Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 I never noticed this in Cakewalk before, but now it's there. It's the same type of noise you would hear from a vinyl record. Slightly ticking or crackling noise, but not always. And my levels are perfectly fine (not clipping). Any suggestion?
NealClark Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) I had a similar thing happening with my recently purchased Focusrite Scarlett 18i8. After days of testing with help from Focusrite support, including replacement unit sent out from them, it turned out to be a USB driver playing up. Deleting the drivers and re-installing from scratched cured it. Sometimes it can be the simplest of things but these audio glitches can be so annoying. I worked out that if the "clicking" is a regular time and does not change with the tempo of the project it may be hardware / driver related. Whilst your issue might not be the same it's worth taking a considered approach to testing things as it can save a lot of time. Change your interface onto a different USB bus if available. Then test again. Try changing samples / buffers settings. Then test again. Check and try different sample rates if your hardware supports them. I always use 48Khz or above. 44Khz can sometimes have strange anomalies like you describe. Work through any possible options that could be in your audio path and test options available. If any changes don't rectify it always revert back and then move onto the next possible option. Always .... and this is important ... don't go changing more than one things at each stage of testing. You could introduce something else into the equation and make tracking down the cause of your issue more complicated. Edited October 28, 2020 by NealClark
Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 Thanks for the feedback; I'll try that. Not the metronome, as it's not consistent in beat, timing and it doesn't sound like the metronome (a tiny pop or crack sound, like old vinyl).
Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, Lynn Wilson said: Could it be your metronome? I did answer your question above, but you can hear that minor crackling even when nothing is playing. It's not the speakers, etc., as I can play outside Cakewalk and there's no problem. I tried a number of things with no luck, but will continue to fiddle around.
Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 Some additional info... that crackling also occurs when I mix down to a wav file, but it seems even more prominent in the wav than direct in Cakewalk.
John Vere Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Process of elimination. Start with a fresh project and see if the noise is there. If not then it's something, likely a plug in, in the problem project.
lapasoa Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 If you hear this issue even when nothing is playng, check your hardware or the connection cables.
Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 2 hours ago, John Vere said: Process of elimination. Start with a fresh project and see if the noise is there. If not then it's something, likely a plug in, in the problem project. That may have been it. I opened a previous project and recorded no problem. I hope it's not a plug-in... I got a few new soft synths that are friggin' cool and I want to use them.
tonemangler Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 59 minutes ago, Brian Johnston said: I hope it's not a plug-in... I got a few new soft synths that are friggin' cool and I want to use them. I recently purchased the Arturia V7 Collection of synths, which is excellent, and I was using the B3 and found a prominent hum, which was authentic but annoying, thankfully there was a control to turn it down. Maybe something similar is happening with you?
Brian Johnston Posted October 28, 2020 Author Posted October 28, 2020 32 minutes ago, tonemangler said: I recently purchased the Arturia V7 Collection of synths, which is excellent, and I was using the B3 and found a prominent hum, which was authentic but annoying, thankfully there was a control to turn it down. Maybe something similar is happening with you? Thanks, I'll look into that (should be working with the software this weekend, although I've already installed it as a plug-in).
John Vere Posted October 28, 2020 Posted October 28, 2020 Simply solo each VST until you find the one with the tick. There are demo versions of VST's that add intermittent noise while you demo them.
micv Posted October 29, 2020 Posted October 29, 2020 in one case on mine, it was one of the plug-in. who knew, I was pulling my hair out! it was Fabfilter L, increasing the look ahead value resolve it.
LarryP Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 I’m having this problem also. In addition, when I increase the Buffer size the ticking gets slower, but it never goes away, I cannot change the Buffer in Playback like I could on a standalone version I had, it’s in 2 1
msmcleod Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Ticking can be caused by electrical interference. If your audio interface is USB, try using a cable with at least one ferrite choke on it, e.g: 1
John Vere Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Old thread alert but if you have any electric fences nearby they pump out a lot of RF interference like that. The fact you say it slows down at a different buffer size rules that out but I tossed it in for future reference.
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