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Old 03-22-2017, 12:09 PM
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Default Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks

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Originally Posted by tendashi View Post
Thanks Jack,

for this session I'm using the xpand2, boom (no crackling issues here), FM 8 and NI Massive - all computational I guess...?

Yes, everything is plugged into the same socket.

Perhaps I should add that the crackling sounds occur especially when triggering contiguous notes. That's I assume why there's no issues with the boom as it has just kicks on a 4/4 beat.
FM8 and Massive are what I call computational versus samplers like Kontakt. Both tend to be a bit on the high side of cpu usage at least for me and the system on my profile page.

As Christopher says that 4 gig in the laptop is literally unusable - you need to add more ram pure and simple. As to the iMac - have you done the 'normal' optimizations? Are you trying to surf the net the same time you're working ion PT? Do you have any kind of wireless connection going on when working in PT other than maybe mouse & computer keyboard? Wireless internet can cause all kinds of problems.
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