pulsar 1,psampler,a8 big problems!

Svary · Post by **Svary** » Tue Apr 24, 2001 12:07 pm

I used to work with a pulsar I , mounted on a P3 733 vith asus motherboard, 256 ram agp card (vodoo3) , an A8 converter and a mixer Yamaha01...and everithing was going fine ....recently i bought a Power sampler .... i had no problems with the installation and the Psampler was perfectly integrated with the pulsar system and its devices allowing me to use the STS 3000 the mixer etc... instead there's no way to work with the converter...if i connect the virtual cables to the adat interface in my project the only thing i can hear, from the converter analog outs, is a continuous noise and buzz ..seems there are no problems with sinchronization: i tried to use the pulsar as master ,or the converter master ...nothing to do.The only way to hear some sound from the devices connected to the converter is to take with the mouse the adat interface of my project and to move it fast all around the screen..isn't funny! The mixer and pulsar work perfectly , but the converter and pulsar have problems...serious problems!I tried with port A and port B, with and without the 01 mixer connected ...the only way the converter works, i told you, it's moving the mouse in that crazy way...I took the converter to a friend of mine with another pulsar board and it works fine so the problem is not the converter but the power sampler ...infact also the digital out (spdf) doesn' work at all, making only noises i've installed the latest drivers changed th position of the cards....nothing to do.Hope someone could helpme!

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Tue Apr 24, 2001 1:42 pm

Sounds like the mouse is sharing some system resources with Pulsar? Very very strange and a little funny (sorry about that hahahaha).

Have you tried simply using the Pulsar Analog outputs, just to make sure everything still works through those? If you can get those to work, then it's going to come down to master/slave/connection settings. Start with getting analog to work, then add in one cable at a time until the problem reappears and post again here with your results.

Svary · Post by **Svary** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 5:33 am

As i told you everything works fine including analog outs...the problem is only using the A8 converter with both adat port and using the spdf out of the psampler (used a standard minijackstereo to 2 rca)...when i use the yamaha01 with the adat port there are no problems! if i remove psampler , i can use the mixer yamaha01 ,the converter and my pulsar.I'm waiting from pulsar better answers to solve this thing...it's about two months that i've bought this new card (the psampler) and seems there's no solution ...( maybe i've to wait for two or three centuries for stable pulsar drivers!)
thanks anyway ! ciao

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 8:19 am

I thought you need an <a href=http://www.hosatech.com/OPT.html>optical cable with an end like the one on the bottom</a>, and then a one of those <a href=http://www.hosatech.com/ODL.html>format converters</a> - or am I way off here? Edit: Yup. I'm wrong, here's what it says in the Luna manual:


SPDIF-IOs
The Luna board also provides two audio
I/Os in the S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital
Interface) format. The single 1/8” (3.7
mm) stereo mini-jack handles both the
input and the output. Use a cable adapter
to connect digital devices such as DAT
recorders, CD players, digital effects
processors or digital mixers. Note that
according to the S/PDIF standard,
receiving equipment must be configured
as word clock slave, and transmitting
equipment as word clock master (see
also Sample Rate Settings).
Tip: Input Common ground
Ring: Output


[ This Message was edited by: subhuman on 2001-04-25 12:29 ]

Svary · Post by **Svary** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 11:18 am

no the manual talks about a stereominijack to 2 rca(left&right naturally).

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 11:33 am

I don't think it's left and right, but instead, input and output. SPDIF is stereo on one cable, generally 75ohm cables with RCA connectors on the end -- a little higher quality than a standard RCA cable.

It's also suggested you keep the SPDIF cable as short as possible.

Did you notice the part that mentions the SPDIF spec requires the receiving side to be slave?

Svary · Post by **Svary** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 11:49 am

u think? i'll try to ask to an italian newsgroup or to a friend of mine that sells this card....