New Audio Interface??

[Einstein R]

Hi there,

I have had my Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Firewire interface for the last 8 or so years using a TI based firewire PCI card and lately I have been getting lots of crackles, pops and even audio dropouts and was wondering since they are not supporting this audio interface anymore driver wise, would a newer Gen3 Focusrite Scarlett USB2 interface be better with windows 10 v.1909?

I have tried upping the latency, etc. pretty much everything I can do, including disabling background processes, etc, but still getting crackles and pops. So I was wondering if a new usb interface would fix this?

Thanks..

[Einstein R]

Hi guys..

thanks for all the responses. After some more diagnosing, I have come to find out I had a failing hard drive in my system that was causing the pops, crackles and freezes and it wasn't even my audio drive or main drive, just a backup drive...but I backed everything up and removed it and everything working great now...

 

[tecknot]

Just one thing to check when it comes to crackles and pops, does the sample rate and bit depth match between CbB and your Saffire?  If so, just ignore my question (apologies).

Kind regards,

tecknot

[Einstein R]

6 hours ago, tecknot said:

Just one thing to check when it comes to crackles and pops, does the sample rate and bit depth match between CbB and your Saffire?  If so, just ignore my question (apologies).

Kind regards,

tecknot

Yes, both CbB and the audio interface is synced, same sample rate and bit depth....

still scratching my head on this one..thanks..

 

[chuckebaby]

Have you tried WASAPI as your driver mode ? This  perfect for use in Windows 10.