Crackleing noise

[Red_House]

Hi

I have Cool Edit Pro 2.0 installed on a computer that is about 4 years old. It's 466MhZ and has 128 MB of Ram.

I just recently put in a new Creative Sound Blaster "Live" on the computer because the old one didn't work at all. The sound card plays music back fine, however when I record onto a track on cool edit (or any other recording program) the sound wave crackles... It sounds like an old record player.

Is this because my computer is to slow to be handling the recording? Or is there anything I can do in adjusting recording/sound levels that would help clear this up. I'm using an AudioBuddy Dual Mic PreAmp right now...

Thanks

 

[chaser1023]

I had a similar problem with my setup but it was more like a static type of "crackling" (ticking) every so often and only during recorded passages.....never during the silence - only when audio was present. Very faint but audible. WEIRD. I wrote the support department. No answer yet. And my computer is brand new....
512mb/ 120gb etc.....

 

[7evin]

Hi

I have Cool Edit Pro 2.0 installed on a computer that is about 4 years old. It's 466MhZ and has 128 MB of Ram.

I just recently put in a new Creative Sound Blaster "Live" on the computer because the old one didn't work at all. The sound card plays music back fine, however when I record onto a track on cool edit (or any other recording program) the sound wave crackles... It sounds like an old record player.

Is this because my computer is to slow to be handling the recording? Or is there anything I can do in adjusting recording/sound levels that would help clear this up. I'm using an AudioBuddy Dual Mic PreAmp right now...

Thanks

Have you tried it without the preamp yet? Do you have anything that is already at line level that you can try this with. In the wav view do you see the crackle, is it clipping? It sounds like you have some sort of interference happening. To close to a power source or something. Also, there are many things in your computer that can cause that kind of static. I would open it up and check if any cables are touching the metal on the case. Your computer is sufficient for single track recording(at one time). Hope I could help.

PS. check your cables

 

[reco]

Sound cards can help!

I had simular problems with the SandBlaster sound card in my PII300mhz with CEP 1.1, SOundblast cards kinda just suck the life out of recordings.
One other thought is how much ram you have in your system.
I bought a Echo Mia the the same day bought a 128mb stick of pc133, and things were nice.
I agree that you should check your cables.
Also Move the tower away from your monitor. if The connecttions are to close to the monitor it can cause humming crackles and buzzes.
Shake you cables around a bit to see if they are the problem.
ETC>
-Reco

 

[Chrisjob]

I had a similar problem with my soundcard (Delta 44) and CEP. It turned out the problem was the IRQ setting of my card. Try moving around your PCI cards and see if you can't find a combination that works.

-Chris

 

[Jimbo Jones]

Chris, I gotz ta give ya props on the Coach Z icon.
good joorb!

 

[dileo]

A source for static: broadcast interference from a "ground loop"

I, too, had this problem. I single switched every component feeding into my computer, and then I even bought a new sound card--same thing.

The only thing that helped is removing the source of a "ground loop." I have some things plugging into a different outlet on a different wall, so they may possibly be on different breakers in the house's fuse box. I've had this sort of trouble before, and until I put everything into the same outlet (or circuit), the "short" creating the "broadcast" of static-like intereference continued.

When I unplugged the 2nd outlet's devices going into my computer (printer, etc.), the static stopped in the recorded wavs. A clean recording. Then when I plugged them back in and played the wav again, it dirtied up again, but no so bad. This means the static being "broadcast" happens with recording AND playback, so if they're plugged in during both, the problem is double, but also explains why some of the pops repeat in the same places and others are not exactly repeatable. What a mess it was figuring out all of this!

Have you had similar results?
Jay DiLeo (dileo@gynob.com)