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This is where the "problem" started:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder

Hi Mesh Can you not borrow some headphones with a quarter jack just to make sure that it is your headphones are broken? Or have you tried your headphones in another device? I t could be the socket on your focusrite...

I make music for one thing me

Good to hear from you Mike. I wish you a speedy recovery and that you get back as close as you can to good health. Cheers andy

Purely accidental. I am not a natural when it comes to comedy and/or puns.

I took that as a positive.

Really? That surprises me. I notice that you are still on Windows 7. Have you installed the latest Roland driver from here:- https://www.roland.com/us/support/by_product/quad-capture/updates_drivers/a8ad6cc7-b12c-4868-a399-8dcb2938c529/ Are you able to access the OCTA-CAPTURE software which should have a shortcut in Control Panel? Looks like this:- And then from there you can alter the driver settings in this window:- I am so surprised that Roland have fobbed you off with suggesting to use WDM...

An honest and genuine question.

Not sure what the image above has to do with "chelated." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelation

great intro

Why?

It was me

Very nice

Ah, I didn't realise that haha! Perhaps my ears are a little bit better than I thought then... I'll listen when I get chance later.

Again, I must be lucky that this has never caused me a problem with either my Q-C or O-C. @Alcar28, any chance of some screenshots of your preferences, or have you solved this issue now?

Well, at least he picks up a guitar and can do something with it. One day, if he joins a band or decides to write his own stuff then what he has picked up may come in handy. Until that time, it is scales and arpeggios...

Some pics of my endeavours today. Before:- After:- Rear of the rack (after):- And the twenty metres of cable I removed:- Not helped to reduce that computer noise... I have yet to order some balanced cables and a power conditioner.

Not lately John... Goes in one side and out the other. I'm only 59 this year but my capacity for learning new stuffs is definitely on a downward trend...

Who, me? @Gswitz, I listened, although I knew I wouldn't be able to give any meaningful appraisal. Dare I say, they all sound the same to me and that is more a demonstration of a complete lack of skill on my part when it comes to making judgements on stuff like this. Does anyone remember the Golden Ears online test a couple of years ago? I failed miserably... Only just got my Bronze Ear award! I have been listening on my main PC through my OCTA-CAPTURE and KRK KNS 8400 headphones, so perhaps that didn't help. I'd be really interested to hear what other peeps think, perhaps give a description or breakdown off the characteristics of the four recordings. cheers, and apologies, andy

False floors, cable trays with lots of separation, would love to be able to do that. I just ain't got the space. I've been up since the crack of dawn cutting down as much on cable lengths as possible. I have been kidding myself that I might need some long cables so, for instance, I have been using three metre long cables to connect stuff in my little rack. At the dentist as I type. When I get home I have to power up and check everything works. I will post some before and after pictures, just for laughs

Could you possibly share some screenshots of your SONAR audio preferences? I would like to see how you have all your devices set up. Regarding Windows sounds. I haven't bothered with all the faffing around turning off this, enabling that so on and so forth. My OCTA-CAPTURE devices and also my QUAD-CAPTURE when I use that (usually on my MS Surface) are my default audio device for everything. I have never had any problems. Perhaps I have just been lucky over the years.

I should have said that this was not meant as a negative criticism @InstrEd There are people who are great at every aspect of musicianship but for most of us involved in our art we are each good at some things and not so much at others. And then there's me haha

I use the OCTA-CAPTURE audio interface and it works well for me. I cannot see or understand your image and the link you posted does not work for me. Could you please provide more information about about your system, its configuration and the problem you are having? I will do my best to help. cheers andy

Thanks for letting us know that this worked for you @Misha

There are also lots of musicians out there that are virtuoso playing an instrument but wouldn't even know where to start when composing something original.