A couple newbie questions

electrocowboy · Post by **electrocowboy** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 10:17 am

1) How can I keep Pulsar 3.01 from launching when my system stars up, or when I close my working project?
2) How can I enable Winamp/Internet Explorer sound to work?
3) Is there a functional FAQ for this stuff?
thanks, justin

[ This Message was edited by: electrocowboy on 2001-12-12 10:18 ]

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 10:40 am

For your Winamp to work you have to have a "wav source" module plugged into your project.
Simply Plug the "wav source" module to the output that goes to your speakers, in my case I use "analog dest".

I don't understand your project opening up when you boot your machine though...

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 2:15 pm

I have a great creamware FAQ that I might make parts of public at somepoint, yes... also check out Creamware's Support area on their website, there is an FAQ and Tech Support database there with some good info.

Why would you want to stop pulsar from loading in the tray? Without the background project loaded, you'd get no sound from anything... if it takes too long to load, don't use any mixers, just route things directly to the outputs to make your project take less DSP so it loads really QUICK.

electrocowboy · Post by **electrocowboy** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 2:47 pm

That's exactly why it's been bugging me a little, the pulsar mixer launching all the time. And, I don't always (yet) use the Pulsar software as the center piece of my system; sometimes I prefer to run Logic alone.

I guess the best way is to close the background app from the tray?

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 3:03 pm

How do you get sound out of Logic if Pulsar isn't running?

marcuspocus · Post by **marcuspocus** » Wed Dec 12, 2001 7:39 pm

In the background project, put a simple MicroMixer with only modules you need, like DX, 1 wav, one asio in/out, and plug this to your out (analog or spdif) and the wav destination and also the asio dest, so you'll be able to use all your program, and that load pretty fast 5-10sec max. depending on your system. And the micro mixer could be handy in the background app since you can have access to it from the tray icon.

Lugian · Post by **Lugian** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 2:00 pm

A while back I had a (non-audio) requirement to squeeze every last drop of performance and memory out of my PC. One of the things I did was to stop Pulsar auto-loading at start-up.

I'll tell you how, but *be warned*, this involves editing the registry, and making a mistake here can cause major problems with your computer, and possibly stop it from running at all. i.e. It's smart to have a back-up of any files and projects you don't want to risk losing

(My examples are from my Windows 98 system. Other windows version may differ slightly).

Also, I'm still running Pulsar 2.01. I assume that 3.01 will have the same registry set-up.

Choose the RUN item on the start menu and type "regedit" (without the quotes). The screen looks a bit like windows explorer.

Go to the folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
..Software
....Microsoft
......Windows
........CurrentVersion
..........Run

Before you continue, click on the "Run" folder, and choose "Export Registy File" from the "Registry" menu. Choose a location to save the file, call it something like "PulsarBackup" - it will automatically get a .REG extension. And make sure you have selected the option, "Selected Branch". This procedure will create a back-up file. If you want to undo the change you're about to make, all you would have to do is double-click this .REG file.

On the right hand side of the Registry Editor, you should see a few entries, one of them is called "InitPulsar". Click on that entry, and delete it by pressing the DEL key.

That's it. Pulsar will no longer auto-start when you boot windows. It will however, keep running in the background if you start and then exit Pulsar (until you reboot).

To be honest, it's a bit of a nuisance not auto starting Pulsar. I can't remember how many times I've started Cubase or Reason without starting Pulsar first. When you want to use your audio apps, you have to manually start Pulsar first.

Hope that helps, and please be careful in the registry editor.

Mike

[ This Message was edited by: Lugian on 2001-12-13 14:01 ]

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 2:38 pm

And again, I would highly suggest that you don't disable the background project, especially as you're still new to the platform, instead you might work on tweaking your background project to your liking.

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Lugian · Post by **Lugian** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 3:21 pm

Any application or device driver that is running in Windows (or any other OS) consumes memory and CPU capacity, even if you're not using it. That may be an issue if you have a lower spec'ed system or are running resource intensive applications.

Running the Pulsar software when you're not working with your audio apps is (sort of) analogous to keeping a word processor open all the time, just because there's a printer in your system.

If you really don't need to use the Pulsar hardware in a session, there's no compelling reason to run the Pulsar software.

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 3:57 pm

You don't need to edit the registry to stop Pulsar from launching when you boot: run msconfig, StartUp page, uncheck "InitPulsar" (or equivalent). Easy to reverse when you need to. It's also easy to shut down the background .pro: right click the tray icon, shut down. Frees up about 03.5% system resources.
/dave

subhuman · Post by **subhuman** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 4:05 pm

I am a LOT more comfortable with dave's suggestions, especially in a thread with "newbie questions" in the title... Do it dave's way, it should work like a charm!

electrocowboy · Post by **electrocowboy** » Thu Dec 13, 2001 6:48 pm

thanks guys--I think I'm on the right track. I don't think I'm going to tangle with the registry editing, but the info was very interesting. . .
regards, jf