A bit of additional info... The new computer didn't come with a firewire card so I went out and bought a new one. This led to a few issues (not the card).

1. I use an Echo 12 for my main interface between console and computer. It will run 24/192 on Win 7, but is limited to 24/96 if I had chosen Win 8. I knew they changed the audio engine but apparently not for the better.

2. Before I bought the firewire I sent off e-mails to 3 companies asking about compatibility with Win 7 and Echo 12, only one even bothered to answer. That's the card I bought, but like the Echo 12 itself and the Auzentech soundcard, the companies that did answer the e-mails are also very quick to answer any technical questions I have had. The lesson learned is that if a company won't answer a general question why bother buying their equipment.

3. In relation to the new firewire. I checked the Echo website for FAQ's before buying the card and luckily I did because it had a list of great-OK - bad chipsets. That was the reason for the e-mails sent and it was a good thing because the original card I was thinking of was on Echo's bad chipset list. Instead I went with one of the cards that had a great listing and it's worked flawlessly. It pays to do some research and may explain why someone might have issues even when using a highly rated piece of gear, compatibility.

Ram does rule. I added an extra 4 gigs of ram and that now gives me a total of something like 20 Gigs of useable ram.

Last edited by Sue Rarick; 05/26/13 09:26 AM.