Hi All,
I have a very frustrating problem, and one that I'm sure you hear of everyday. But, rest assured, I have read all the posts I could find before posting this.
I have a machine that consists of the following:
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
2 GB RAM
2x 80GB Hard Drives
PCI-E GeForce 6800
M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496
M-Audio Radium Keystation USB MIDI keyboard
Now looking at those specs, I was pretty sure I would be able to do what I intended, which is simply to play some vst instruments live. Not sequence, not record, just play some softsynths live.
I'm running Steinberg VSTack and playing on Atmosphere and Absynth mainly. Using the MAudio ASIO driver, I get horrible crackling and popping regardless of the buffer size I use. I have tried every increment availible in the menu. As soon as I hit the keys on a new patch, the sound crackles for about 10 seconds then goes away. Then as soon as I change chords or go to a different region of the keyboard, it returns for about 10 seconds then disappears, returning to normal.
My CPU usage isn't unusually high when I'm playing and I have plenty of RAM. So what could it be? I have no conflicts of any sort, in fact my soundcard is has a distinct IRQ that no other device uses. I used to have a Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro which I ditched for the same reason after everybody told me that I should get a "professional" card. Well, the Audiophile is just as bad.
I'm really about to give up here and never touch a computer again for music. It is ridiculous! I could have created my magnum opus in the time it has taken me to play around and try to find what the problem is...and I still haven't found it!
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
Thanks,
RA
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From your desktop, right-click the "my computer" icon -> "proper
From your desktop, right-click the "my computer" icon -> "properties" -> "advanced" tab, and click the "performance" settings button. Now select the "advanced" tab and check the "processor scheduling" setting: if it is set to "programs" change it to "background services"
Thanks, but I have already done that as well. I think it may ju
Thanks, but I have already done that as well.
I think it may just be my comptuer, because as powerful as it is...the fact that the crackling happens everytime I change chords or move to a different region of the keyboard indicates that it can't handle moving new samples into the RAM without the noise.
I am going to to try out a different motherboard soon based on a new chipset. Lets see how that turns out.
Quite a few people seem to be having difficulties with the AMD 6
Quite a few people seem to be having difficulties with the AMD 64 or dual-core processor using Nvidia graphics with a PCI-E interface with clicking/popping and general glitchiness.
The Intel P4 / dual core chipset with Nvidia and PCI-e has also experienced some difficulty, albeit lesser problems (increased latency seems to be the most commented on)
People are suspecting the Nvidia drivers and/or the motherboard/pci-e interface as the most likely suspects in these problems. PCI-e runs at a higher bus speed than ordinary PCI or AGP ports and people say that with all the high speed clock freqs in the processor, GPU and pci-e interface there are extra background noise and conflicts - these are theories and I'm no expert...
leedsquietman wrote: Quite a few people seem to be having diffic
leedsquietman wrote: Quite a few people seem to be having difficulties with the AMD 64 or dual-core processor using Nvidia graphics with a PCI-E interface with clicking/popping and general glitchiness.
The Intel P4 / dual core chipset with Nvidia and PCI-e has also experienced some difficulty, albeit lesser problems (increased latency seems to be the most commented on)
People are suspecting the Nvidia drivers and/or the motherboard/pci-e interface as the most likely suspects in these problems. PCI-e runs at a higher bus speed than ordinary PCI or AGP ports and people say that with all the high speed clock freqs in the processor, GPU and pci-e interface there are extra background noise and conflicts - these are theories and I'm no expert...
I just want to say THANK YOU! I remembered that I actually had onboard video on my current motherboard. I took out the GeForce PCI-E card I had in there and enabled the onboard video.
I'm running VStack now and its much much improved. I hesitate to say that the crackling is completely gone because it has only been about 5 mins since I have turned it on, but its a first for this computer. I couldn't go 2 minutes without horrible noise with the PCI-E in there.
To those who are going to run PCI-E graphics on an AMD 64 or X2 platform, beware of this!
I am going to go play some music now, which I haven't been able to do in a while without cringing (at the crackling and pops)!
i am probably not much of a help, but i had a the same problem w
i am probably not much of a help, but i had a the same problem way back with absynth... i am on a mac so the structure is a bit different... but basically i had to re-install the Delta ASIO driver for absynth, and GET RID of the ASIO soundmanager driver which is a default, but this is i think a mac specific structure... not idea about a PC, but maybe you have something similar... did you checked all your sound settings / maybee conflicts within your OS???
it's shurely not you audiophile card, you did the right thing to get rid of your soundblaster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the 2496 is a fine card.
sorry that i have been most probably not much help.
axel