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STRANGY · 3rd June 2009

I agree that low quality components or 'supermarket' PCs might account for some problems/bad user experiences. I spent a lot of money / time researching to make sure that my self-build pc would be stable / geared towards music production, built from good quality components from reputable manufacturers etc.

My experiences are being caused by buggy drivers, as acknowledged in emails from SSL. On the face of it they are fundamental flaws, how can stock plug ins (i.e. the bus comp) on a serious piece of equipment expire!? or not even register (x plugs), or be so unstable as to reboot the system at a given buffer size? I can't help feel that the drivers really ought to be mature and bug free after being on the market for this length of time (and at least 8 revisions from what the website download section implies)... looking at the box the min specs of the card suggest it should comfortably run on even modest modern pcs. 1gh CPU, 512 RAM...

I will also be happy to report here if the Duende gets sorted, and when it does these posts can remain to catalogue the hassle some of us were having in getting the Duende to work.... In the meantime, I'm still stuck with a half working card, too unreliable to dare use. The final word I have heard from the tech support is: "The best thing to do now is to wait for Duende V3 software which will eliminate these kind of issues. Its release is imminent." May 27th... no new drivers and no further replies...

3rd June 2009	#114
STRANGY Gear interested Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 10	I agree that low quality components or 'supermarket' PCs might account for some problems/bad user experiences. I spent a lot of money / time researching to make sure that my self-build pc would be stable / geared towards music production, built from good quality components from reputable manufacturers etc. My experiences are being caused by buggy drivers, as acknowledged in emails from SSL. On the face of it they are fundamental flaws, how can stock plug ins (i.e. the bus comp) on a serious piece of equipment expire!? or not even register (x plugs), or be so unstable as to reboot the system at a given buffer size? I can't help feel that the drivers really ought to be mature and bug free after being on the market for this length of time (and at least 8 revisions from what the website download section implies)... looking at the box the min specs of the card suggest it should comfortably run on even modest modern pcs. 1gh CPU, 512 RAM... I will also be happy to report here if the Duende gets sorted, and when it does these posts can remain to catalogue the hassle some of us were having in getting the Duende to work.... In the meantime, I'm still stuck with a half working card, too unreliable to dare use. The final word I have heard from the tech support is: "The best thing to do now is to wait for Duende V3 software which will eliminate these kind of issues. Its release is imminent." May 27th... no new drivers and no further replies...