WamiRack: BIG thumbs up!!

[IOComposer]

For those of you looking for a really great solution for GSt, I would heartily recommend the WaMi Rack 24 from EgoSys. I installed it and launched GSt very quickly and have not had a single problem since installing it last week. This is my third card for GS and by far the best solution so far. Plus, the 4 midi ins give me access to all of GSt\'s midi parts...that\'s 64 channels!!
-IO

[gigaDiga]

Wow great to hear from someone using the WamiRack24.

Is it multiclient? i.e. can you assign a sequencer to outputs 1&2 and Gigastudio to the others, thereby running each side by side.

It would be great to get your reply to this question as I\'ve been holding off from buying one for a while.

Peace from... GigaDiga

[jfrb]

Sorry , bot I have purchased my WamiRack two weeks ago , and have some problems with pop´s
, the support of EgoSys NOT reply my message !!

[Chadwick]

jfrb - while you\'re waiting for Egosys to reply, why don\'t you let the people at this forum know what type of system you\'re running and they may be able to help. Pops seem to be related to CPU, ram, DMA settings and disk access time, more often than they are related to the soundcard.
You may be able to sort this one out yourself with a little assistance from the Northern Sounds Brain Trust.

[Chadwick]

IO
I was thinking of getting a Wamirack a while back as it was the cheapest option for 8 outs with smpte and 64 midi channels, but dealers have been pushing me towards the Midiman delta 1010 and a separate midi card (the emagic AMT Unitor for super clever midi sync blah blah).
I don\'t suppose that was one of your previous cards???

[fwarren]

I have had an opposite experience. With the GigaSampler, I get lots of digital static if I run beyond 24 notes of polyphony. The system is hot-rodded, so I don\'t think the problem is computer caused. When I upgraded to GigaStudio, the system could not track the MIDI flow and the sound was still bad. Anyone have any ideas?

[IOComposer]

Hmmm. I\'m sorry to hear that about your system, Fred. I talked with Dave G. and he said that he\'s heard of a couple of strange problems with WR24, but he\'s heard a lot more success stories than problems. I\'d hate to think that it\'s just dependant upon which one you get. I got a good one, that\'s for sure. When I first installed it. I had checked the DMA switch on my disc driver, and heard a bunch of pops, but when I unchecked it they went away. May be worth a try.

Other than that, I can\'t think of anything to suggest. My installation went so smoothly that I haven\'t had to troubleshoot any problems with it.

Oh, and gigadiga, it does support multiclient usage. I was using a Gina card previously but needed midi.
-IO

[IOComposer]

Well, thanks to Fred...now MY machine pops and clicks too (just kidding Fred...it\'s not your fault http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif
With egg on face, I\'m sad to say that I\'m no longer as happy with Wami Rack as I once was. I swapped out cards and GStudio was working fine with Gina, but when I put the Wami Rack back in, I started getting pops and clicks at about 55-60 voices. Perhaps waiting to buy the Wami might be a good idea until this problem gets worked out.

Sorry about the premature thumbs up!
-IO

[Christophe]

Works fine with GigaSampler, and with audio tracks in Cakewalk. No pops or problems.
I have a 566 & Maxtor 7,200 rpm IDE drive.

My only problem is that I have not been able yet to hear both Cakewalk audio tracks & Giga at the same time. Which makes me suspect that the rumors may be true: is this really a multi-client card ?

[Christophe]

An update: The Wami accepts Giga on outputs 3,4, and Cakewalk audio tracks on outputs 5,6. It works! I could play 4 audio tracks (@44.1) with 12 MIDI tracks, of which 1 was driving the Giga piano. My PC seems to pull this off easily. Not a pop.

Still need to figure out why using outputs 1,2 of Wami Rack causes problems.

[NAZARU]

Chadwick, I my opinion the Delta 1010 is the best card on the market. Not a clip not a pop. Multiclient, no problem. No noise. best card I\'ve ever had. The only negative is that it doesn\'t have ADAT lightpipe. Peace.

[Christophe]

***FINAL UPDATE***
I got reply mail from EgoSys support today!

> Yes, WaMi Rack 24 is a multi-client support device.
> However, you have to select between 12,&3,4 and 5,6&7,8.
> Those outputs are grouped in to two section.
> If you select Gigasampler output as 1,2 then you should select output 5,6 or 7,8 for Cakewalk output.

Basically, WamiRack is a 2 client card.

[KikiMonTutu]

Hi IOComposer!Please Help!

Did You find a solution for WaMi Rack 2496 - Gigastudio 96 - crackling problems? - My experience is this: for example bouncing to disc a 70 voice polyphony sounds ok on the generated wav file ( bounced by Gigastudio, 16bit) - but hearing it over WaMi Rack 2496 - creates terrible crackle noises - specially on gigapiano - even with the newest Gigastudio driver (by 2000 07 29).

Or - which GSIF Soundcard does really work? ( any experience with 64 MIDI channels?) - We are grateful for answers!

best, KikiMonTutu

[KikiMonTutu]

Hi NAZARU!
Are You still happy with Delta 1010?
I am not with my WaMi rack 2496 due to clicks and pops.
Did You try 70-90 voice polyphony?
Did You use GigaPiano with high polyphony and Pedal?
Did You try 64 Midi Channels?

Since Egosys doesnot even answer - I do seriously consider exchanging WaMi-Rack 2496 for a Delta 1010 since so far You are the only Gigastudio user being happy with his soundcard.
Thanks, KikiMonTutu

[Thomas Regin]

Hi guys!. I\'m a new member and a completely new user of GS 96!. Just bought it today. And believe me, I nearly fainted when I heard the GigaPiano first time. WOW!! However, I also have the Wami Rack 24. http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/frown.gif

I used to be a huge fan of it, until I realized how incredibly annoying it is. The clicking and popping is nearly constant. Playing mp3s??.. Well, DON\'T scroll or minimize windows, or your mp3s will be heavily distorted. Sometimes they even get out of sync or crashes the system. Just by minimizing a window!! Well.. I can live with that, cause the ASIO driver is fantastic. Not a scratch or anything. So, I of course figured that the GS driver would be as good as ASIO, but I was wrong. There are scratches constantly. Although the piano in GS sounds fabulous, I haven\'t heard it once without pops and scratches. The volumebars are actually the ones who make the most noise. When they go up and down, it sounds like someone is scratching a record. EgoSys have provided a very bad solution for the problem, though. They state on their webpage that some motherboards are known to cause pops and scratches. Especially the ones based on the VIA chipset like mine! They recommend that you change the MB and other stuff. But hey. I spent more than $800 on the Wami Rack(which is the price here in Denmark), and now they want me to spend another $100 or more on a new motherboard!? I\'m actually very disappointed. Their newest driver is better than the ones before, but it is definately taking them WAY too long to come up with a driver that really rocks. We ought to put some pressure on them. Demand that they\'d take the card back, unless they come up with something good. Something VERY good.

Other than that, I can\'t WAIT to work with GigaStudio. I have never seen anything like it. Fantastic!.. All we need now is a driver that works. http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/wink.gif

Just my $0.02!

Thomas Regin (\"http://www.thomas-regin.com\")

[NAZARU]

KIKIMONTUTU, I am not using Gigastudio but Gigasampler instead. I was scared away by all of the horror stories about Gigastudio that I was reading on this forum. It took me a long time to get my system to perform properly and I didn\'t want to fix what wasn\'t broke. As for the Delta 1010, once again I say that it is the best card that I have ever had. I have had a Gina 20 bit, Yamaha Soundcrown, Isis, and Lexicon Core 2 and none of them can touch this card. No noise! Great signal to noise ratio! No clicks or pops even with Giga Piano which I don\'t particularly like. Records great vocals even with Gigasampler still loaded. Multiclient no problem. Only down side is: no on board dsp. I work around this problem by exporting each track to wavelab 3.0 and processing it there. Then when I am satisfied with the wave (track). I import it back into Cakewalk. This works great for me. Peace.

[IOComposer]

The latest version of GigaStudio fixes all of the popping and clicking problems in the Wami Rack24. Since installing it, I haven\'t had a single problem, conflict, or pop. Running very smoothly for about a month now... (knock on wood!)
-IOComposer

[IOComposer]

The latest version of GigaStudio fixes all of the popping and clicking problems in the Wami Rack24. Since installing it, I haven\'t had a single problem, conflict, or pop. Running very smoothly for about a month now... (knock on wood!)
-IOComposer

[elle]

Anybody can make a comparison between the Hoontech Soundtrack DSP 24 ADC/DAC 2000 bundle and the Egosys Wamirack 24, both Korean. I am foremost interested in the feature differences: what card is best for what situation.

thx,
elle