Using Peak with Digidesign or other third-party hardware
•If you don't have them already, you will need to place the appropriate Digidesign compatibility extensions (the Digidesign Sound Drivers and the Digi System Init) in your Extensions folder. Make sure you're using the recommended versions of these extensions.
•If you experience problems while using Peak with Digidesign or other third-party boards, you may be able to narrow down the source of the problem by removing the associated System Extensions from your Extensions folder and rebooting. If this fixes the problem, there may be an extension conflict or other problem with the third-party software. FAQs and technical support information for Digidesign products may be found at www.digidesign.com •Whenever you change hardware or software, it's a good idea to throw away the DigiSetup file (a pref file in the System Folder that stores your Digidesign hardware settings), as it could be corrupted. It will be recreated when you change settings in the Hardware Setup window.
We've had a few reports of users experiencing pops and clicks while using Peak with the Audiomedia III board. These problems have generally been resolved by one or more of the following:
•Use the recommended Digidesign extensions.
•Rebuild your desktop. This is a good thing to do every now and then. It is done by holding down the option and command keys while you reboot the Macintosh.
•Zap your PRAM. The PRAM is a programmable RAM chip that remembers things like control panel settings after you turn off your Mac. Sometimes this can get corrupted, causing a variety of problems. The solution is to zap your PRAM. There are two methods I've heard of for doing this: While the computer is off, hold down Command-Option-P-R and then turn on the computer. It will restart, making bongs and spasms. (Then let go of the keys.) You'll then need to reset all of your system Control Panel preferences, like 24/32 bit, virtual memory, etc.)
Also, trash all of your various finder preferences, preferences for crashing applications, etc. Make sure appletalk is off, or if you have Open Transport running, use the network selector to select "classic appletalk" and then turn it off. And restart. Use TechTool, a utility which wipes the entire PRAM clean. It can save the previous contents (in case you find out you really shouldn't have zapped it) and restore the PRAM to what it used to be. If your hard drive is highly fragmented, you should defragment and optimize it.