recording poppy/clicky soundcard 1010lt

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i have a rpoblem withmy delta 1010lt. when i record audio, there tends to be pops/clicks in the recorded file. this is with both microphone sourses and line in sources. it seems to only happen when the amount of audio files in cubase (what im running) builds up. its ok for drums and bass, but i record guitar it starts popping.

after reading up on why it could be, there were things like buffer sixze, numbers of buffers popping up. so i went to the control panel on my card n had a mess around with these settings. it didnt appear to make any difference. to be honest i dont really know what any opf these settings mean/do when they are changed etc.

has anyone had this problem before, if so how did they fix it. what do people think might be my problem?! oh and if it helps, im running on windows xp pentium 2.4ghz with 1gig ram. thanks for any feedback given!

Steve
 
Sounds like your cpu is having trouble keeping up once the track count gets to a certain level.

Are you using asio drivers? You need to increase the number of samples in the audio buffers. This means they won't need to be refreshed so often and so reduces the load on the cpu
 
When was the last time you downloaded the latest drivers from M-Audio site???.
Delta drivers current version is xxxxx 0.48 I think. I can´t remember the exact code. Could be a good idea if you can verify it.

Thanks
TS
 
1. Check your hardware in Control Panel, and don't let your soundcard shares IRQ with other devices.

2. Update your drivers! Soundcard, AGP, IDE, mobo, etc...

3. Put dual HD. One for OS/Progs and the other for audio / recording. Put them on different IDE cable. Make sure they're at least 7200RPM.

4. Don't put CD drive in the same cable with recording HD.

5. If everything else failed, then do clean reinstall your OS.

6. If your mobo equiped with VIA chipset, then the only solution I've done is replace the mobo with intel chipset equiped mobo...

Believe me, I did all my homework in this case :)

;)
Jaymz
 
ok thanks guys.
i reecently replaced the card because there was another problem with my old one, so im guessing the driver is reasonably new. it happened with my old card and my new card with different drivers, so im guessing it probably isnt the drivers, but the way i have it set up.
i have 2 hard drives, but im not sure what is on what. by that i mean im not sure iof the programs im running/operating system is on the same as myu recording one or not. il check that out though. as for cd drive on the same cable, il also check that. bulls hit when you say increase the number of samples in trhe audio buffers, would that mean increasing the number of buffers themselfs, or increasing the buffer size. there wasnt any opetion to change number of samples. my mobo is an intel chipset already. and the soundcard is not sharing any IRQ. as for drivers even though i say i think its quite a new version i have, il update them anyway because knowing my luck thats probably the problem at the end of the day. if you have any other thoughts you would like to share feel free because i am open for suggestions. thanks alot again guys, appreciated.

Steve
 
sorry i ddit answer that, im using ASIO drivers. why does this matter by the way? not that i dont think it does, i just dont know hwy it would and im interested. thanks again

steve
 
Your problem is with the recording buffer setting. Start high, and decrease the number of recording buffers till the problem goes away.
 
ok toker thanks for your advice, il try it out. why did you want to know what type of drivers i was using bills hit? thanks

steve
 
Just wanted to make sure you're not using mme.

You need to go to the M Audio Control Panel Hardware settings and check how many samples the buffers are holding
 
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