larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) (04/05/91)
I have two problems with my new MEGA STE, and wondered if anyone out there
hadany good ideas for fixing them:
1) When using STEREO DMA sound (not normal ST sound) I get "static" (small
clicks kind of) in the sound. Sounds almost like a spark. Occurs even
when there is no sound (as long as the voulume is on). It has has no
strict pattern and occurs every now and then. Anyone have an idea ??
2) When the HDis active I get vertical flickering bars on my monochrome
monitor. The picture is flickering always, but it's really annoying
when the harddisk is working..... Is this interferencefrom the HD on
the RAM-chips (or somthing like that). Anything I can do about it ?
3) Ohhh, yes - One more thing - SYSMON doesn't work on the MEGA STE :-)
I really miss it :-(
Lars-Erik / ABK-BBS +47 2132659 / ____ ______ ________________________
Osterud / larserio@ifi.uio.no / /___ / The norwegian ST
__________/ ______________________/ ____/ / Klubben, user associationekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) (04/05/91)
In article <CMM.0.88.670807428.larserio@kvart.ifi.uio.no> larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >I have two problems with my new MEGA STE, and wondered if anyone out there >hadany good ideas for fixing them: > >1) When using STEREO DMA sound (not normal ST sound) I get "static" (small > clicks kind of) in the sound. Sounds almost like a spark. Occurs even > when there is no sound (as long as the voulume is on). It has has no > strict pattern and occurs every now and then. Anyone have an idea ?? > I get this on my STe as well. Not as often as it seems you do, however. Mine occurs usually about once every two weeks or so. Could it be non-computer related, such as your amp or speakers? -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0
eahsnsr@nmt.edu (Eric A. Hobbs) (04/05/91)
In article <CMM.0.88.670807428.larserio@kvart.ifi.uio.no> larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >I have two problems with my new MEGA STE, and wondered if anyone out there >hadany good ideas for fixing them: > >1) When using STEREO DMA sound (not normal ST sound) I get "static" (small > clicks kind of) in the sound. Sounds almost like a spark. Occurs even > when there is no sound (as long as the voulume is on). It has has no > strict pattern and occurs every now and then. Anyone have an idea ?? I don't have an STE so I am assuming that you are playing samples. If the sample is recorded so that when you look at it on a sample editing program, the sample is not vertically centered over the "zero" output line, you will almost invariably hear a "pop" at the beginning and end of the sample. This is because the player is trying to jump from zero output to a higher output. In which case, any computer will pop while trying to make the sound. Of course, this is all assuming that you in fact _are_ playing samples. If any of this makes any sense to you, then good for you! :-) ------------------- Eric A. HOBBS! eahsnsr@JUPITER.nmt.edu
carter@cat27.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) (04/06/91)
In article <CMM.0.88.670807428.larserio@kvart.ifi.uio.no> larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >I have two problems with my new MEGA STE, and wondered if anyone out there >had any good ideas for fixing them: > >1) When using STEREO DMA sound (not normal ST sound) I get "static" (small > clicks kind of) in the sound. Sounds almost like a spark. Occurs even > when there is no sound (as long as the voulume is on). It has has no > strict pattern and occurs every now and then. Anyone have an idea ?? It may not be a problem at all. Some samples aren't sampled at the max rate, and therefore will seem a bit staticky. The higher the sample rate per second, the better the sound quality. If you want to get rid of the popping and static, get better samples at higher rates like 47KHz for example. Careful though, this requires MEGA 4 amounts of memory to do this, and it doesn't last long. --Gregory
larserio@IFI.UIO.NO (LarsErikOsterud) (04/06/91)
Well, the static occors even when there is no sampel played... As long as the voulume of the STEREO soundchips is on.... There is nothing wrong with the samples (I have played them on a standard ST an on a standard STE and there is no trouble there....) Lars-Erik / ABK-BBS +47 2132659 / ____ ______ ________________________ Osterud / larserio@ifi.uio.no / /___ / The norwegian ST __________/ ______________________/ ____/ / Klubben, user association
Shervin.Shahrebani.Of.250/744@f744.n250.z1.FidoNet.Org (Shervin Shahrebani Of 250/744) (04/09/91)
This static you get, do you get it even when you have speakers hooked up to the stereophonic RCA jacks? Or do you use the monitor for sound? S.S.