Is n-Track causing this problem????

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I'm having a problem and I'd like to know if it's being caused by n-Track.

I have these "pops" that happen in my recordings... and there's something weird aboot them...

they move..

The previous mixdown I did... the pops were around 3:18... I was sittin' there in n-Track playin the song through and I heard that little pop happen... so I replayed that segment a couple times... after aboot the fifth time playing it over, the pop stopped....???? It's definitely not something in the waveform.. it has to be software related or something... Cause it'll totally go away.. and then the next time I open n-Track to re-mix or make some small change.. I notice a little "pop" in a totally different area. This last mixdown it popped at aboot 3:55.

I also sometimes get this annoying loud pop that happens at the beginning of the song... and the bad thing is,.. when I mixdown, I can't tell if it's gonna happen until I'm done mixing it down and converting it to mp3.. Here's the deal... sometimes... only sometimes,... when I first hit play there's this loud *pop* that happens.. BUT.. if I hit play and stop, and play and stop a few times.. it doesn't happen after a while. I finally figured that out as a way of getting "around" the problem.. so now before I do a mix down, I just hit play/stop a few times to "clear out" the pops.. and I haven't had that pop show up in my mixdown since I started doing that. But I still get those other little pops.

It's pretty of annoying.. especially since both problems are unpredictable and sometimes show up but sometimes don't...

anyone else ever have this problem...?

WATYF
 
What soundcard do you have?

IMO it's hardware related, and nothing to do about n-Track, if it's not in the waveform it's a hardware problem. Still suggest you look closely at the waveform for any pops.

Do you use AMD/VIA combos for CPU/ mobo chipset, BTW??
 
WATYF,

Yes I agree with Sangram ....it's probably just a puter anomally. I get them often during playback and have learned to ignore them bacause they do not affect the actual waveform. Now if it should happen during recording then that would not be good but otherwise just try to ignore.

Usually It happens because I've been to lazy to turn other running programs off like anti virus etc. If I'm recording I make sure to stop unnecessary running programs.

Rusty K
 
I kind of thought it sounded like a HD buffering issue, but I had that problem with N-track before and the final mixdown was never affected.

Are the pops still there if you mix down to .WAV without playing the song?

It kind of sounds like the play and record buttons on your N-track are dirty. Spray some electronics cleaner on your screen.

Either that or your computer needs new tubes and a cap job.
 
Lame Thrower said:
It kind of sounds like the play and record buttons on your N-track are dirty. Spray some electronics cleaner on your screen.

Either that or your computer needs new tubes and a cap job.
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Ya think? Hhhmm... I was thinkin' aboot takin' it in for a lube this week too... maybe that'll clear things up...

:p

It may well be a background software issue... I'm pretty much always running my Unreal server (4 people on it right now) and so that might be givin' me little anomalies here and there.. who knows...

WATYF
 
WATYF said:
I'm pretty much always running my Unreal server (4 people on it right now)
WATYF
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...Now he tells us... :)

That's prolly why.
 
Geez!!! Are you running freakin' SETI@home in the background too!?
 
Dude.. I'm tellin' ya man.. my system smokes... :p I've got it tweaked out so tight that I can run n-Track, the Unreal server, my web server, FTP server, and surf the net and talk on MSN while I mixdown.

I AM A GOOOOODDDDD!!!!

:D

WATYF

(o.k.. so maybe not.. :p)
 
Yup, #1 lesson of recording: Stop all backround procesess first.

Great little freebie program called "End It All2" out there (I think on pcmag.com) that you can set to kill everything but Explorer and Systray before you launch your recording programs; I use it every time I start a session.

If you leave anything else running, you're just asking for problems.
 
TimOBrien said:
Yup, #1 lesson of recording: Stop all backround procesess first.

Great little freebie program called "End It All2" out there (I think on pcmag.com) that you can set to kill everything but Explorer and Systray before you launch your recording programs; I use it every time I start a session.

If you leave anything else running, you're just asking for problems.
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Yeah,... I know.. I just don't like to piss off everyone on my server unless I absolutely have to... :p

P.S. That app won't work on W2K or XP. You need a h#ll of a lot more than just "Explorer" and "Systray" running on the NT kernel O/S's... :p But I've got it tweaked out to the point that I'm down to about 20 processes (instead of the usual 30 or so).

WATYF
 
Hello Tim....

Thanks for the "End It All2" ..... I'm heading for the pcmag.com site.

Rusty K
 
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