horrible pops and hisses on my monitors

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I am getting all this bad sound out of my monitors...

I have it hooked up just like my 1010 users manual says...

Set up the monitor mix, go out 1/2 to your amp, and then to the monitors...

My right monitor barely makes a sound, and the left one is cracking horribly?????

Damn, Damn, Damn
Piss, Piss, Piss
Balls, Balls, Balls
 
Assuming your music doesn't completely suck ;) its probably a bad amp or cables.

Switch the speaker and line cables one at a time and see if the bad side switches with the cables. If so then the cable is the culprit.

If the bad side stays no matter what then it is the amp.
 
Assuming that you plug in a CD player or something else besides the Delta1010 or other computer card directly to the amp, and it has no problems...

I've heard there's this thing that goes wrong with the capacitors in the Delta1010's after they've been used for a few years. I'm not positive this is true, and I don't know how long you've had yours, but it might be worth checking out.
 
I can play back CDs on my computer through the amp perfect so it isn't the amp or the cables (unfortunantly)...

Thanks for the advice though...
 
are you playing the CD's through the delta or another card? If not through the delta, you may have a hardware configuration problem. or it COULD be that other thing (i doubt it), or did you accidentally use the SPdif's?
 
What program are you using? What kind of computer? What OS?
Have you selected the right soundcard driver in the program? If it's Cubase or Logic you should select the delta ASIO-driver.
 
QUOTE:........."I've heard there's this thing that goes wrong with the capacitors in the Delta1010's after they've been used for a few years. I'm not positive this is true, and I don't know how long you've had yours, but it might be worth checking out."


That's real helpful Tyler, but about all one has come to expect.

Now for starters, as far as I can determine, the 1010 was only released in late '99. Consequently, the one in question would be no more than 3 years old. (This fact alone makes your statement more than a bit suspect).

Under normal circumstances capacitors shouldn't give problems for quite a long time...........unless they are crappy quality.............and you can almost bet that if there is a problem, it will be with the "electrolytic capacitors" which with "old age" start to leak. This leakage is usually somewhat corrosive and will make a nice mess of PCB's.


Musikman, have you thought of contacting M-Audio's tech support for advice?

:cool:
 
I figured it all out now (thanks for the advice)...

Now if I could only fix my fader-happy drummer, do they make shots for them or do you just have to kick em' a couple times.
 
What was the solution in case other people have the same problem?
 
Sorry bout that...

I was wrong about the cables, I just hadn't turned up the monitors enough to hear the pops when I listened to CDs, the cables were old and had been used for a couple of years, and just needed to be replaced - 30 bucks, and it sounds good as new (which makes sense, I got the monitors last week)...
 
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