Crackling and Popping on Playback

[huptonmuirmalle]

Hi,

I am pretty new to all this home recording milarky, so please go easy on me if this is a stupid question.

I am running Cubase SL3 and use an M-audio fast track 8R for my interface. The computer I am running has the following spec:
2GB RAM
AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 4200+ 2.2 GHz CPU
XP service pack 2.

I set all this stuff up and starting work on my first project. Got as far as writing some midi drum tracks. No Problems.

Then I came to recording some guitar over the top, by micing a cab and encounter a problem where the CPU usage in Cubase `spiked' every now and again. I managed to get round this problem by fiddling with the sample rate on the Fast Track's settings.

The problem I still have is that during playback I get a really annoying amount of clicking and popping (when the project has about 4 - 5 tracks, without many effects on them).

Could it be that my computer just isn't powerful enough to cope with this kind of stuff? I have read around the forum and my general feeling is that it should be.....are there any other things I can try to solve the problem.

Thanks in advance.

 

[miroslav]

I have a PC with less power than yours, and have no issues...you have plenty of power.
Not familiar with that Cubase version...but it must be some setting in Cubase....maybe your buffer settings..?

 

[huptonmuirmalle]

Cheers for your advice....I have done a minimal amount of fiddling around with buffer settings, but to no avail.

Just in case this is not the issue.....is there anything else that I could try?

Thanks.