Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) But I figured you guys might know what's going on. I've not been if the studio for a few weeks but decided to today I updated CbB and started listening to my WIP album, when I heard a strange beep 30 seconds or so later I heard it again I shut everything down, rebooted the pc at which point I was prompted to do a Windows update, which I did 30 minutes later it had finished, so I rebooted, updated CbB, refreshed my activation and tried again The beep is STILL there, repeating every 30 seconds or so I've checked all Windows notifications (that's what it sounds like) but nothing It happens even with CbB shut down and no other apps running, just a Windows desktop Have a listen to the attached file which I uploaded from my phone This has got me stumped. I don't know if it will find it's way onto recordings but it's really annoying Recording_1.wav Edited April 19, 2022 by Bristol_Jonesey Provide Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altbl Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 sounds like a Windows notification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 You could try running Task Manager off to the side, or on a second monitor if you have one, and potentially catch the culprit in the act if you notice a jump in CPU whenever the beep sounds. Or you might get lucky and spot a process called AnnoyingBeep.exe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, bitflipper said: You could try running Task Manager off to the side, or on a second monitor if you have one, and potentially catch the culprit in the act if you notice a jump in CPU whenever the beep sounds. Or you might get lucky and spot a process called AnnoyingBeep.exe. Yep, I tried that Dave, but nothing untoward even registers I should add, it happens whether the pc is online or offline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, altbl said: sounds like a Windows notification Certainly does, but I can't find anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Just listened to your recording. That's the sound Windows makes when it senses a USB device being plugged in or unplugged, or switching from external power to USB power. Maybe something's only partly plugged in, or a bad USB cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, bitflipper said: Just listened to your recording. That's the sound Windows makes when it senses a USB device being plugged in or unplugged, or switching from external power to USB power. Maybe something's only partly plugged in, or a bad USB cable? That's worth checking Dave! I knew I'd heard it before, at least I now have something to investigate Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Ah I had that problem once and it was indeed an external hard drive disconnecting & reconnecting without any notification. Moved everything of value off it just in case and replaced with an external SSD. Of course it stopped doing it as soon as soon as I paid for the new drive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user 905133 Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) Yup--sounds like a Windows system notification. If you had a Windows update recently, maybe the setting that tells Windows not to use any system notifications (audio) got reset to what Microsoft thinks should be the default for everyone? They do that kind of thing, as I am sure you know. Edited April 16, 2022 by User 905133 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 All sorted. Must have been a loose USB cable on one of my external HDD's Only 1 of 2 was showing up in File Explorer so I just disconnected & reconnected and both appeared in FE, and the beeping sound went Thanks all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Yay! One mystery solved, only 32767 more to go before the universe makes complete sense again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 2^15 -1 My favourite number ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphus Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 I don't know what the original "Problem" description was on the @Bristol_Jonesey primary thread, but now it does not help anyone with the same problem - if they are searching for something similar. If you changed your subject from whatever it was to what it is now, you should have left it as was but just put "Solved" in front of the title. I just opened this up to look due to the "Subject" line. That is my opinion. Without a proper subject line this could get buried . . . Syphus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 That is the original title, "not a Cakewalk problem". The problem was a computer beep he couldn't identify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 17 hours ago, Syphus said: I don't know what the original "Problem" description was on the @Bristol_Jonesey primary thread, but now it does not help anyone with the same problem - if they are searching for something similar. If you changed your subject from whatever it was to what it is now, you should have left it as was but just put "Solved" in front of the title. I just opened this up to look due to the "Subject" line. That is my opinion. Without a proper subject line this could get buried . . . Syphus As 57Gregy pointed out, that was/is the original title. I might edit it to reflect the actual problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphus Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: As 57Gregy pointed out, that was/is the original title. I might edit it to reflect the actual problem I did not know if that was the original title, it just seemed to obscure to help anyone searching for the same problem. I was not trying to be critical about it. Thanks for adding the "Beep" bit. Have a good day and I'm glad that someone could help you with your problem. Syphus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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