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sofar it has rendered out 2 0k files and crashed twice! any other ideas people?? cheers, andy

Cause I've never heard of it! for everyone's info, here's the link http://www.marcnetsystem.co.uk/ Anyone got any ideas on my mp3 distortion problem on the other thread? Read right to the bottom .... Cheers kurisu, AC

I've been having some problems with distorted sound in sonicstage 2.3. Eventually figured out that its with mp3's only, not atrac. My questions are - can you set up sonicstage to play mp3's using another codec (ie. Lame)? Or, if there is an atrac and an mp3 version, can you force it to try Atrac first (it seems to default to mp3). Cheers, Andy EDIT by kurisu: I've merged your new topic on this matter to your old one. No need for multiple topics.

hi, I upgraded to SonicStage 2.to use the Wav conversion tool: when I open the tool, the library is empty. I assume this is as the default location of the library has changed. Is there any way to force it to check another directory? It's on a mate machine, so havent had a chance to try moving the folder back to the original location. What is the default library folder by the way? cheers, andy

figured it out - all of the tracks that had distortion were mp3's - he neglected to tell me that! Anyway, I just said play the mp3's in iTunes/winamp and if you want them on your minidisc import them usin sonicstage - all sorted. coupla questions thought that would sort this out finally though, can you set sonicstage to play mp3's using another codec (ie. Lame)? If there is an atrac & an mp3 version can you force it to try atrac first (it seems to default to mp3). also, the reason I upgraded him to 2.3 in the first place - wav converter: when I open the tool, the library is empty. I assume this is as he's changed the default location of his library. Is there any way to force it to check another directory? cheers, andyc

I'll ask my friend when I talk more with him tomorrow, but as far as I heard the artifacts were always constant, seemed to be faster than the beat, and could sound like distorted hit-hat (but they did sound different on other tracks). He said most often if a few trackin in an album were distorted, most would be, but occasionally there were just one or 2 or none at all. At a guess, its a distortion thats triggered by certain features of the track signature ... Not sure what the bitrates were, but they're all ripped from CD using SonicStage 2.0, probably at default rate & format. Hope this helps! If not, will get clearer info on the answers tomorrow. Any ideas on whether we can revert to 2.0 by either running a normal uninstall, or uninstalling 2.3 altogether and somehow restoring whatever digital rights certificate are installed at the moment. I've no idea how this stuff works. Ideally I'd like to get the wav converter working with 2.3 and convert all of his tracks away from Atrac to mp3 so they're not DMA'd! Obviously, right now I guess the mp3's would have same artifacts. Cheers mate, Andy

I've just upgraded sonicstage from 2.0 to 2.3 on my friends machine and we're now getting artifacts/disortion on 50% of the tracks. Apparently this is a know issue (after live chat with the US). So, the questions are - does anyone know if it's possible to fix within 2.3? Is is possible to reinstall sonicstage 2.0 using a copy from p2p? The original CD is in another country and may be hard to find and get sent over. Would obviously prefer a solution within 2.3! Cheers, Andy