Just a FYI for people who may have a similiar problem. I had been troubled with intermittent audio dropout for sometime on my ThinkCentre i7 desktop using a Focusrite audio interface with the ASIO drivers plugged into the the motherboard 2.0 USB slot. I could not fix the problem completely with buffer size changes and I even tried a different video card since people had reported that fix. What finally did fix the problem for me was installing a USB 2.0 PCI Express card and plugging my interface and keyboard into that.
Just thought I would pass this along if other people are pulling their hair out over this kind of issue.
Audio dropout fixed
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Re: Audio dropout fixed
Hi,
what was the make/model of card you got ?
what was the make/model of card you got ?
Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio (64bit)
AMD Ryzen 8 Core 3.0 GHz,
2TB SSD etc, 40GB RAM,
Windows 10 Professional
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (Audio Interface)
AMD Ryzen 8 Core 3.0 GHz,
2TB SSD etc, 40GB RAM,
Windows 10 Professional
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (Audio Interface)
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Re: Audio dropout fixed
Startech PEXUSB7LP 7 port usb 2.0. I found one used on ebay for $8.00 which included shipping. My win 7 machine recognized it without the need of propritary driver installation.
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Re: Audio dropout fixed
Excellent, nice one. Thanks for the infoJames Klutho wrote:Startech PEXUSB7LP 7 port usb 2.0. I found one used on ebay for $8.00 which included shipping. My win 7 machine recognized it without the need of propritary driver installation.

Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio (64bit)
AMD Ryzen 8 Core 3.0 GHz,
2TB SSD etc, 40GB RAM,
Windows 10 Professional
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (Audio Interface)
AMD Ryzen 8 Core 3.0 GHz,
2TB SSD etc, 40GB RAM,
Windows 10 Professional
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (Audio Interface)