Best plugs to replace my powercore card?
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- KVRist
- 411 posts since 12 May, 2005
Eh...I just checked the poco support forums - if you have an X2 processor, it looks like I'm wrong, at least for the time being. I'd still hang onto the card for a little bit though, in case TC releases some compatible drivers.
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
EJo,
Dreamverb and Realverb are coming from the same school of thought but are still quite individual beasts. I'm not a big fan of making my own presets, I tend to start out with the factory presets and then go by ear. Sometimes DV is just right, sometimes RV, sometimes none of them.
What I like about the Plate is a quality I know from the real Lexicons (300 and up) - you can pile up so much more reverb on a vocal or guitar track before it gets obvious as an effect than with lesser units, it just seems to enhance the original instead of being added to it. Hard to describe in words, I'm afraid.
And I'm known for rather dry sounding mixes, not that Enya kind of stuff.
You might want to check out the Sonitus multiband, too. I'm not big on that stuff, but I liked it better than the PoCo MasterX3. It's not that expensive and has got a simple serial number protection.
BTW, I was referring to the single band Precision Limiter, I couldn't live without it.
Not only for mastering (which I rarely do anyways).
Cheers, susiwong
Dreamverb and Realverb are coming from the same school of thought but are still quite individual beasts. I'm not a big fan of making my own presets, I tend to start out with the factory presets and then go by ear. Sometimes DV is just right, sometimes RV, sometimes none of them.
What I like about the Plate is a quality I know from the real Lexicons (300 and up) - you can pile up so much more reverb on a vocal or guitar track before it gets obvious as an effect than with lesser units, it just seems to enhance the original instead of being added to it. Hard to describe in words, I'm afraid.
And I'm known for rather dry sounding mixes, not that Enya kind of stuff.
You might want to check out the Sonitus multiband, too. I'm not big on that stuff, but I liked it better than the PoCo MasterX3. It's not that expensive and has got a simple serial number protection.
BTW, I was referring to the single band Precision Limiter, I couldn't live without it.
Not only for mastering (which I rarely do anyways).
Cheers, susiwong
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
uvacom,
I really appreciate your offer of helping and would be glad for anything that might fix this issue. BTW, the problem are random hard freezes when the PoCo is used.
But there is quite a community of X2 users at the TC, UA and Steinberg forums and there is not much that hasn't been tried yet.
Even TC had to admit it's an issue with all versions of PCI PoCos (even the MK II), but after several months there is still no fix announced. My last hope is the upcoming 2.0 driver, not that TC promised anything.
For what it's worth, here my system specs :
X2 4200, Thermalright SI 120
A8V del Bios 1017
2GB RAM MDT PC3200 (2 sticks)
4 HDs 7200/8MB Maxtor & Samsung
Burners Plextor & Benq
PSU Enermax 465W
Cards (from AGP on down):
MSI TI4200/64 AGP 8x (with fan)
3* UAD-1
RME Digiface PCI card (small) in slot 4, essential !!!
PoCo Element (long PCI card)
Case : Silentmaxx SP11 big
XP Pro SP2 100% up to date
newest drivers and multiprocessor patches
SX 3.1.1, NI Komplete, DFHS, C&V, Jamstix, various other VSTis and plugins
Everything bought or freeware, not a cracked byte on my PCs.
No internet or viruses on the DAW.
cheers, susiwong
I really appreciate your offer of helping and would be glad for anything that might fix this issue. BTW, the problem are random hard freezes when the PoCo is used.
But there is quite a community of X2 users at the TC, UA and Steinberg forums and there is not much that hasn't been tried yet.
Even TC had to admit it's an issue with all versions of PCI PoCos (even the MK II), but after several months there is still no fix announced. My last hope is the upcoming 2.0 driver, not that TC promised anything.
For what it's worth, here my system specs :
X2 4200, Thermalright SI 120
A8V del Bios 1017
2GB RAM MDT PC3200 (2 sticks)
4 HDs 7200/8MB Maxtor & Samsung
Burners Plextor & Benq
PSU Enermax 465W
Cards (from AGP on down):
MSI TI4200/64 AGP 8x (with fan)
3* UAD-1
RME Digiface PCI card (small) in slot 4, essential !!!
PoCo Element (long PCI card)
Case : Silentmaxx SP11 big
XP Pro SP2 100% up to date
newest drivers and multiprocessor patches
SX 3.1.1, NI Komplete, DFHS, C&V, Jamstix, various other VSTis and plugins
Everything bought or freeware, not a cracked byte on my PCs.
No internet or viruses on the DAW.
cheers, susiwong
Last edited by susiwong on Fri Mar 10, 2006 2:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 9 Dec, 2004 from Inukjuak
uvacom
Glad you mentioned that, cause he could also look for help here:
http://powercore.noheaven.com/
Glad you mentioned that, cause he could also look for help here:
http://powercore.noheaven.com/
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
EJo,
then you might be a bit (not much) better off.
look here :
http://www.powercore.noheaven.com/viewtopic.php?t=133
Hope that helps,
susiwong
then you might be a bit (not much) better off.
look here :
http://www.powercore.noheaven.com/viewtopic.php?t=133
Hope that helps,
susiwong
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 9 Dec, 2004 from Inukjuak
Make sure that it's not sharing the buss with another audio product. This happened to me before. I had to make sure that it was alone on it's firewire buss on the computor card.
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- KVRist
- 411 posts since 12 May, 2005
Ah, that is good news! That doesn't mean it can be fixed for certain, but it does indicate that we don't know for certain that it's unfixable.
Anyway, to answer your question, if your computer is prebuilt by a major manufacturer (dell, etc.), you'll find the latest drivers on their website. Also, how you access the BOIS depends on the manufacturer. Now, if if your computer was built by a friend, or a custom PC builder, etc. then you need to find out what kind of motherboard you have, or at least what the chipset is. BIOS will almost certainly tell you this - I'm not sure if and/or where that information might be in the registry. If when you boot up the computer it displays something almost right way that says "Press xx to enter setup" (where xx is a key like DEL, F1, etc.), or something similar, then that's how you do it. So go in there, check it out, but don't change anything yet. You do not want to just change stuff in BIOS for fun.
Once you know what your motherboard is, it becomes pretty simple - download the latest driver package and follow the installation procedure.
Before you do any of that though, I would first remove the PoCo and uninstall it's drivers. After you make sure the other stuff is up to date, you'll want to get the latest powercore driver's from TC's website and follow the installation procedure for the PoCo.
Anyway, to answer your question, if your computer is prebuilt by a major manufacturer (dell, etc.), you'll find the latest drivers on their website. Also, how you access the BOIS depends on the manufacturer. Now, if if your computer was built by a friend, or a custom PC builder, etc. then you need to find out what kind of motherboard you have, or at least what the chipset is. BIOS will almost certainly tell you this - I'm not sure if and/or where that information might be in the registry. If when you boot up the computer it displays something almost right way that says "Press xx to enter setup" (where xx is a key like DEL, F1, etc.), or something similar, then that's how you do it. So go in there, check it out, but don't change anything yet. You do not want to just change stuff in BIOS for fun.
Once you know what your motherboard is, it becomes pretty simple - download the latest driver package and follow the installation procedure.
Before you do any of that though, I would first remove the PoCo and uninstall it's drivers. After you make sure the other stuff is up to date, you'll want to get the latest powercore driver's from TC's website and follow the installation procedure for the PoCo.
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
PowerCore driver version 1.9.5 and upwards, all installed files (from TC support):
\ Windows \ system32 \
PCore.bin
PCore.cpl
PCore.dll
PCore.exe
PCore_co.dll
PCoreMsg.exe
msvcr71.dll *
\ Windows \ system32 \ drivers \
PCore.sys
If you have previously had PowerCore driver versions prior to 1.9.5 installed, you may also have this file on your system:
\ Windows \ system32 \
PCoreFW.bin
The PowerCore bundled and optional plug-ins and presets are installed under:
\ Program Files \TC Works \ POWERCORE \
* msvcr71.dll might also be used by other drivers/applications, and we do not recommend un-installing it manually.
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Not sure it's a Windows/driver/software related issue, though. Most of these init peoblems seem to take place before Windows is started, they are hardware related . Check that thread I linked.
For hardware information, try Sisoft Sandra, it's free and really good.
Cheers, susiwong
\ Windows \ system32 \
PCore.bin
PCore.cpl
PCore.dll
PCore.exe
PCore_co.dll
PCoreMsg.exe
msvcr71.dll *
\ Windows \ system32 \ drivers \
PCore.sys
If you have previously had PowerCore driver versions prior to 1.9.5 installed, you may also have this file on your system:
\ Windows \ system32 \
PCoreFW.bin
The PowerCore bundled and optional plug-ins and presets are installed under:
\ Program Files \TC Works \ POWERCORE \
* msvcr71.dll might also be used by other drivers/applications, and we do not recommend un-installing it manually.
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Not sure it's a Windows/driver/software related issue, though. Most of these init peoblems seem to take place before Windows is started, they are hardware related . Check that thread I linked.
For hardware information, try Sisoft Sandra, it's free and really good.
Cheers, susiwong
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
No, you misunderstood me probably.
Sandra is free software that'll give you detailed information about your PC, including mobo name and chipset.
Easy to use, too.
http://www.sisoftware.net
cheers, susiwong
Sandra is free software that'll give you detailed information about your PC, including mobo name and chipset.
Easy to use, too.
http://www.sisoftware.net
cheers, susiwong
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- KVRAF
- 10815 posts since 26 Nov, 2004 from UK
