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Sound Recording Issues with VISTA
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| digitalliquiddj |
I tell you what I am FURIOUS with both Toshiba and Microsoft about this.
First the background; I am a part time DJ and primarily use my PC/LAPTOP for recording purposes. I gave my previous Vaio to the ex-girlfriend and bought myself a new Equium Toshiba Laptop with Vista, decent processor (dual core, sufficient RAM etc etc.
I've had the new lap top 4 months (just outside of the Microsoft Free Technical Support period) and was concerned to discover, one week ago, that instead of recording a phase from left to right speakers from my Pioneer DJM800 (*love*) the wave in Soundforge just went up and down in volume, instead of left to right.
So then the testing started; outputs from the DJM800 - used two different usb sound cards, mic in, 3 different programs for recording - all the effing same - recording in Mono - not stereo.
Then the 3 hour search on line began, attempting to find suitable drivers... this revealed as far back as March, this problem with the Vista architecture was identified with an inability to route an incoming stereo signal through vista.
As a result, I referred to Toshiba technical support and following referral fairly high up the food chain, I was told that there was NO FIX AT ALL.
They cannot give me XP for this machine as its not supported by all the drivers and Toshiba state they are awaiting the release of Service Pack One which MAY or MIGHT fix the issue.
So due to A) Microsoft shortsightedness and B) Toshiba's failure as a manufacturer to identify and advise their customers of this lack of functionality, I have a lap top which to me, is effing useless with absolutely no direction for resolution, whatsoever.
I am SO SO SO SO SO ANGRY I can't say.. I can't record any more "live mixes" because in Mono, they're CRAP..
What a God Dam Waste of Money..
I intend complaining at the highest level to Toshiba on the basis they are in breach of contract, due to the technical shortfall of this lap top when considering the "Full Stereo" statement of fact in the product specification.
Does anyone have any advice they can offer me?
Thanks for reading... Steve Gargano [email protected] |
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| BOOsTER |
if I were you, I'd get XP somewhere...(borrow it from a friend or something) indeed not for using, just for testing purposes...if you can get it to work you'll be OK...
That's what I've done with my brand new ASUS...I was told I can't get XP working on it, so I borrowed my friend's copy, tried to install...made it work (the trick is in sata drivers for hard-discs usually) and when I realized everything worked on XP I bought a copy of windows XP in a second :) |
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