Mackie Spike Troubleshooting Manual Download Page 12

Official Mackie Resource Guide

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By Tony G. Baird

Yet another example of a laptop stacking devices on a single IRQ (11) affecting USB.

Summary of Contents for Spike

Page 1: ...D Technologies Inc Mackie and the Running Man are trademarks or registered trademarks of LOUD Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Thanks Scotty now can you beam my clothes down 1 Troubleshooting Stre...

Page 2: ...t with low latency comes higher demands on your computers processor The ASIO buffer size is one factor in many when considering your total amount of latency Try adjusting these settings in your DAW or...

Page 3: ...mber For example you don t want USB sharing the same IRQ as your video card If you find a conflict you can resolve it by performing the following 1 The first and easiest thing to try is to disable any...

Page 4: ...otherboard See page 5 Before Buying a New Computer particularly a PC laptop be sure to check its resource assignments regarding USB and or FireWire as well as additional software that should not be pr...

Page 5: ...used You will notice that each slot is numbered be sure the computer is turned off Place the PCI card into the slot 3 Turn on the computer and enter the computers BIOS Assign the IRQ number to the ch...

Page 6: ...olve this issue 1 Power down the I O hardware device and proceed with audio application launch You may leave the I O device physically connected to the USB or firewire port 2 Once the audio applicatio...

Page 7: ...here choose the Driver tab and remove the driver However you will still need to reboot then reinstall the driver using the Mackie Tapco install wizard With Onyx for example be sure the device is pres...

Page 8: ...econd USB card When using the computers built in USB an additional USB card is still needed Remember Spike or Link USB should not share its host USB card with other USB devices 11 FireWire USB Combo C...

Page 9: ...that is not normally included with the Microsoft factory OS disc Anti virus trial software is among the most difficult to remove If the manufacturers OS disc has their artwork and logo printed on it y...

Page 10: ...ur audio try switching to battery power to see if your AC power has a problem In addition if your laptop is running on two batteries try running on one battery to see if one of the batteries has a pro...

Page 11: ...ve a third party company build a computer system for you This can be a great solution for those who are not computer techs Also they can pre qualify a computer system to insure performance and will as...

Page 12: ...c Mackie and the Running Man are trademarks or registered trademarks of LOUD Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Thanks Scotty now can you beam my clothes down 12 By Tony G Baird Yet another example...

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