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Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
I've been having this issue for quite a while now, but never seemed to be able to even come close to any solution.
So I recorded some melody on either the xpand2, the MiniGrand, the Massive AAX, the Vacuum... you name it. Once I start playing it back I get those annoying crackling and popping sounds. Everything seems fine as long as I'm just playing around in Input-mode or while tracking, but as soon as I playback (a previously tracked clip) it starts doing that. Increasing Buffer-size doesn't do anything and System usage isn't even hitting the 16% mark in that particular session which contains 11 instrument tracks and 8 audio tracks. Also, I have not checked the 'Ignore Errors During Playback/Record'-box in case someone is wondering :) Could someone please help out? Thanks a lot! PT 12.5.0 OS X 10.10.5 iMac Intel Core i7 3,4 GHz (2011) 16 GB ram 695 GB SATA RME HDSPe Madi MacbookPro Intel Core i5 2,3 GHz (2011) 4 GB ram 389 GB HDD Fast Track Solo Last edited by tendashi; 03-22-2017 at 08:23 AM. |
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
Hey which computer are you seeing this on?
You have two different Macs in your signature.
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
Thanks Southsidemusic,
the problem occurs on either of them. |
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
Do you record to a secondary hard drive as needed and what deives are in the macs now. Very important as that might be the issues here.
And the 4GB is 4GB too sparse as PT12 need atleast 8GB or 16 recommended. So the Macbook might be used for other stuff as it is an older slower computer and i would spend my time getting the imac working for PT rather than buying more RAM and new hard drive for the OS on that one. So, hard drives inside and hard drive for recording? And the iMac, is it a fusion drive inside as OS drive and no recording drive then thats the problem. Fusion drives are hell for Pro Tools and if you dont use a secondary drive for recording on any of the macs it is another addon for problems.
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
Thanks a lot for the info so far Southsidemusic!
Yeah, I always record to external hard drives. However the one i was using for the particular session may not be the quickest though. Plus I did record to the external hd plugged into the macbook. I hooked it up to the imac by now that has a partitioned hard drive for tracking as well, but i'm only editing/mixing here - no tracking involved. I test-opened the session on the partition too, and there's no difference. So does that mean that once an instrument track is being recorded under non-ideal circumstances (unsufficient RAM, slow hd etc...) all of its downsides are literally being 'printed' onto the file? I would have thought so with audio, but since this is sort of midi I thought it would adjust itself depending on the surroundings computer-wise. Also, for instance when I loop one of the clips, those cracklings never occur in the same spot with the same intensity. They differ quite a bit time and time again but wouldn't disappear. thanks again for your help. |
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
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. |
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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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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
Have you tried setting your playback buffer to a higher value?
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Re: Crackling and popping sounds when playing back Instrument tracks
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I'm not surfing while on PT but have to admit that I do not always turn off wifi. Otherwise there's no wireless involved, mouse etc... I get the point in terms of tracking to insufficient RAM on the macbook, but I still maintain whether a mediocrely recorded instrument track isn't able to adjust when played back on a proper system...? I know PT isn't known for its midi-skills in the first place, but isn't this some pretty basic stuff? Sorry for bothering, but I have no clue. Thanks a lot! |
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