

Because good software never cripples the OS. Avid still acts like we're in 1995 and computer audio is the final frontier in cutting edge technology, without realizing they've been surpassed in everything but the interface (because it's somewhat copyrighted, right?). Please Gordon, get them to fix your 003, sell it and buy another interface and DAW. But please, please stop your whining. Yes, after years spending thousands of dollars in interfaces and new computers just to 'pamper' Avid and their buggy software, that's exactly what I need now: A solid state drive! HAH!:D In energy savings, sleep actually means MORE on the desktops, because everytime you forget to turn it off for the night, or leave the house with it on, that's not a mere 25w being wasted per minute - it's at least 200 even with just the browser running. I'm just fed up with all the little 'compromises' which don't make sense.

It's not a compromise - Avid is just terrible at making drivers. How do I know the sleep issue is just a bad excuse? Because good software never cripples the OS. Avid still acts like we're in 1995 and computer audio is the final frontier in cutting edge technology, without realizing they've been surpassed in everything but the interface (because it's somewhat copyrighted, right?).

Do you drive a car? Even if you have a hybrid you're still producing more carbon than leaving your PC on at night. Sleep mode on a computer is not going to prevent climate change. Your computer is still drawing energy if it's even left plugged in.

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If you leave power bars/UPS/conditioners on at night. Nearly EVERYTHING plugged into it, even if they are switched off, is still drawing power. Don't pretend to be a conservationalist if you can't even be assed to turn something off, but instead require the OS to put it to sleep for you. It's a convenience feature, not a planet saver. If you were really that concerned, you would power down and unplug every single device in the studio before you left instead of hoping OSX will do it for you.:rolleyes. I have 2 switch boxes with labels for each gear group, so I can just shut off the master and turn it all off (except the 'puter). Is that weird?:p Not really.

Seems pretty usual to me. I am switching my studio off every night too (including the DAW - those two minutes for a complete boot-up don't really bother me) and I also have a few separate circuits. Especially one for active monitors, as I monitor through the C 24, which sends something very ugly to the speakers on its power on and off. Great monitor controller though.:). Truly unbelievable. My Macbook Pro lost the ability to 'sleep' after I installed SL and PT 9. Apple first thought it was hardware issue, and they replaced the Logic Board.

Then, they said it was a software issue, so I wiped the HD clean, and re-installed SL. I wonder if this is the cause? I did find a (bizarre) work-around: Mac System Prefs-Energy Saver-Schedule a 'Start Up or Wake Up'.

For example, I've scheduled a Wake Up for Friday at 12:00 AM, and a Shut down for Friday 12:05 AM. As long as the 'schedule' is active, the laptop will sleep.

Macbook Pro 3,1 2.4gHz 4 Gigs RAM PT9. Pulling the power plug on a Mac Pro at night is not the same thing as letting it go to sleep automatically after 1 hour of inactivity:P You're right - it's not the same thing - never said it was. It's actually better if you're such a tree-hugging greenie - you won't be using any unnecessary power with the system unplugged. You still didn't address the issue I brought up - why do you feel it necessary to leave the computer powered up when the rest of the stuff hooked up to it is powered off? Just shut it ALL DOWN!

You're right - it's not the same thing - never said it was. It's actually better if you're such a tree-hugging greenie - you won't be using any unnecessary power with the system unplugged. You still didn't address the issue I brought up - why do you feel it necessary to leave the computer powered up when the rest of the stuff hooked up to it is powered off? Just shut it ALL DOWN! Tree-hugging greenie?

Get a hold of yourself, man. Aren't we all music loving audio dorks here anyway? That's almost worse than tree hugging greenie. Yes, after years spending thousands of dollars in interfaces and new computers just to 'pamper' Avid and their buggy software, that's exactly what I need now: A solid state drive! HAH!:D In energy savings, sleep actually means MORE on the desktops, because everytime you forget to turn it off for the night, or leave the house with it on, that's not a mere 25w being wasted per minute - it's at least 200 even with just the browser running.

I'm just fed up with all the little 'compromises' which don't make sense. It's not a compromise - Avid is just terrible at making drivers. How do I know the sleep issue is just a bad excuse?

Because good software never cripples the OS. Avid still acts like we're in 1995 and computer audio is the final frontier in cutting edge technology, without realizing they've been surpassed in everything but the interface (because it's somewhat copyrighted, right?). This kind of response makes no sense to me - did you not see all the other reports of other interfaces that don't support sleep or the post I made about OS changes causing problems with sleep (with the same device driver) since Leopard? 'Good software never cripples the OS'? I'm sorry, but that kind of statement means either a) you haven't had much experience in this or b) you're willfully ignoring all the data that says otherwise. ANY demanding app requires optimizations and configuration changes to perform at it's best. Look at the troubleshooting steps for any DAW, video editor, etc - they all say pretty much the same things - you need fast drives, you need to turn off background apps that might be interrupting data streams, etc.

Examples: FCP (FCP (AE (Cubase (aseVST%2FDocsEnglish%2FTroubleshootingCubaseVS T5.pdf&rct=j&q=cubase%20troubleshooting&ei=7Ui9TdPnCoq8sQPVi83RBQ&usg=AFQjCNHsPhNtTAksrtlGs-iK45AkTFNcw) (PDF) Logic (And so on. This kind of stuff is not new, nor different, than it's ever been. Things like disabling bluetooth, sleep and other services are common optimizations and troubleshooting for DAWs and video editing apps.

I've come to the conclusion that Gordon Freeman (maybe he should go back to the labs in Half-Life?) is the type of Internet user that comes in, asks for help with a problem, decides that the help doesn't fit with his personal philosophy, and decides that he's right and the collective wisdom of people wiser than he is wrong. He just wants people to agree with him.

Just the type of person that drives tech support people nuts. Yes, sometimes the tools we use may compromise our personal way of working or philosophy but sometimes one just has to make changes to get the job done.

Turning sleep mode off is like running car tires with the right air pressure. Sure, you may drive with the tires almost flat but your driving experience, not to mention safety and getting to your destination, will be a lot better with proper inflation of the tires. This kind of response makes no sense to me - did you not see all the other reports of other interfaces that don't support sleep or the post I made about OS changes causing problems with sleep (with the same device driver) since Leopard? 'Good software never cripples the OS'? I'm sorry, but that kind of statement means either a) you haven't had much experience in this or b) you're willfully ignoring all the data that says otherwise. ANY demanding app requires optimizations and configuration changes to perform at it's best.

Look at the troubleshooting steps for any DAW, video editor, etc - they all say pretty much the same things - you need fast drives, you need to turn off background apps that might be interrupting data streams, etc. Examples: FCP (FCP (AE (Cubase (aseVST%2FDocsEnglish%2FTroubleshootingCubaseVS T5.pdf&rct=j&q=cubase%20troubleshooting&ei=7Ui9TdPnCoq8sQPVi83RBQ&usg=AFQjCNHsPhNtTAksrtlGs-iK45AkTFNcw) (PDF) Logic (And so on.

This kind of stuff is not new, nor different, than it's ever been. Things like disabling bluetooth, sleep and other services are common optimizations and troubleshooting for DAWs and video editing apps. To be clear, this is an answer to something GordonFreeman said. I just think he should stop whining. And I agree totally with DigiTechSupt. After giving this thread some thought I decided its not worth losing any sleep over this. At least you don't do what I do which is to go to bed but I forget to turn myself off.

So I don't go to sleep. Well then I devised a way to make myself remember to sleep automatically with the use of timers, only to find that my wife recently started snoring, very loudly! So even if I want to go to sleep, I cannot. My sleep mode has been disabled, crippled if you will. I think I will sell my wife on EBay, of course without warning the buyer she is a complete wreck, or about all her crackling and the fact she can't be turned on, without blasting me with a bunch of noise first.

I would have fixed this problem myself by now, except I happen to like where my two pots are right now.sealed in a tight space next to my circuit board. I think I'll just sell her on EBay and get me a different model wife.maybe even one not made in the USA.yeah that's it.a non USA model.maybe one made in Thailand or the Philippines.one that is fully compatible with my OS and is always prepared to upload my driver. Without me ever needing to download. But.if I do all that.does anyone happen to know, if I will be able to get back my sleep mode again?:p.

As I said, this is what I do. However 5 hard drives continually spinning does use some unnecessary power. Yes, but on the other hand, 5 hard drives would love you if they weren't powered off and on a few times a day.

Hard drives don't like that, they are way more happy when running continuosly, despite the fact that they'll have much longer overall running time. In terms of reliabilty, continuously running (and properly cooled) HDDs would be much less prone to failure than those in a typical home computer, which is switched on and off all the time. Edit: It was meant generally, not to you personally.:-) I have a plenty of personal experience with this matter from my IT-tech days. My home 'gaming' PC (which is also running 2 TB of RAID 1 storage space and thus acts as a backup fileserver for my studio) has five HDDs running all the time, 24/7 and to me personally, the expenses for the electricity are still lower than a price for a new hard drive.:-) But that's a bit OT, sorry. My whole studio (film/TV post, so not much outboard equip.) is powered on in the morning and off in the evening.

If I have to go away for an hour or so, I usually keep it running. I can see some good reasons for using sleep. For example, my Virtual Instrument template takes 24 minutes to load. If I need to go out for a meeting for a few hours, I tend to leave the computer on, because I need to get right back to work when I return, and don't want to wait another 24 minutes. However what I tend to do is close all programs other than VE Pro, and switch the monitors off (both sorts.!).

This reduces the power consumption to a small fraction of what it was before. D 24 minutes? What does your template look like, exactly?

That seems excessively long - I've seen some huge sessions with VEP, etc. Involved and they don't take anywhere near that long to load. Hi Park Seward, heck I wouldn't know where to get one, and I posted another thread specifically for digitech to chime in and that chump just ignores the obvious flaw on these units. You have a place where I could get a new pot?, if not I'm going to have the dude repair it for me since AVID can't man up. Simple fix for the crackly pot - take the 003 apart and spray some contact cleaner (not tuner cleaner - they're two different things) from your local Radio Shack into the pot and work it back and forth a couple of times.

Should fix the problem. Hi Park Seward, heck I wouldn't know where to get one, and I posted another thread specifically for digitech to chime in and that chump just ignores the obvious flaw on these units. You have a place where I could get a new pot?, if not I'm going to have the dude repair it for me since AVID can't man up. Now that's not very nice. I'm checking with service to find out about getting you a replacement pot. If they don't have them, I'll get the specs and find you an equivalent somewhere. Any time there is a need for repair, you can contact tech support by phone for free by choosing option '3' when calling in.

And as for there being an 'obvious flaw' - considering there's tens of thousands of these units out there the repair history and number of posts about bad volume pots here on the DUC do not in any way indicate a 'flaw'. The numbers are extremely small in comparison to total units in the field. Pots go bad, as do any other mechanical component.

Now that's not very nice. I'm checking with service to find out about getting you a replacement pot. If they don't have them, I'll get the specs and find you an equivalent somewhere. Any time there is a need for repair, you can contact tech support by phone for free by choosing option '3' when calling in. And as for there being an 'obvious flaw' - considering there's tens of thousands of these units out there the repair history and number of posts about bad volume pots here on the DUC do not in any way indicate a 'flaw'. The numbers are extremely small in comparison to total units in the field. Pots go bad, as do any other mechanical component.

I'll try the contact cleaner and see if that will cure it, if not I really need it fixed cause I plan on buyinganother set of monitors and it would be heart breaking if they got ruined. Thank you all very much. I strongly suspect that the volume pot was taken out from the DC offset that was created by the negative feedback loop of karma that builds up from taking screenshot's. Its Karma Sucka;) Emoticon added to show I am not entirely serious about this but pointing out the irony of it. This guy puts up with trolls on a daily basis and never seems to lose his cool.

He bends over backwards daily to help those that have nothing nice to say. I think that a chuckle is not entirely inappropriate once in an extremely rare while. You call the guy a 'chump' and he still comes back and tries to help you. This thread says something about both of your personalities. And whos actually the professional.

DIGITECHSUPT, I'm just messing(LOL):D, as you can see with previous post I'm just trying to get it fixed. I Surely didn't know the call would be free, thanks, will call. I guess I'm just unlucky with mines and caused my tweeter blow. I'll try the contact cleaner and see if that will cure it, if not I really need it fixed cause I plan on buyinganother set of monitors and it would be heart breaking if they got ruined. Thank you all very much I'm reposting what I wrote in another thread: Repairs can choose option '3', which is free but only for a repair. If any diagnosis or troubleshooting is needed you'll be directed back to the standard support number which requires an ASC. You can call 650.731.6100 and choose the option '3' to order a replacement volume pot.

It's under $10 for the part, plus $10 for standard shipping or $25 for expedited shipping. European and Asia Pacific customers should contact their dealer or an ARC in their area to order a replacement part. Prices in those areas will vary depending on the location and dealer or ARC representing that area. I'm reposting what I wrote in another thread: Repairs can choose option '3', which is free but only for a repair. If any diagnosis or troubleshooting is needed you'll be directed back to the standard support number which requires an ASC.

You can call 650.731.6100 and choose the option '3' to order a replacement volume pot. It's under $10 for the part, plus $10 for standard shipping or $25 for expedited shipping. European and Asia Pacific customers should contact their dealer or an ARC in their area to order a replacement part. Prices in those areas will vary depending on the location and dealer or ARC representing that area. Thanks DIGITECH, I will call the first chance I get.;) I truly was kidding, but I was frustrated cause these speakers aren't cheap.

Well anyone that has seen all my previous post I'm always out to help. Please DIGITECH AND THE REST / forgive me folks ( 10-4).