[stu2469]

I purchased the Duende over Liquid Mix for many of the reasons posted in various forums. I use it, or should say have tried to use it in PTLE 7.1 cs9 on a 002. My hardware details are below this thread.

The sounds is fantastic, just want you always wanted. Sadly in PTLE you also get many things you don't want and additionally many of the so called fixed don't do much after a few hours of using it.

So what am I moaning and groaning about. Ah nothing really, just the simple fact that you get pops and drop outs almost every 10 seconds. I've done all the fixes they told me to do, but still the same.

It's the last time I ever have anything that uses a wrapper, these things cause so much hassle it's rediculous. I purchased Powercore Firewire and the delay the wrapper causes is crazy, you can only effectively use them on the master channel, unless you want to start tarting around with adjusting timings of tracks. PTLE doesn't have delay compensation - a huge mistake for the recent upgrade by PT not to have that included. It must be the only DAW that doesn't now. Anyway, I thought the Duende would help.

Instead I just have a £1000 unit that I simply can't use. I've tried the support and they seem to be at a loss. Clutching at straws by saying that PTLE latest build isn't varified with the latest OSX build..... passing the so called buck around now.

To be honest. I wish I had purchased the Waves version, would have saved a few quid too. Then at least I'd now they would work and wouldn't have to worry about further delay compesation issues and the fact that it just don't work.

Hardware profile:

Powermac G5 2.7ghz 4 mb ram - 3t firewire drives.
PTLE 7.1cs9
002
Powercore firewire
Duende
Internal firewire pci card (all connect via seperate firewire connectors into mac)

If anyone has ANY ideas on what I can try, I'd love to here them.

I've done all the re-installing thing.

A word of warning, be careful if you're buying Duende for Protools LE. Of course it may just be my setup, but then what I have isn't anything out of the ordinary and its a decently specced mac.

Be interesting to hear from you guys.

Stu