Noise/Glitch Pro Tools Academic 7.3.1cs1

[Triple SeC]

Since I updated my Pro Tools M-powered Academic 7.1 to the 7.3 version, I hear noise/glitch, a bit like an annoying click. I tried updating to 7.3.1... same thing. 7.3.1 cs1 also.

HELP plz.

[Triple SeC]

On session that were not noisy on pro tools 7.1. Someone plz.

[dillon99999]

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[Marcus S.]

check your buffer size, defrag your HD

[RichrdC]

Do you have an external hard drive set up? It could be you've got it set up incorrectly. I had those annoying clicks that seem to be in time, and that was my problem..

[Triple SeC]

"check your buffer size, defrag your HD"

I did. I didn't work.

Do you have an external hard drive set up? It could be you've got it set up incorrectly. I had those annoying clicks that seem to be in time, and that was my problem..

Yes I have. But the pro tools session on my internal hard drive do the same things.



Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.11


Motherboard:
CPU Type Unknown, 2800 MHz (3.5 x 800)
Motherboard Name Dell Inc. Dell DM051
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 1024 MB
BIOS Type Phoenix (03/31/06)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON X600 Series Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON X600 Series (256 MB)
Monitor Écran Plug-and-Play [NoDB] (GC81165Q03WM)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Lecture sur modem n° 0
Audio Adapter M-Audio MobilePre
Audio Adapter SigmaTel Audio

Storage:
Disk Drive Maxtor 6 L250R0 USB Device
Disk Drive ST3808110AS
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B
Optical Drive ZG5234F FGL914F SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive ZG5234F FGL914F SCSI CdRom Device

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 73155 MB (43430 MB free)
H: (FAT32) 238414 MB (36742 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard Périphérique clavier PIH
Mouse Souris HID


Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Modem Conexant D850 56K V.9x DFVc Modem

Peripherals:
Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB Device Concentrateur USB générique
USB Device M-Audio MobilePre USB
USB Device Périphérique de stockage de masse USB
USB Device Périphérique d'interface utilisateur USB
USB Device Périphérique d'interface utilisateur USB
USB Device Périphérique d'interface utilisateur USB
USB Device Périphérique USB composite
USB Device Périphérique USB composite
USB Device USB iLok Driver


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[ BIOS ]

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Dell Inc.
Version A05
Release Date 03/31/2006
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, LS-120
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, USB

[ System ]

System Properties:
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Product Dell DM051


[ Motherboard ]

Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Product 0HJ054


[ Chassis ]

Chassis Properties:
Manufacturer Dell Inc.

Chassis Type Mini Tower

[ Processors / Processor #1 ]

Processor Properties:
Manufacturer Intel
External Clock 800 MHz
Maximum Clock 4000 MHz
Current Clock 2800 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.7 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade ZIF
Socket Designation Microprocessor

[zombie69]

Disk Drive Maxtor 6 L250R0 USB Device

I am assuming this is your external drive. You need to run your sessions off of a fire wire drive not usb. Also check all of the other system requirements for Pro Tools to run on your system. If you are recording to your external drive, make sure it is fire wire and I would also format that drive to NTFS, not FAT 32. Also follow the steps HERE.

I believe your major issue is hard drive related. Also, as a note, Digi does not recommend or support recording to your system drive. This is a well known fact.

I grabbed this from the Digi Support pages

USB 2.0 Hard Drives
USB hard drives are NOT recommended or supported for use as recording drives. Limited testing has shown that performance with USB drives is inferior to that of FireWire drives.

Hard Drive Minimum Requirements

Dedicated audio drive or drives (internal or external). Recording to or playback from system drives is not supported.

[Triple SeC]

I did a format. I created partition for windows and one for audio. My problem is solve. thx

[dillon99999]

what you are doing / have done is UNSUPPORTED.

you should consider buying an additional IDE/SATA/SATA2 hard drive (one that is 7200 rpm).

they are only $35 on http://www.pricewatch.com

from what you stated, you are using two partitions on the same hard drive - doing this is NOT supported.

you need a separate hard drive to record / store your audio.

good luck with that.