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barryjohns · 27th December 2006

I have a G5DP 2.0. I have a PCI Firewire card, even bought another one, thinking there may be something wrong with mine. I have a RME FF800, which was first connected via FF800 so I changed that back to FF400 to see if that was an issue. I now run my FF800 as the front end to an Maudio Lightbridge to Protools Mpowered, which is also FW. Have 2 UAD Cards. When the Duende is by itself, then the issues are greatly minimized. As soon as UAD is put in, goes haywire.

Started clocking to Lightpipe, then went to SPDIF, and then to Wordclock. Nothing helped the Duende.

Disconnected my FF400 external hard drive, that didn't help either, but it sure hurt when it was plugged in.

The unit is fairly stable with Logic Pro, which I also have, worked terrible in DP5.11, which I also have. I mainly use Protools, and had intermittent issues in Protools when it was the only thing being used, when UAD’s were used, down she goes, snap, crackle, pop.

When I search the various forums trying to find solutions, I find so many other people having similar issues. I also have a Liquid Mix that I had to take out of the mix completely.

Well any, just got back from Guitar Center, returned the sucker for store credit.

27th December 2006	#9
barryjohns Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,054 Thread Starter	I have a G5DP 2.0. I have a PCI Firewire card, even bought another one, thinking there may be something wrong with mine. I have a RME FF800, which was first connected via FF800 so I changed that back to FF400 to see if that was an issue. I now run my FF800 as the front end to an Maudio Lightbridge to Protools Mpowered, which is also FW. Have 2 UAD Cards. When the Duende is by itself, then the issues are greatly minimized. As soon as UAD is put in, goes haywire. Started clocking to Lightpipe, then went to SPDIF, and then to Wordclock. Nothing helped the Duende. Disconnected my FF400 external hard drive, that didn't help either, but it sure hurt when it was plugged in. The unit is fairly stable with Logic Pro, which I also have, worked terrible in DP5.11, which I also have. I mainly use Protools, and had intermittent issues in Protools when it was the only thing being used, when UAD’s were used, down she goes, snap, crackle, pop. When I search the various forums trying to find solutions, I find so many other people having similar issues. I also have a Liquid Mix that I had to take out of the mix completely. Well any, just got back from Guitar Center, returned the sucker for store credit. __________________ PT9, HD2pcie, Digi 192 I/I, Lynx Auora, Digi 003, MacPro, MacBook, iPad