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I keep hearing cracks in my recordings. What could it be from?
Some things about my system:
Sonar 4 Producer
Presonus Firestudio
PC--Windows Vista
When I open up a file on Sonar 4, the disk space reads: 46%. Does this mean I have 46% of space left?
Example:
For one song I recorded, I have the following:
tracks 1-8 Drums
tracks 9 and 10 Guitar 1
tracks 11 and 12 Guitar 2
track 13 Bass
track 14 Vocals 1
track 15 Vocals 2
If i just listen to these 15 tracks, the bottom right corner shows a CPU percentageat about 20-30% when I play the song.
After mixing and editing (adding EQ, compression, effects etc...) when I play the song to listen to it, the CPU percentage on the bottom changes to 50-80% depending on how much EQ/compression I put it. On one song, the percentage on the bottom right corner was playing at 90% and at this level, during the playback, the song sounded very choppy and muddy as if my computer could not handle the amount of stuff going on.
What can I do to make sure the CPU levels are lower? I understand that I may be using too much EQ, compression, effects. I will monitor that more.
Could the cracks be from the disk space? I understand that it could be from cables too or the input on my firestudio too.
Not looking to get responses about how crappy my system is or that i am a novice. I know all of that. Just looking for suggestions on how I can fix the problems above if possible.
Thanks.
Some things about my system:
Sonar 4 Producer
Presonus Firestudio
PC--Windows Vista
When I open up a file on Sonar 4, the disk space reads: 46%. Does this mean I have 46% of space left?
Example:
For one song I recorded, I have the following:
tracks 1-8 Drums
tracks 9 and 10 Guitar 1
tracks 11 and 12 Guitar 2
track 13 Bass
track 14 Vocals 1
track 15 Vocals 2
If i just listen to these 15 tracks, the bottom right corner shows a CPU percentageat about 20-30% when I play the song.
After mixing and editing (adding EQ, compression, effects etc...) when I play the song to listen to it, the CPU percentage on the bottom changes to 50-80% depending on how much EQ/compression I put it. On one song, the percentage on the bottom right corner was playing at 90% and at this level, during the playback, the song sounded very choppy and muddy as if my computer could not handle the amount of stuff going on.
What can I do to make sure the CPU levels are lower? I understand that I may be using too much EQ, compression, effects. I will monitor that more.
Could the cracks be from the disk space? I understand that it could be from cables too or the input on my firestudio too.
Not looking to get responses about how crappy my system is or that i am a novice. I know all of that. Just looking for suggestions on how I can fix the problems above if possible.
Thanks.