New computer headache!

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I just recently upgraded my computer and now I'm getting nasty pops and scratches when I output anything through my Tascam US-122 interface. My old machine, a Celeron D 900mHz with 512 RAM and Windows XP pro worked great, but I needed more CPU power for effects so I upgraded to an AMD 64-bit CPU with 1 gig DDR2 ram and still XP pro (non-x64 version, could this be my problem? I dearly hope not!). I do my recording through Cubase SX3 and have tried different bitrates and sample-sizes and all that Jass, and have adjusted the latency (buffer-size) slider in the control panel up and down and all over and it's still acting like it has a sore throat. I've also tried using the different ASIO drivers within Cubase and still have no luck. I've tweaked out the computer and un-tweaked the computer. I even tried going back to just USB 1.0. Today I completely reloaded windows and still had no luck. The real kicker is that even if I play some mp3s from Media Player through the Tascam's RCA or headphone jacks, it still sounds terrible. So I'm looking beyond the Cubase realm into the new computer realm for the cause of this noise. Anyone got any ideas? Or want a quite decent, brand-new computer? Aaaaaah!
 
Sounds like it may be a chipset compatibility issue, check the manufacture sites
 
altitude909 said:
Sounds like it may be a chipset compatibility issue, check the manufacture sites
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care to explain a little more? i'm looking at the specs for the motherboard and the interface. not quite sure what i'm looking for...
 
if a reformat does not fix the issue, then it is very likely a hardware problem. Chances are that someone already had it so I would look at forums of the sound card manufacture or email them or simply google the name of the sound card, your mother board and the word problem.
 
altitude909 said:
if a reformat does not fix the issue, then it is very likely a hardware problem. Chances are that someone already had it so I would look at forums of the sound card manufacture or email them or simply google the name of the sound card, your mother board and the word problem.
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I second that.
 
Thanks a bunch for the info. I'll look into it. Think it's possible that getting a USB pci card and sticking it in there will fix my life? Guess that would also depend on the chipset too...
 
It's a really long shot, but try going into:
Control Panel:System:Advanced:Performance!Settings:Advanced
...and changing Processor Scheduling from Application to 'Background Services'.
This will allocate more resources to your ASIO driver, meaning less chances of pops and clicks (often caused by interrupts from a device on the same IRQ).

Other tactics involve disabling hardware that you don't need.
Go into your mainboard's BIOS and disable any onboard sound, NICs, modems, onboard graphics etc.

If that helps, and you need those devices - but not when your recording; try making a dual boot system. One with the devices disabled in Device Manager, and one where they are enabled.

If you are running a VIA chipset - it may be worth trying George Breeze's PCI latency patch, although it's very old and I'm not sure if it's relevant any more.
http://www.georgebreese.com/net/software/#PCI

Also make sure all your drivers (especially the mainboard drivers) are up to date.


Hope this helps!
 
Just got a new USB PCI card, popped it in, and my problems are solved. The MB chipset is NVidia, and the PCI card uses VIA chipset, so I'm thinking the chipset was the issue. Nevertheless, I'm crackle-free, so now I can record to my heart's content! Thanks for all ya'lls help on this. Big help all around.
 
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