Pops and Clicks during tempo changes in PT8 with Xpand2!

[StudioAlethea]

I am having issues with clicks and pops in the playback/ recording of Xpand2! whenever there is a tempo change.

I have tried all buffer and CPU settings to try to rectify the situation-- no help.

I have tried trashing databases and preferences-- no help.

I have tried uninstalling PT entirely and reinstalling-- no help.

I have actually done this many times.

It is not session specific, because I have opened up a blank session, added a virtual instrument track with just one instance of Xpand2! on it, added a bunch of tempo changes, and the pops and clicks come up.

I don't have any other MIDI clocks or any slave/ master relationships.

I have isolated this to Xpand2! and no other plug-in instrument so far.

I have also gone back and tried every version from Pro Tools 8.0 vanilla up through 8.0.4cs3 (i think is the last one).

Please, help if you can!

[filosofem]

There is no solution, currently.

[StudioAlethea]

Is this a known issue for Xpand2? I've seen lots of posts about similar problems, but not this one specifically.

[filosofem]

I believe so.

[Spoil the Child]

Originally Posted by StudioAlethea

I am having issues with clicks and pops in the playback/ recording of Xpand2! whenever there is a tempo change.

I have tried all buffer and CPU settings to try to rectify the situation-- no help.

I have tried trashing databases and preferences-- no help.

I have tried uninstalling PT entirely and reinstalling-- no help.

I have actually done this many times.

It is not session specific, because I have opened up a blank session, added a virtual instrument track with just one instance of Xpand2! on it, added a bunch of tempo changes, and the pops and clicks come up.

I don't have any other MIDI clocks or any slave/ master relationships.

I have isolated this to Xpand2! and no other plug-in instrument so far.

I have also gone back and tried every version from Pro Tools 8.0 vanilla up through 8.0.4cs3 (i think is the last one).

Please, help if you can!

Hello! I know this is a super old thread. But just in case it might help someone who's still using Xpand2 (like me! ), I found that turning off certain effects in the FX 1 AND/OR FX 2 sections in the Xpand2 GUI instantly gets rid of the problem.

Once, I had a vocal pad patch in Xpand2 that I believe had the FX 1 "on" by default upon choosing the said patch. The effect in FX 1 for this vocal pad patch was "Chorus" (which was also what I had wanted to use as well). But, as has been said, there'd be pops and clicks. Once I had turned FX 1 "off", though, the clicks and pops were completely gone!

What I did after was that I bussed the track in question to an aux track, added the effect there instead, then rendered the audio. It's not a perfect workaround, but it worked for me.

Hope this helps.