96 i/o crackling and goes quiet??

[pie55]

Hi
I have a hd 2 accel system with an Aurora 16 and a 96 i/o mac 8 core.

Lately in mix sessions the 96 i/o crackles frem time to time. Restarting the computer and power cycling temporarily fixes this. USed to happen a few times a month, but today alone it farted out 4 times.
Another thing is the out put and input of the 96 i/o get real quiet out of no where. again restart etc as a fix
and a new thing happened today. It started making this quiet squeaking sound.
I have 88.2 wordclock selected for the 96 i/o as sync with a wordclock cable from the aurora to the 96 i/o.
If internal sync is selected for the aURORA (AS MASTER) is a word clock cable needed to the 96 i/o?
thanks

[JFreak]

Yes, always. Whichever box you set to master clock, will be sending clock to another box. Therefore if Aurora ks master, you connect Aurora wc out to Digi ext.clock in

[pie55]

and should the 96 i/o have word clock 88.2 selected,
Or should INternal be selected for the Aurora?

[pie55]

update...
the 96 i/o crackles THEN goes quiet.

just thought of this that I forgot to mention. I'm monitoring the spdif out of the 96 i/o to a KRK Ergo monitor controller

[pie55]

can anyone chime in? I have a mix in limbo. Wondering if I need to not use the 96 i/o.
Anyone out there encounter this?

[Southsidemusic]

Originally Posted by pie55

can anyone chime in? I have a mix in limbo. Wondering if I need to not use the 96 i/o.
Anyone out there encounter this?

Never had anything like this on our old HD3 and HD5 systems so I would use the internal xard IF you are only mixing as the sound will be the same and no issues for now with your 96i/o

It can be anything and even that the old interface is going to die.

For now of you have a time limit use the i ternal sound, start PT with the N key held down until popup window appear, choose built-in audio and finish the work and if anyone comes up with ideas you will see that here.

[pie55]

thanks. What do you mean by "internal card"?

[Southsidemusic]

The soundcard inside your computer. Built in audio.

[pie55]

ah i see,
Don't think I need to. For mixing I use a pile of hardware and my Aurora 16 works perfect. Just had to go digital for the i/o I was using the 96 i/o for.
thanks

[pie55]

does this sound like the interface or the Accel card?
It' a hassle to get at the back of the gear to swap digi link cables, but if I have to I will.
It would be a lot easier if someone out there experienced a similar issue