424mkiii clipping? popping?

[skweeks]

whenever i record a track on my tascam424mkIII there is an annoying click every once and a while (at least once every 10 seconds, enough so that it basically ruins the recording)... it happens whether i'm micing my guitar stack or pluggin my guitar in straight to the preamp... also nothings going above 0db and it's still happening... it happens when my guitar (or whatever is being recorded) is silent even. is this just dirty heads or what? it's causing some major problems...

also today i put in a new tape and pressed play and listened really close in the monitors and then in headphones and no "clicking" was present so i guess it's not the monitors or cables... and i've tried multiple guitar and mic cords...

HELP!

 

[jimimac]

Skweeks

Sounds like the process of elimination???
I had a problem similar to yours,turns out i had to install a new receptical in my studio a single circut to my recorder.
When I have problems like yours i always use the trusty mic stright into the board.
with nothing else plugged into my 4- trac, I record my voice dry. if its the tape or the recorder or the circut, the noise is gonna show up somewhere.
after test #1 check everything else. good luck

Hope I was helpful

jimimac