MightyMilk wrote:

- switching around cables to make sure it's not a bad cable
- disabling video acceleration (suggested by manual)
- no clipping during playback
- sample rate locked via Delta control panel (suggested by manual)
- master clock is set to Int Xtal
- Delta1010 ASIO driver is being used under Cubase SE3

any ideas?

Just as a test....dont use the ASIO driver. Switch backto the standard Windows driver. I've had the Delta before... we used to get the occasional clicking noise (though it was a rare problem for us) which we usually just 'gate' out because thats really the most practical solution if the problem is only intermittent innature.... but one thing we have always had trouble with is the ASIO driver. That would cause us all kinds of wierd problems.

Mises wrote: [quote=MightyMilk]

- switching around cables to make sure it's not a bad cable
- disabling video acceleration (suggested by manual)
- no clipping during playback
- sample rate locked via Delta control panel (suggested by manual)
- master clock is set to Int Xtal
- Delta1010 ASIO driver is being used under Cubase SE3

any ideas?

Just as a test....dont use the ASIO driver. Switch backto the standard Windows driver. I've had the Delta before... we used to get the occasional clicking noise (though it was a rare problem for us) which we usually just 'gate' out because thats really the most practical solution if the problem is only intermittent innature.... but one thing we have always had trouble with is the ASIO driver. That would cause us all kinds of wierd problems.

thanks for the suggestion, the noise is still there though. also using any other driver, makes my Latency go through the roof. these pops/clicks are too frequent and loud to be noise-gated out.

additional things i forgot to mention i tried.

mixer i'm using is a VLZ1604

tried other inputs on the mixer.
- i go out the inserts of the mixer to the recorder, to avoid going through the extra signal chain within the mixer

for right now, i sent the Delta1010's Output 1/2 directly to the monitors to ensure it wasn't coming through the mixer when i come back to monitor.

i seemed to have possibly answered my own question. i decided to be adventurous and bump up the Buffer size from 256 to 384. the clicking and popping seems to be gone on anyting new i record, only pre-recordered material from before i made the changes seems to still have the noises.

i know doing this, increases my latency a little bit, in my case from around 6.4 to about 9.4 .

is this still reasonable latency? i assume that's a-ok? will i need to bump this up again if i start recording multipul tracks at a time (for ex: 8 mics on a drum kit)?

strange.... in almost every case your way better off using the drivers written for your particular interface....

dementedchord wrote: strange.... in almost every case your way better off using the drivers written for your particular interface....

i think you may have misunderstood my post. i am using the drivers for my delta1010, any other drivers made my latency go up to 300+ ms.

however, changing the buffer size seems to have fixed my problem.

MightyMilk wrote: [quote=dementedchord]strange.... in almost every case your way better off using the drivers written for your particular interface....

i think you may have misunderstood my post. i am using the drivers for my delta1010, any other drivers made my latency go up to 300+ ms.

however, changing the buffer size seems to have fixed my problem.

cool glad it's working... my comment was directed more at aprevious suggestion to use generic windows drivrs....

dementedchord wrote: [quote=MightyMilk][quote=dementedchord]strange.... in almost every case your way better off using the drivers written for your particular interface....

i think you may have misunderstood my post. i am using the drivers for my delta1010, any other drivers made my latency go up to 300+ ms.

however, changing the buffer size seems to have fixed my problem.

cool glad it's working... my comment was directed more at aprevious suggestion to use generic windows drivrs....

my mistake, i see what you ment.

i still seem to be getting artificial noises while recording and play back. i feel like i must have something not set right with my Sync settings.

right now i'm using an M-Audio Delta 1010 and Cubase SE3.

i've looked through both manuals, i'm just not sure what to do. here are some screen shots of my current settings within Cubase and Delta1010 control panel.

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5415/untitled1za5.gif
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9959/untitled2og5.gif
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/2264/untitled3mi5.gif

So are you actually making use of system link? If not, disable it. With all honesty I haven't heard of anyone making successful use of system link. I'm sure there's someone out there, but I haven't met him. If your system is reasonably up to date, there's no reason you really need to use it anyway.

hueseph wrote: So are you actually making use of system link? If not, disable it. With all honesty I haven't heard of anyone making successful use of system link. I'm sure there's someone out there, but I haven't met him. If your system is reasonably up to date, there's no reason you really need to use it anyway.

after looking at my screenshot, i don't think "system link" is being used. the active box is not checked.

Right I actually noticed that AFTER I posted. I'm a little slo sometimes sorry. Have you updated your delta drivers? When I had a delta card there was a glitch in the driver that would cause clicks but only on one side. It got fixed when I updated the drivers.

yea all the latest drivers. the clicking/popping noises seem to be gone since i increased the buffer size.

i'm getting this other sort of noise, i'm not sure if i can describe it. if i had to guess it sounds like something with the Sync, so i was thinking maybe i had something set wrong.

Have you tried switching cables since you fixed the clicks and pops thing. Just a guess, but that's starting to sound like interference now. Do you have a wireless network card? They can cause problems.

hueseph wrote: Have you tried switching cables since you fixed the clicks and pops thing. Just a guess, but that's starting to sound like interference now. Do you have a wireless network card? They can cause problems.

i'll try disabling my wireless card. i'm pretty sure it's non of the cables, i've tried many different kinds, and this problem sounds digital, if that makes any sense.

Yeah makes total sense. I used to get odd buzzes and delayed even stuttering notes until I removed my wireless card.

ok disabling the wireless card hasn't seemed to work either.

anyone have some thoughts on this?

I'm stumped. Have you done the tweaks on musicxp?

http://musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php

hueseph wrote: I'm stumped. Have you done the tweaks on musicxp?

http://musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php

yea i did most of those things a long while back, because this computer doubles as my gaming machine too. i really do appreciate your help though.

just getting a little frusterated with this thing, it sounds amazing when theres no noises, but it usually only lasts for the first 20-30 seconds of a recording.

for reference, heres a recording of my problem.

just a quick song me and my friend started working on, and about 10-15 seconds into the recording, i start hearing all these extra noises that should not be there.

http://www.sharebigfile.com/file/76172/01-01-mp3.html
(just type the 3 digits into the box below and hit submit, that takes you to the download page, where a timer counts down until the download is ready)

also, before anyone asks, i did make sure no digital effects were enabled, those sounds are coming from something else.

as a side note, if i go into Control Panel from Cubase, and then hit apply changes even if i didn't make any changes, my transport bar goes to "Sync Int. Lock". when it does this it will start the play button, even if theres nothing there. if you try to rewind it, it will not let you, and only lets you continue playing forward. also trying to record does nothing.

Just about everything I can think of has already been tried, save for possiobly setting the machine up as a 'Standard PC' (during installation), and making sure that the card has its own interrupt. Heck, maybe you should try moving the card to a different slot? It's worth a shot, if you haven't tried it already.

Latest drivers, right?

Unless your computer is a dinosaur, buffer size shouldn't be an issue; you should definitely be able to get away with the settings you've shown in your images.

Man, I feel your pain. I know this is just additional pain but if you feel ambitious and you use Cubase, ProTools Mpowered you can draw out the clicks in the audio editor. I know you shouldn't have to but, I'm at a loss.

Abit IC7-G Motherboard (Intel 875P Chipset)
Intel 3.2 Ghz Pentium 4 (800FSB/Northwood)
ATI Radeon x850 XT Plat. Ed. (256MB)
WD 240gig SATA150(7,200rpm 16mb cache) x2
Cosair TwinX1024-3200C2PT (2Gigs)
Plextor 16x/48x DVD+-RW SATA150
Thermaltake XaserIII Mid-Tower
ViewSonic 19" VP191b LCD Monitor

i'm gonna try pulling some other hardware out. i was just disabling sound blaster audigy, maybe i'll just completely remove it. i'll try moving stuff around too.

in any case, thanks for everyones help, i posted this on cubase forums too, i'm sure i'll figure it out, just a matter of working with it.

Whenever I hear pops and clicks, I ALWAYS check digital sync first. Other than the 1010, is there another digital source or device anywhere?

*edit*: after going back and checking all the suggestions listed here, i'm no longer getting, clicks pops or any other un-necessary noises in my recordings. i've only had a chance to record some guitar and bass, but i recorded a couple minutes of each just to be safe.

my friend is headed over later today, to start recording and hopefully things stay the way they are. thanks again for everyones help, something in this post definitely has solved the problem.