Assuming you do not hear any crackling if you listen on phones plugged directly into the H1, the problem is almost certainly due to other applications running on the MB taking up too much of the CPU or disk resources.

I've never used Quicktime for recording, only for replay, so I've never seen whether it shows you a CPU resource usage level while recording. What I would try is to kill as many open tasks as you can (internet access, email etc), and see if that makes any difference.

One thing you could check is whether you need to&app=desktop'"> update the H1 firmware.

My first thought is a sync problem.

Does this ever happen when you record to the H1's onboard media?

Boswell, post: 463012, member: 29034 wrote: Assuming you do not hear any crackling if you listen on phones plugged directly into the H1, the problem is almost certainly due to other applications running on the MB taking up too much of the CPU or disk resources.

I've never used Quicktime for recording, only for replay, so I've never seen whether it shows you a CPU resource usage level while recording. What I would try is to kill as many open tasks as you can (internet access, email etc), and see if that makes any difference.

One thing you could check is whether you need to&app=desktop'"> update the H1 firmware.

hm, this is really interesting. Never thought it would be because of the CPU. Thanks a lot.

This is one of the rare instances where it's unlikely to be a sampling clock sync problem, as the clock is generated and contained within the H1 device. The crackling is much more likely to be data getting dropped or corrupted because of USB buffering problems.

If there is an option in the Quicktime sampling setup of increasing the interrupt buffer size, that would be worth trying.

However, the first thing to find out is whether you hear the problem when listening on phones plugged directly into the H1.

The sample has a consistent, rhythmic crackle. I've heard things like this when the A/D converter's sample rate could be set independently of the software's sample rate, which I suspect could be done with this setup since the hardware's primary intended use is as a standalone recorder. Unfortunately I'm too lazy to try it with my H5.

I agree that a buffering problem would also fit the symptoms.

I once had a USB cable that came with a Sony audio device I owned. It showed no symptoms doing any other job, but when it was connected to a small USB ProTools audio interface I had, it would start fine then gradually start introducing random snaps - then within 30 minutes the snaps became constant and from then on the waveform on the DAW looked like a brickwall recording.

FWIW