Playback stutter on OSX.

Cubase
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Hi … I believe (from Steinbergs point of view) I have the perfect bench setup, but I’m getting dropouts.

Have a Late 2009 MacPro running the latest OSX.

I’m running C6 into an Mr816CSX.

I have opened up a project I did in C5, it’s very basic … 14 or so tracks, just a few gates and reverbs (all steinberg internals). I get random audio glitches on playback. I play it a second time and the glitchs are in different locations, so it’s not recorded into the file.

I’ve just done a mixdown and the file is perfect.

I have tried the mac firewire and also a firewire card (which I used with C5 perviously without this problem).

I have also removed all USB devices and just used the BT mouse for a test run, no difference.

Upon upgrading to C6 I also ran the 816 updates … so I can’t pinpoint was has introduced this problem.

Can I get some feedback on the best way to find the cause?

Don’t have a project for 5-7 days, so I need to get this workable again.

Cheers,
Brett.

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The latest MR816 mac driver has given myself and others very poor performance ie stuttering

I removed them and went back too the MR 1.60 drivers and everything is fine again

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Thanks for that response …

Honestly, that was my next thing to try.

I have downloaded the 1.6 and it’s sitting on my desktop in the studio … when I’m back in their this afternoon, I’ll try that and report my results.

Thanks heaps for the reply.

In interest, are you running C6 yet? … if so, in 32 or 64 mode?

Brett.

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Im runnign Cubase 6 with great success in 32bit mode no point in 64bit until all the 3rd party plugs are 64bit

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Just wanted to report, I’ve gone back to 1.6 drivers for the 816 … all works a treat now.

Steinberg, are you aware of this problem with the 1.7 drivers?

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there is a thread in the MR816 hardware forum and Steinberg have been made aware

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Thanks … I tried looking for one. Lets hope for a fix soon.

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I see the 1.7.1 drivers are released for mac …

Any feedback on your results?.