toad_uk
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Hi
Not posted here for a long time. Hopefully I can get some advice.
I have a Reaper project with a couple of tracks containing 2 and 4 bar drum loops repeated over most of the song and one or two three or four bar guitar parts scattered throughout the project. I also have a bass guitar and rhythm track which run for most of the song. When I solo the guitar or the bass track there is a pop/crackle at each "join" between samples or the start of the other media files. If I mute all the other tracks the doesn't seem to be there.
When listening with all tracks playing the is a crackle/pop at each join and a slight delay. The only crackle/pops that remain on the guitar and bass tracks seem to be on the tracks themselves, again corresponding to the joins/start of media items on other tracK, so I assume they were introduced when tracking.
The computer I'm using is running XP with a 3Ghz Pentium 4 and 960 MB RAM with an m-audio audiophile 24/96. When I run task manager the CPU and memory use don't seem to go that high, about 20-30%. When I solo the CPU is low with a spike when play over the 'joins', but still nothing over 30%.
I tried the project on another computer with Windows 10, an AMD A10 quad core processor and 16GB RAM, obviously a lot better PC and there are non of these issues except for the ones on the guitar and bass tracks themselves that I assume were introduced when tracking.
So basically, is this likely to be a RAM issue or a CPU issue. I understand that when using samples it takes up RAM, but like I say, memory usage doesn't seem excessive.
Will increasing RAM help, or is it time to get a newer PC?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jez
Not posted here for a long time. Hopefully I can get some advice.
I have a Reaper project with a couple of tracks containing 2 and 4 bar drum loops repeated over most of the song and one or two three or four bar guitar parts scattered throughout the project. I also have a bass guitar and rhythm track which run for most of the song. When I solo the guitar or the bass track there is a pop/crackle at each "join" between samples or the start of the other media files. If I mute all the other tracks the doesn't seem to be there.
When listening with all tracks playing the is a crackle/pop at each join and a slight delay. The only crackle/pops that remain on the guitar and bass tracks seem to be on the tracks themselves, again corresponding to the joins/start of media items on other tracK, so I assume they were introduced when tracking.
The computer I'm using is running XP with a 3Ghz Pentium 4 and 960 MB RAM with an m-audio audiophile 24/96. When I run task manager the CPU and memory use don't seem to go that high, about 20-30%. When I solo the CPU is low with a spike when play over the 'joins', but still nothing over 30%.
I tried the project on another computer with Windows 10, an AMD A10 quad core processor and 16GB RAM, obviously a lot better PC and there are non of these issues except for the ones on the guitar and bass tracks themselves that I assume were introduced when tracking.
So basically, is this likely to be a RAM issue or a CPU issue. I understand that when using samples it takes up RAM, but like I say, memory usage doesn't seem excessive.
Will increasing RAM help, or is it time to get a newer PC?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jez