hmm, I'm pretty convinced your install methods aren't the problem...
Since you seem to be getting good at this, and since the ASIO warning message in Reaper seems to be a sticking point after the ASIO64 re-install - maybe you should try one or two variations on the theme: Try doing the ASIO64 swap before ever using/fully installing the normal one. Load the executable driver package, swap in ctoss and do the ASIO64 stuff, you could probably even install PatchMix at this point, too (I doubt it matters whether you do that before or after a restart, I think it even said that in the readme file) - then restart. Maybe even disable the startup thing too before the re-start. Basically streamline the whole process to make it easier and see if any other problems crop-up, and if they don't - you'll at least have a faster process to deal with...
Or you can just do one thing at a time, like just the ctoss swap and ASIO64 install before the initial restart...
Or just buy a new interface.
Your audio worked on your old computer - what's the differences between what you're working on now vs. then? Seems like you must still be using an older computer if it's got a PCI slot... I'm on a ~2014 Dell, Intel i7 4770 CPU. Old stuff, and the E-MU works. But I'm also using a PCIe card (and I also stripped-out a bunch of stuff in the OS before installing)... I tried the PCI card in this same computer a long time ago, but pretty sure that was only on W7, possibly W10. As I recall it worked, but seems like I did have some warbles, maybe a noise. I'd have to go back and see if I made notes.* But ultimately, whatever it was doing, I opted to just go with the PCIe card I already had. Oh, and I used the old PCI-only Creative install package, the one you mentioned many posts up. At that time I wasn't aware that the beta readme said the beta should work with PCI and PCIe...
*edit: Here's a link to a Reaper forum thread I made at the time. Apparently I never got the PCI card to work properly, and it was on W7. I was getting really loud pops. No solutions here, but there might be some info that helps you troubleshoot your own problem: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=254985
This is the only part of your process that's different from what I did, both in W10 and W11. I swapped the ctoss file before I restarted, didn't need safe mode. But, I don't think that should make a difference in success or failure... Or? Maybe it does? Seems like 'stuff' might get configured based on the old file once you restart, and then it'd have to be 'reconfigured' based on new once you swap - maybe something goes haywire in that process. I doubt it but...3. Install with Microdock off, reboot into safe mode (cannot switch CTOSS2K.sys unless you do this), switch CTOSS2K.sys files, reboot
Since you seem to be getting good at this, and since the ASIO warning message in Reaper seems to be a sticking point after the ASIO64 re-install - maybe you should try one or two variations on the theme: Try doing the ASIO64 swap before ever using/fully installing the normal one. Load the executable driver package, swap in ctoss and do the ASIO64 stuff, you could probably even install PatchMix at this point, too (I doubt it matters whether you do that before or after a restart, I think it even said that in the readme file) - then restart. Maybe even disable the startup thing too before the re-start. Basically streamline the whole process to make it easier and see if any other problems crop-up, and if they don't - you'll at least have a faster process to deal with...
Or you can just do one thing at a time, like just the ctoss swap and ASIO64 install before the initial restart...
Or just buy a new interface.
Your audio worked on your old computer - what's the differences between what you're working on now vs. then? Seems like you must still be using an older computer if it's got a PCI slot... I'm on a ~2014 Dell, Intel i7 4770 CPU. Old stuff, and the E-MU works. But I'm also using a PCIe card (and I also stripped-out a bunch of stuff in the OS before installing)... I tried the PCI card in this same computer a long time ago, but pretty sure that was only on W7, possibly W10. As I recall it worked, but seems like I did have some warbles, maybe a noise. I'd have to go back and see if I made notes.* But ultimately, whatever it was doing, I opted to just go with the PCIe card I already had. Oh, and I used the old PCI-only Creative install package, the one you mentioned many posts up. At that time I wasn't aware that the beta readme said the beta should work with PCI and PCIe...
*edit: Here's a link to a Reaper forum thread I made at the time. Apparently I never got the PCI card to work properly, and it was on W7. I was getting really loud pops. No solutions here, but there might be some info that helps you troubleshoot your own problem: https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=254985
Statistics: Posted by eq1 — Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:39 pm
