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ModemBlaster and SBLive folks,

Here's the situation (This thread originated in the ModemBlaster newsgroup).
Jarhead, sent me a log file and some of the other folks sent some good
clues.  I'm confident my script file is right.  It produces identical logs
to Jarhead's (he gets good fast connections using the same model) but...It
connects only at 28.8KB (good throughput for that speed - just under
3KB/Sec).

Now I can hear the handshake (I'm using the SBLiveMP3+ card and it has its
own volume controls which don't show up in the task bar - TAD input needed
to be unmuted and turned up).

So, immediately after dialing, a very strange thing happens.  The handshake
tones seem to get chopped off (each chop is associated with a considerable
"pop" coming through the speakers via the SBLiveMP3+  (the same sound you
get when the sound card "wakes up" just before WIN98 asks for a password on
startup or if you quickly unplug a hot mike without turning anything down).
I hear a very brief tone followed by a pop, followed by another tone,
followed by a pop etc. until finally (presumably V90 and every other
highspeed protocol has been abandoned at that point) it settles down and
starts to sound like modem sounds we all recognize and gives me a 28.8
connection.  The "tone/pop/tone/pop/tone/pop/begin normal handshake"
sequence happens really fast.  It kind of sounds like musical popcorn.

Question:  What the heck is going on with the handshake?  Is there some kind
of ModemBlaster Vs. SBLive TAD incompatibility or install problem?  Are
these powerful "pops" normal for Creative products?  I've got no other
complaints with the SBLive and it does everything else that I demand of it
(I'm not a serious musician, just a guy who plays the occasional CD, MP3,
audio stream, or game).  I'm wondering if these pops are disturbing the
modem's normal handshaking process.  Any clues will be carefully considered
and much appreciated.

BTW why can't the folks from EMU teach the folks who build these cards about
"quiet, bounceless" audio power switching?  I cringe every time the tiny,
solid-state amp in my little speaker system gets hammered by the sound card.
There is no way on Earth that I'd hook this gear up to an expensive mixer,
amp, etc.  The musicians who use this stuff with their expensive "axes"
deserve much credit and respect for the risks they take as the pioneers of
low-budget, PC-aided musicianship.

Dana Paterson


Dana Paterson <dpaterso@us.hsanet.net> wrote in message
news:8e7q08$3k8$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> JG,
>
> OK, did that. ISP offers no dedicated V.90 line but assures me that his
> modems on that line support it.  Slowed down the host-modem speed.  No
joy.
> I am grateful, though, for your reply.  I had not done those two things.
> Anyone else?  Huh?  I just KNOW this thing will work if I give it the
right
> incantation!  Does anyone have Modem Blaster that's giving good, fast
> connections?  If so, send me a log file.
>
> <click> Start - Programs - Accessories - Communications -
> <click> Dial up Networking
> <right click> Your Connection (not New Connection)
> <click> Properties
> <click> Configure
> <click> Connection Tab
> <click> Advanced
> <click> View Log
> Follow the instructions to get it up on your screen.
> Cut it out and paste it into an email and send it to me (don't post it
> unless you're sure there's nothing in there that'll violate your privacy)
>
> I want to see how a properly functioning modem's log looks.  Thanks
>
>
>
> Dana
>
>
> jgflsd <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:8e70oo$mu6$1@news.creativelabs.com...
> > Check to see if your ISP has a dedictated 56K/V.90 modem line.  Also try
> > lowering the max connection rate for the modem.
> >
> > Dana Paterson wrote in message <8e5ms4$co9$1@news.creativelabs.com>...
> > >OK, here's the situation,  I've got a Gateway2000 Pentium 200MHZ MMX
> > running
> > >Win98 2nd Ed. with the subject modem installed.  Modem Blaster was
> > purchased
> > >3 weeks ago Serial Number is M103090.  I replaced a Telepath33.6 w 2x
> > >ISA-based modem which got reliable 40K (OK OK...sometimes
> more...sometimes
> > >less...never lower than 31.2) connections.  Installation went according
> to
> > >instructions and machine discovered modem, loaded drivers, etc.
> > >
> > >PROBLEM:  Modem Blaster gets 28.8 connections only.  Same wire same
phone
> > >connection as Telepath.
> > >
> > >I called the Creative support line and talked to a very nice fella who
> > calls
> > >himself Josh.  He told me to insert an "extra setting" +ms=v90.  Did
> that.
> > >No change.
> > >
> > >I checked to insure that I have the latest drivers.  Yep, they're the
> same
> > >as the ones on the digicom site.  So, I'm thinking the modem
> initialization
> > >is wrong somehow.
> > >
>
>
>