Cubase sx 3 Crackling and crashing?

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I have cubase sx 3 When i record a single track evrything is fine and if i use plug ins such as guitar rig its all working well.

Rough equiptment list ....Cubase SX 3 - Audigy 2 zs platinum soundcard with input sockets for guitars, keys and midi so they can plug direct in to the front of the pc, Guitar rig 3 plug in.:(

However that being said as soon as i start to record another track using the same methods it starts to crackle and pop really really badly, sometimes so badly it crashes the program and even my system!

Got an album to prepare for that need guitar guide tracks tight and click track mappings done and this has started happening a lot, any ideas would be very very gretafuly recieved.

Kind regards

Colin
 
I'm not really familiar with that soundcard, but I use to have that problem with my firepod. Try increasing the latency on the soundcard, if you are able to, if not, I have no clue. Good luck.
 
you'll need to post some system specs if the guys here are going to be helpful.... on a side issue... red flags tend to go up when a newbie has problems with setting up a very old prog witha gamer sound card... jsut sayin...
 
Popping, stuttering, and crashing can occur if your computer is not keeping up with workload demand. The computer could be lacking power or being bogged down.

Can you tell us more about this machine?

Is it used for other things besides recording?
Is it modern and powerful?
Does it have adequate memory?
Is it well ventilated?
Does it crash with other software?
 
dementedchord said:
you'll need to post some system specs if the guys here are going to be helpful.... on a side issue... red flags tend to go up when a newbie has problems with setting up a very old prog witha gamer sound card... jsut sayin...
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Lol the souncard i upgraded when i was doing my degree, the program may be old but i know my way round it well other than this issue
 
ok here are the specs that you suggested,



OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COLIN-HOME
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3010 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1010.004, 05/09/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name COLIN-HOME\Colin
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,536.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 639.97 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.86 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sy



Here are the conflict issues anyone notice anything odd in here the PCI bus has me wondering.

I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Memory Address 0xFFF80000-0xFFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xFFF80000-0xFFFFFFFF Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device

I/O Port 0x00000400-0x0000041F Motherboard resources
I/O Port 0x00000400-0x0000041F Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM SMBus Controller - 266A

IRQ 23 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
IRQ 23 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C

IRQ 16 Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
IRQ 16 NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM PCI Express Root Port - 2660
IRQ 16 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B

Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF Motherboard resources
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF Motherboard resources

IRQ 17 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM PCI Express Root Port - 2662
IRQ 17 Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
IRQ 17 Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM)

IRQ 18 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
IRQ 18 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

IRQ 19 Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
IRQ 19 Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2652

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) 915G/P/GV PCI Express Root Port - 2581
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Thanks so much guys really really appreciate it, i really am greatful and glad to have found this forum.
 
It will never be outdated topic, so here are our 2 solutions you can check, hope it helps
CUBASE SX 1.6 (and onwards) CRACKLING PROBLEM - SOLUTIONS

Often, you may have "crackling" in virtual instruments (such a bass or drums, etc)
so here is the SOLUTION FOR CRACKLING: (1-st or 2-cond options below, as this):

OPTION 1
The 'crackling' reason (with newer computers/laptops) could be the setting
in your Cubase "VST Multitrack" settings. So, go here, using these tabs:
"Devices" (it's on your main cubase menu) > "Device Setup"...> "VST Miltitrack" >
"Expert"...)
You will see, over there is one "tick" saying "Multi Processing" (it deals with your CPU),
so just UNTICK that box and leave it empty, to disable multi-threading with Cubase ...
Now - press OK, or "apply" to get it done, and exit the menus by pressing "ok".
When done, try to play your song(s) again with Cubase SX, and it should be ok now ...
(basically - you need to disable multi threading of your CPU with [in] your Cubase).

OPTION 2
Use the command "Save project to new folder" and save your song to a different drive,
ideally - save it where the drive of your Windows desktop is located on ...
Then close Cubase and open up your song from the file on that drive.
See if your problem persists ?
If the problem goes away, then you know that the pops and clicks are
due to problems with Cubase accessing data from the different project drive ...

*We provide many other free email help on Cubase, so feel free to contact us.

Vranic Studios - Melbourne, 3000
 
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