Pro Tools Crackling / Static on playback when mixing

[asaffulks]

When I mix big sessions with a lot of tracks and plug ins in Pro Tools 9, I get random crackling / static noises. I uploaded a clip of a song I was working on today with an example of this problem: http://www.ocrecording.com/PT9Static.wav

I never had this problem with previous version of Pro Tools and I have mixed thousands of songs. Before the system would give me a dae error and stop when it was low of processing power.

It appears and random spots and increasing the buffer to max, taking off ADC and restarting the computer doesn't help. I even tried printing a lot of plug ins to the track and still had the same issue.

I got this problem with both the 003 and my lynx aes16e card. I'm pretty sure its nothing to do with either of those peices. Its most likely in the software or with my CPU.

I'm running W7 64 bit on an Asus p6t deluxe motherboard with 6 gigs of ram. Core i7 920 processor, Geforce 580 graphics. I'm using a lot of waves mercury plug ins, altiverb, massey and auto tune.

Anyone else getting these noises? Any ideas?

[davidisinla]

Yes!

I came to the forum just now to see if there is a crackling issue/fix. I thought I remembered seeing something about it before. Well anyway, off to search.

My issue is recording a Transfuser Instrument track to an Audio track via a bus connection. All of a sudden after it being OK for the entire time I've had Transfuser -- it's now recording with crackling and static. Dang.

[yarrick19]

I've experienced something similar. See my post here:

http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=289334

It seems like instead of kicking out a DAE error the session still plays but it produces distortion.

[pianomello]

Same issue here. Cracking and popping my playback. Not necessarily in huge sessions. Sometime I wonder why I am still installing anything Pro Tools related. Nothing but problems everytime I upgrade.

[MikeLip]

Post a sandra. I didn't notice a difference between 8 and 9 except maybe improvement. HDD's and HDD contollers can cause crackling static, but you say only software upgrade, so not sure. Maybe motherboard, chipset, BIOS or SATA driver updates for Win7/motherboard are needed for PT9.
Mike.

[pianomello]

Not just a software upgrade this time sorry. Although I have had problem with those too in digi past. Its a brand new Dell XPS 8100 machine. i7 with 8gb ram. Windows 64. I have a digi 003. Something tells me it has something to do with the drivers and the 003 that is causing everyone problems. The sessions run quick and fine besides popping and cracking on the playback and anything bounced. I tried installing the update for 9.01 and it wouldn't recognize my Digi 003 anymore so I had to uninstall and put back on 9.0.

I'm running a Sandra and will post it when it completes. Never ran one so hopefully I'll post it when it completes.

[pianomello]

Sandra

Computer
Model : Dell Studio XPS 8100

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
Speed : 3GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : Dell 0G3HR7
BIOS : Dell A05 07/08/2010
Bus(es) : X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3

Chipset
Model : Dell Core (Clarksfield/Lynnfield) DMI
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)

Chipset
Model : Intel Core Desktop (Lynnfield) UnCore
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR3
Channels : 2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 665MHz (1.33GHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1334 (9-9-9-25 4-34-10-5)

Video System
Video Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (SM5.0 850MHz, 1GB DDR5 4x1.2GHz 128-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
Compute Shader Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1GB DDR5 4.8GHz 128-bit)
STREAM Processor : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series ()

Storage Devices
Seagate ST31500341AS (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 1TB (C:)
Generic-SD/MMC (USB) : N/A (E:)
Generic-Compact Flash (USB) : N/A (F:)
Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB) : N/A (G:)
Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB) : N/A (H:)
WDC WD60WP-32LPV0 6.1GB (USB) : 6GB (I:)
HL-DT-ST DVD+/-RW GH50N (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)

Logical Storage Devices
RECOVERY : 11GB (NTFS)
PocketDrive (I:) : 6GB (FAT32) @ WDC WD60WP-32LPV0 6.1GB (USB)
OS (C:) : 1TB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST31500341AS (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm)
Removable Drive (E:) : N/A @ Generic-SD/MMC (USB)
Removable Drive (F:) : N/A @ Generic-Compact Flash (USB)
Removable Drive (G:) : N/A @ Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB)
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A @ Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVD+/-RW GH50N (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Dell H57 LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8720F
Audio Device : Dell P55/PM55/3400 High Definition Audio
Audio Codec : Realtek Semiconductor High Definition Audio
Audio Device : ATI (AMD) EG JUNIPER XT Audio Device [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Disk Controller : Dell ICH8R (ICH8) SATA RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Dell P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : Dell P55/PM55/3400 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Dell VT6315 Series Firewire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()

Network Services
Network Adapter : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless Adapter 1 : DW1525 (802.11n) WLAN PCIe Card (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 300Mbps)

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.9

[meatmarketstudios]

I am having similar crackling audio problems since installing pt9, here is my sandra report any ideas?


Protools 9. MPTK2, Digi 002R, Behringer BF2000, Behringer ADA8000, Line6 Pod Pro, Genelec

Computer
Model : HP-Pavilion GC674AA-ABA m8120n
Workgroup : WORKGROUP
Host Name : MeatMarket
User : Eric Seidl

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz
Speed : 2.4GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 4MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing

Computer
Mainboard : Asus Basswood3G
BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.09 06/08/2007
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 3GB DIMM DDR2

Chipset
Model : HP P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 267MHz (1GHz)
Total Memory : 3GB DIMM DDR2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 333MHz (666MHz)

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T6553EZS-CE6 512MB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T6553EZS-CE6 512MB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T2953EZ3-CE6 1GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-5300U DDR2-666 (5-5-5-15 3-20-5-3)

Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1) (16 SM4.0 952MHz, 256MB DDR2 2x332MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1) (16 SM4.0 952MHz, 256MB DDR2 2x332MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)

Graphics Processor

Storage Devices
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 (320GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 7MB Cache) : 298GB (D:) (I:)
Seagate ST3500418AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 466GB (C:)
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 (320GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 7MB Cache) : 298GB (E:)
Maxtor OneTouch 500.1GB (FireWire/1394, NCQ) : 466GB (H:)
USB Flash Memory 2GB (USB) : 2GB (K:)
Generic-Compact Flash (USB) : N/A (M:)
Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB) : N/A (N:)
Generic-SD/MMC (USB) : N/A (O:)
Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB) : N/A (P:)
WD 3200AAJS Externa 320GB (USB) : 298GB (F:)
ATAPI DVD A DH16A1L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : 4GB (J:)

Logical Storage Devices
Local Disk (D:) : 170GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 (320GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 7MB Cache)
Windows7 (C:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST3500418AS (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Hard Disk (E:) : 298GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 (320GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 7MB Cache)
Samples (H:) : 466GB (NTFS) @ Maxtor OneTouch 500.1GB (FireWire/1394, NCQ)
Removable Drive (K:) : 2GB (NTFS) @ USB Flash Memory 2GB (USB)
Audio 1 (F:) : 298GB (NTFS) @ WD 3200AAJS Externa 320GB (USB)
Hard Disk (I:) : 128GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 (320GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 7MB Cache)
Removable Drive (M:) : N/A @ Generic-Compact Flash (USB)
Removable Drive (N:) : N/A @ Generic-SM/xD-Picture (USB)
Removable Drive (O:) : N/A @ Generic-SD/MMC (USB)
Removable Drive (P:) : N/A @ Generic-MS/MS-Pro (USB)
2008 installed 1 (J:) : 4GB (CDFS) @ ATAPI DVD A DH16A1L (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP 82801HH (ICH8DH) LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : Asus F8000
Disk Controller : HP 82801H (ICH8) 4 port SATA Controller
Disk Controller : HP 82801H (ICH8) 2 port SATA Controller
USB Controller 1 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #4
USB Controller 2 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #5
USB Controller 3 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #2
USB Controller 4 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #1
USB Controller 5 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #2
USB Controller 6 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB UHCI #3
USB Controller 7 : HP 82801H (ICH8) USB2 EHCI #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : HP FW322/323 IEEE1394 OHCI FireWire Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 2 : Lucent/Agere Systems (Was: AT&T MicroElectronics) FW322/323 IEEE1394 OHCI FireWire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Printer : HP Deskjet F4200 series (1200x1200, USB, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Peripherals
Media Player : USB Flash Memory (1.88GB)
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()
Media Player : ()

Network Services
Wireless Adapter 1 : USB Wireless 802.11 b/g Adaptor

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.4

[MikeLip]

Both Sandra reports show network cards turned on. Net cards cause pops and crarckling.
Mike.

[sw rec]

Piano, I only see one hard drive listed. True? What's that "pocket drive" and why is it fat32? All your drives need to be NTFS basic.