need help: clips while recording.

[detlef]

Hello

I make music using Fruityloops, Cubase sx and other tools.

Recently I had upgraded from Soundblaster Audigy to Echo Layla 3G soundcard, running on a AMD Sempron with 1Gb ram.

When I try to record a guitar or any other external source, the recordings came out with a lot of 'clips'.
This clips sometimes can be heard while recording also.

The input level is setting properly.
The clips occours even while recording with a very low input level.
I tried to increase the 'buffer size' on Cubase, but still no luck.

The customer suggested that it could be a processor problem, since Sempron performance is pretty low for a souncard
like Layla.

I'm quite disappointed, and before spend more money for a new CPU, I would like to know if anyone experienced
problems like this.

Thank you

 

[crankz1]

Define clips?
Are your input meters hitting over 0dbfs?
If so, you've got some form of gain staging problem that needs to be addressed.

 

[detlef]

hi crankz
the clips occours even while recording with a low input level.
they sounds very high in frequencies....
the recording in itself is ok, it is not distorted at all.
Only, here and there, every few seconds I can hear this clips.