the highs were fading again this afternoon. and, it does seem consistent with a clock error.

i'm reinstalling again, but this time i've made the change to not delete the clock drivers in the wipe. it can't be the root of the issue, because this wasn't happening previously. but it might help some other way.

i'm also going to refrain from installing the line 6 drivers. everything else was installed previously so it can't be the cause. i honestly don't remember if the line 6 drivers were installed, but i do remember going out of my way to avoid connecting over usb.

i could see there possibly being a usb/firewire error.

again: i don't think i'm dealing with the same issue i was initially dealing with.

nor is this machine going to connect to the internet until this project is fully completed.

i should have some testing done by the time i crash.

i can't rationalize any further: august is cold turkey. one more day for mixing has turned into a month. it just has to stop here and that's the end of it. i've had every intention and desire to quit for...months. i just couldn't deal with the tiredness when i wanted to be productive. but i've been anything but productive, and i have no prediction on how much more troubleshooting i'm doing.

worse, i may need to put money aside to replace the mixer. i'm not there yet. i will eventually run out of possible troubleshooting steps.