OldDog1970
New member
Hi everyone.
Just getting back into guitar after a couple of decades and looking to embrace the newer technology. The only problem is that I am having problems and hope yall can help me sort it out.
After tons of research I decided to go with an audio interface and amp simulators. Mostly for playing live (in my basement) just due to the huge number of options available without spending tons of money on physical hardware.
While recording is something I plan to do occasionally I am having an issue with playing live through my interface and amp sim right now. This is where I am praying that the expertise available in this forum will help to end my frustration with this technology.
So I have an AXE I/O audio interface and it came with Amplitube Max as a bundle. I also have a Lenovo IdeaPad S340 with AMD Ryzen-5 3500U Quad-Core processor and 8 GB of Ram.
The problem I have is intermittent pops and crackles when playing through Amplitube in stand alone mode. When playing a clean tone it is just a pop or crack but when using a heavily distorted sound it is almost like a farting sound and very annoying.
Amplitube has a CPU meter built in and when the meter jumps so do these pops and cracks most of the time. So I figure this is part of the issue.
I have also downloaded a free trial of Bias Amp 2 and the problems where evident there as well so the issue is apparently not with Amplitube.
Amplitube has a built in recorder and none of these sounds are affecting the actual recording but do happen intermittently upon playback through the AXE I/O interface.
This does seem to happen most frequently when my laptop is running on battery. When I plug my charger in it rarely happens and may only happen again once the battery is fully charged.
I did return the first interface thinking that was the problem but it still persists with the replacement I got.
I bought an M-box 2 mini from Ebay and have had no issues as far as I can tell.
The AXE I/O has its own power supply so I do not think it is a problem with USB power.
I am at my wits end trying to figure this out. I have tried a few things I have seen online to no avail. I hope you pro's can help me figure this out and I will be eternally grateful if you do so.
Thank you in advance and hope to here from you soon.
Just getting back into guitar after a couple of decades and looking to embrace the newer technology. The only problem is that I am having problems and hope yall can help me sort it out.
After tons of research I decided to go with an audio interface and amp simulators. Mostly for playing live (in my basement) just due to the huge number of options available without spending tons of money on physical hardware.
While recording is something I plan to do occasionally I am having an issue with playing live through my interface and amp sim right now. This is where I am praying that the expertise available in this forum will help to end my frustration with this technology.
So I have an AXE I/O audio interface and it came with Amplitube Max as a bundle. I also have a Lenovo IdeaPad S340 with AMD Ryzen-5 3500U Quad-Core processor and 8 GB of Ram.
The problem I have is intermittent pops and crackles when playing through Amplitube in stand alone mode. When playing a clean tone it is just a pop or crack but when using a heavily distorted sound it is almost like a farting sound and very annoying.
Amplitube has a CPU meter built in and when the meter jumps so do these pops and cracks most of the time. So I figure this is part of the issue.
I have also downloaded a free trial of Bias Amp 2 and the problems where evident there as well so the issue is apparently not with Amplitube.
Amplitube has a built in recorder and none of these sounds are affecting the actual recording but do happen intermittently upon playback through the AXE I/O interface.
This does seem to happen most frequently when my laptop is running on battery. When I plug my charger in it rarely happens and may only happen again once the battery is fully charged.
I did return the first interface thinking that was the problem but it still persists with the replacement I got.
I bought an M-box 2 mini from Ebay and have had no issues as far as I can tell.
The AXE I/O has its own power supply so I do not think it is a problem with USB power.
I am at my wits end trying to figure this out. I have tried a few things I have seen online to no avail. I hope you pro's can help me figure this out and I will be eternally grateful if you do so.
Thank you in advance and hope to here from you soon.