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PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Hiya PT Community,
Long time PT user. Using mostly for post. I've been having a problem close to a year now (started when I was on PT 10 LE) where my audio becomes crackly, like it's losing bit rate, and then eventually goes totally out. If I bounce something while my system is crackling, the file is uncorrupted and is crackle free. This problem happens system wide. Pro Tools, Adobe, Chrome, Spotify, iTunes, Finder, you name it. To change audio output on my machine (say from Apollo to Internal Speakers) I have to manually change the driver in the system prefs, relaunch Finder, and then quit and reopen the program I'm using. To be clear, this happens whether my interface is connected or not. The problem has worsened over the past few months. I'm now forced to reboot my machine at least twice an hour to monitor my audio properly. It's a real mess and I can no longer work around it. At first, I thought this issue was my hardware. I replaced my MacBook Pro with a new one. Then, I assumed my interface was the issue. I replaced my Apollo. No luck. My next action is on software. Mac software, maybe? Time to upgrade. Went from Mavericks to Yosemite. Nothing changes. I upgraded to 10 HD and then to 12 HD. Complete uninstall and reinstall. Wow, PT is more stable but still crackling and cutting out. I've trashed my prefs a few times and the problem persists. 'Ignore Errors During Playback/Record' is unticked. I've adjusted my buffer size with no improvement. I'm stuck and I have no idea what to try next. I've read of others having troubles with Pro Tools Aggregate I/O but their symptoms seem less progressed and are usually solved by switching their output to their interface. ALSO, I have 12 HD (downloaded from avid) but it doesn't show up in my Avid account and I have been unable to locate a System ID for my software anywhere. Please oh please, someone have an answer for what woes me. <3 |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Mid 2014 MacBook Pro Retina
2.8 GHz Intel i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Yosemite 10.10.5 Apollo Twin Solo Pro Tools 12 HD |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Silly questions maybe...but Are you daisy chaining through FW? have you tried a new cable? Have you considered something outside your rig? SUch as speaker cables, interface connections? ect?
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FBR recording - https://www.facebook.com/fromthebase...cordsrecording @FBRrecording - Instagram Rig MBP 15" High Sierra 10.13.3, i7 2.6Ghz, 8Gb DDR, 750Gb 7200rpm, PT 2019.5, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Octopre MkII, Glyph GPT50, Avalon 737sp, AMS Neve 1073's, API 512c, CAPI 312's, DW drums, Fender Guitars/Amps, AKG, Rode, Sennheiser, Neumann U87 & KM184's, Coles 4038, Equator D5 monitors |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Fair question.
This problem happens whether or not I'm connected to any accessories (interface, hard drives, display, etc). |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Hold on...when you say 'Hard drives'. Are you implying that you're trying to play back from your system drive?
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FBR recording - https://www.facebook.com/fromthebase...cordsrecording @FBRrecording - Instagram Rig MBP 15" High Sierra 10.13.3, i7 2.6Ghz, 8Gb DDR, 750Gb 7200rpm, PT 2019.5, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Octopre MkII, Glyph GPT50, Avalon 737sp, AMS Neve 1073's, API 512c, CAPI 312's, DW drums, Fender Guitars/Amps, AKG, Rode, Sennheiser, Neumann U87 & KM184's, Coles 4038, Equator D5 monitors |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Occasionally, yes. I'm not too worried about performance while editing VO off of my system drive.
I work in both scenarios often. Does the problem occur whether I'm working off an external or my system drive? Yes. |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Maybe a corrupt session, or does it happen on all sessions ? You didn't happen to start off on your new machine off a clone did you? Or did you your Migration assistant?
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FBR recording - https://www.facebook.com/fromthebase...cordsrecording @FBRrecording - Instagram Rig MBP 15" High Sierra 10.13.3, i7 2.6Ghz, 8Gb DDR, 750Gb 7200rpm, PT 2019.5, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Octopre MkII, Glyph GPT50, Avalon 737sp, AMS Neve 1073's, API 512c, CAPI 312's, DW drums, Fender Guitars/Amps, AKG, Rode, Sennheiser, Neumann U87 & KM184's, Coles 4038, Equator D5 monitors |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
Any session.
I used Migration Assistant from my Time Capsule. The problem was identical on my old machine, except for the audio output not switching over automatically when I disconnect from the rest of my hardware. |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
BINGO! That's your problem...under NO circumstance use Migration Assistant. You need to do a clean install of your OS, PT's and Plugs. I assure you that will solve your problem.
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FBR recording - https://www.facebook.com/fromthebase...cordsrecording @FBRrecording - Instagram Rig MBP 15" High Sierra 10.13.3, i7 2.6Ghz, 8Gb DDR, 750Gb 7200rpm, PT 2019.5, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40, Octopre MkII, Glyph GPT50, Avalon 737sp, AMS Neve 1073's, API 512c, CAPI 312's, DW drums, Fender Guitars/Amps, AKG, Rode, Sennheiser, Neumann U87 & KM184's, Coles 4038, Equator D5 monitors |
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Re: PT Crackling/Quality Loss/Eventual loss of sound
I've definitely been preparing myself for this. Was hoping there was a way around it.
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