Mini Computers

[dramatic1]

Has anyone been using scs on any mini computers sucessfully? i see these HP Mini's with Windows XP Home, Intel Atom processor N270, 512MB memory, 16GB solid state drive for 300 bucks and thought it would be nice to build on my home or laptops and port it to one of these to save on table space etc. but i need to know that it will do the job.

thanks
ed dimarzio

[mwfr]

i tried last week SCS on a Samsung NC10 with 512 Mo ram.

it worked but sometimes i had probem when a sound started (kind of glitch at start playing).
i tried different buffer sizes, but the problem remained (just sometimes 1 sound of of 10, and not because hard disk would be trying to sleep...).
i think adding ram would resolve that problem (i did'nt go that far cause it was a friend's computer).

mwfr

[Mike Daniell]

i tried last week SCS on a Samsung NC10 with 512 Mo ram.

it worked but sometimes i had probem when a sound started (kind of glitch at start playing).
i tried different buffer sizes, but the problem remained (just sometimes 1 sound of of 10, and not because hard disk would be trying to sleep...).
i think adding ram would resolve that problem (i did'nt go that far cause it was a friend's computer).

mwfr

This glitch would probably be fixed by changing the SCS Audio Driver option to "NOT use SCS internal mixer", provided the buffer sizes etc and left at the defaults.

On the subject of these mini computers, I do know of a few SCS users who have successfully run SCS on these computers. A mod was recently made to the Editor in SCS so that the Editor could be run on a small screen.

[ramsey]

I have been using an Acer Aspire One for a very basic cue show-- single cues up and fade out. SCS so far has worked very well in programming and setting up the cues however, I too am experiencing start cue and consistant fade issues . Perhaps someone has an answer.
I have a 6 second fade built for the end of each cue and every time the cue reaches half volume I hear a "rumbling", "growling" sound. I am using the Asio setup and all the default settings currently. I have tried changing buffer sizes, volume configurations between computer/mixer/outputs etc. but no relief. Anyone have an answer to what I am not seeing wrong in the setup???

[Mike Daniell]

ramsey,

I suggest you switch from using ASIO to using the WDM driver, and set your SCS Audio Driver options as suggested in the Forum topic How to fix audio glitches / stuttering, which I have just posted. I haven't previously heard of anything like the "rumbling", "growling" sound, but try the above and see if this fixes the issue.

[ramsey]

Mike, Thanks for the suggestions. I have implemented your instructions and I am still hearing, for lack of a better term, low frequency rumbling/warping. It sounds, as the fade is taking place, the cue itself is being warped instead of just fading out. Perhaps this is just the nature of the beast for Realtek High Definition Audio that is in the Acer. I will send you a wav file recording of a 20 second fade on the support email. Your suggestions did seem to eliminate the glitches at the top of the cues. One step at a time. Thanks for your help.

[ramsey]

So after this many months I have the answer for the rumbling. The acer net book uses the realtek sound system. If you have any eq settings in force, the resulting fades using scs, will not be smooth and the rumbling will be heard. Of course the fix was so easy. After getting rid of these settings and running pure non eq'd line out signals, there were no problems, even with very low frequency music or sound efx. Hope this saves others potential hair-tearing moments.