Ok, so my setup right now for recording guitar is as follows;
-Behringer C-4 Condenser mic
-Shure Sm57
-Behringer Europower PMH880S Rack Soundboard
-M-Audio 410 Firewire
(I know my setup is terrible)
I'm having some weird problems with popping and hissing, it's definitely not clipping. I've made sure of that much at least. Also I've tried Switching the cables, & the mics. Which leaves the M-audio... Has anyone else run into this sorta problem before & if so what did you do about it?
Thanks in advance.
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If you aren't overdubbing there isn't any reason for you to have
If you aren't overdubbing there isn't any reason for you to have low buffer values. Crank it up to 1024 and see what happens. The FW410 will go up to about 2048 I believe but sometimes if the buffer is too big it will cause artifacts as well. To get really low buffer rates you will need a clean install of your OS and some additional tweaking-and then you are still dependent on whatever inherent latency the motherboard exhibits.
hmmmmmmm I've been experimenting with both the buffer size and t
hmmmmmmm I've been experimenting with both the buffer size and the sample rate to try and get rid of these so called artifacts.. but so far no dice. I have a live feed coming at me from the m-box so I know its not the mics. everything I heard through there was crystal clear with no clipping.
http://www.fileden.com/getfile.php?file_path=http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/6/2394062/Glassjaw_mixdown.mp3
Here is a track from today, this one has a buffer of 1024, I tried increasing the size after and there was still the same problem. gahh This is getting frustrating. :(
SmashKAB wrote: hmmmmmmm I've been experimenting with both the b
SmashKAB wrote: hmmmmmmm I've been experimenting with both the buffer size and the sample rate to try and get rid of these so called artifacts.. but so far no dice. I have a live feed coming at me from the m-box so I know its not the mics. everything I heard through there was crystal clear with no clipping.
http://www.fileden.com/getfile.php?file_path=http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/4/6/2394062/Glassjaw_mixdown.mp3
Here is a track from today, this one has a buffer of 1024, I tried increasing the size after and there was still the same problem. gahh This is getting frustrating. :(
#1 Do you have a nic card installed on your pc. If so disable it and try again. Netword card are the number one source of problems with noise in recording pc's. Especially wireless cards. Just disable them in windows and if you need to get on line you can always enable it. I have to do that with mine.
#2 What is the firewire chipset ? If its integrated with your motherboard then read the manual or manufacturers web site and see what chipset is used. Anything other than Texas Instrument and your bound to have problems. Ive read that some NEC chips work good while others dont. If disabling the network card doesnt fix it and your firewire isnt Texas Inst., then a new firewire card thats TI based should work.
It could be my wireless card. That would make a lot of sense. I
It could be my wireless card. That would make a lot of sense. I didn't have this problem in my old basement. 2 things have changed since I started recording here. A. I started using both the inputs for simultaneous recording. and B. I got a wireless card. I'll try getting rid of that next.
& My chipset is NEC or so says my device manager.
Thanks for the help!
Change your recording buffer in the M-Audio control panel. You
Change your recording buffer in the M-Audio control panel. You need to make it bigger.