Ælleden Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Hello I would like to know how to address this. I'm having lil audio crachs when I hold 2 or 3 keys at same time on my midi controller. It's not a buffer issue because the log says I'm at 0 late buffer but I can still hear the cracks, I'm not sure what is causing that. Do you know what could lead to this? Thank you Edited July 27, 2022 by Ælleden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Dirty contacts in the keys. Loose wires. Dirty contacts on the plugs. Cracked speaker cone. Dirty potentiometers. Broken microphone diaphragm. Sunspots. Incorrect settings in your audio interface software. Microsoft. More information is needed. What audio interface are you using? What driver mode? What operating system? How is the keyboard connected? Which keyboard is it? Are all of your drivers up to date? What version of Cakewalk software are you on? How are you making sound? A software synthesizer? Which one? A MIDI sound module? Really, there are a ton of things that could make noise, so letting us all know what you know may help you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 - I don't currently have an Audio Interface (I don't own any real instruments or xlr microphones yet, will do soon tho) - I'm on Windows 10 (build 1709) - Midi controller is connect to my PC with an USB-B to USB-A cable (for power and use) - Keyboard is Nektar Imapct GXP49 - Using latest Nektar drivers (I just bought the keyboard, I used it maybe less than 5 hours) - Using Cakewalk version 2021.12 (Build 102, 64 bit) - Issue appeared using Xfer Serum I thought it was something simple to fix just by changing some parameters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Troubleshooting 101. Swap stuff out until the issue goes away. This can include The VST instruments The keyboard controller- try the virtual keyboard The usb cable USB ports. Even though you don’t think it’s a buffer issue it most certainly can be . Audio interface will certainly improve things in that regard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 I tried every VST instruments I had, I tried buildin Cakewalk keyboards, I tried all USB ports, I don't have a spare cable. How is an Audio Interface gonna affect anything about this Midi controller since it's not gonna be going throught it??? It might be a buffer issue, I don't know, but I don't have late buffers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) And audio interface has good audio drivers. On board audio can work just fine but need to be set up properly Watch video # 1 Edited February 27, 2023 by John Vere Update video link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 @Cactus Music I don't have "Sound" in my Windows/Settings/System window lol I'm not gonna show what I have anyways because it's not in english 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 It's hard for people to help you when you keep them guessing all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) It’s a screenshot of my video. Yes screenshots of all the audio settings would help even if not in English. But makes me wonder about what OS you are using if it doesn’t have a Sound settings tab????? Edited August 7, 2022 by Cactus Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 22 hours ago, Ælleden said: How is an Audio Interface gonna affect anything about this Midi controller since it's not gonna be going throught it? The Nektar, being a controller, makes no sound of its own, so the signal must go through some other synthesizer, such as the Microsoft GS Wavetable synth in many computer sound cards, or a software synth. The soft synth's output will be audio and go through the interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) I have absolutelly no clue what you guys are talking about, I don't know anything about audio. It's like asking a random civilian what chemical reaction is happening when a nuclear bomb explodes.. I can't show you what you want me to because I have no clue how to know that and where to look for it. These are screenshots of my preferences in Cakewalk:@Cactus Music As I said earlier I'm on Windows 10 Build 1709@bdickens Evetime I make a post you come here to bash me, I don't need your random toxicity, ***** dude, I'm just asking for a question, if you don't wanna help, let others do without being aggressive or just complaining about the informations I shared, I'm trying my best. Obviously I'm not a pro otherwise I wouldn't even ask. @57Gregy It doesn't make a sound on its own but I just needed to plug it in with its cable and it worked on Cakewalk, I don't own an Audio Interface, myabe there is one build-in in my computer but if so I have no clue where to find this information@Lord Tim This is not a screenshot of my windows, it was a screenshot of John Vere youtube videos as showing on the bottom of the screenshot with the title of the video. Here are the options I have: I looked everywhere on my PC for sound related stuff I didn't find anything usefull informations. Edited August 7, 2022 by Ælleden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) I can't imagine what kind of little snowflake you are if you think I'm bashing you or being aggressive when all I did was inform you that it's really hard for people to help you when you withhold information. It's not like you gave yourself a really friendly introduction when you showed up either: Edited August 7, 2022 by bdickens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) @bdickens I just avoid toxic people in my life, no time for people are that are bad in their life and try to bring down everyone else just to feel a bit better. Every single time you replied to one of my comments, it was to be mean or make me look like an idiot. You never brought anything constructive or related to the subject I was initially posting, you just put some oil and light it on fire. I know it's hard to help when you don't have informations, if I had informations from the beginning, I would have listed everything myself, but it's hard when you have no clue what could be related to this issue. Edited August 8, 2022 by Ælleden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Your sound settings should be found under the top icon which says Affichage I agree with Tim you have not followed anything from my video. You should be using WASAPI shared mode for starters. And as I said in the video disable all the junk you aren’t using for Cakewalk. I’m just working on a new video that is exclusively for on board audio users. Edited August 8, 2022 by Cactus Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) @Cactus Music I used MME because it was the only option available that was working for me. All the other options were not sending any sound at all, MME was the only one that was doing sound. And if I didn't follow your video it's because it didn't work for me. If I could i'd rather copy paste everything you did and snap my fingers waiting for it to work LOL. If you think I purposefully try to make things different to be special, you're so wrong.@Lord Tim I'm usually using the plugged Bose version when my headphones are plugged (Bose Desktop Control) or the Bose Stereo Headphones when my Headphones are in bluetooth (which has latency but fine sometimes) When I don't use headphones I use one of my build in speaker in the monitors for just working on melody or rythm (VN279QL) I tried ticking the Realtek options but it didn't generate any sound at all. Edited August 8, 2022 by Ælleden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 I think WASAPI doesn't work because non of my devices support it, it's all greyed out when I select it. And I don't have speakers to plug into my PC so selecting Realtek options won't work I would assume. The signal is here but since nothing is plugged in, I can't have sound with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) (1) I wrote the following up before all the rancor but was hoping others would chime in to help. On 8/6/2022 at 3:10 PM, Ælleden said: - I'm on Windows 10 (build 1709) I thought it was something simple to fix just by changing some parameters. Is there a reason you haven't updated Windows 10? 1709 is something like five years old and Microsoft has updated a lot that affects audio (sometimes in good ways, sometimes in bad ways). Just a guess, but maybe newer versions of Cakewalk work better with newer versions of Windows. Maybe not, though. (2) New thoughts which might be related to the meat of the issue (that is, not all the rancor). 17 hours ago, Ælleden said: I have absolutelly no clue what you guys are talking about, I don't know anything about audio. It's like asking a random civilian what chemical reaction is happening when a nuclear bomb explodes.. I can't show you what you want me to because I have no clue how to know that and where to look for it. As I said earlier I'm on Windows 10 Build 1709 I looked everywhere on my PC for sound related stuff I didn't find anything usefull informations. I do know that Windows Updates have changed a whole lot that affects Sound (Audio and MIDI) including the Sound Troubleshooter and the Information / Settings / Configuration pages. For the longest time on my PC Windows Update would spend a lot of time downloading and installing only to fail and then undo the update. Then one time they changed something with the update installer and pinpointed a specific issue that led me to uninstall something called VirtualBox. After that I have been getting Windows Updates without issues. I did lose the use of a legacy PCI Sound Card, but Windows Sound (Audio and MIDI) has been much more stable. Hope this helps and everyone can stop with the rancor. Not blaming anyone at all. Edited August 8, 2022 by User 905133 edits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) @User 905133 Yep I'm forcing updates off since 2017 because there was an issue with one of the updates that Microsoft made at this time. After the update, I had all my displays going completelly black with no options to see anything I do. I got really lucky at the time because I was still living with my dad and he had a backup bootup USB key that he made like 5 or 6 months prior, so we were able to do a full backup and then got an app to force Windows not to update ever again. Now I don't live with him anymore since a long time and I don't have such an USB key so if I update I'll have plenty of Windows updates to do and everytime you try to do many updates at once, it always causes loads of issues in my experience, so I've been keeping it that way with my old 2017 Windows, which works perfectly so far for everything I use it for. Long story short the issue was happening with me because I had an ASUS motherboard, when the update happened I wasn't the only one having this issue and it was then found that was due to some ASUS motherboards being poorly designed. I will update to the latest version of Windows 10 when I change my motherboard (and definitelly not buy an ASUS one) Maybe the issue is coming from that but as of now I'm unable to test it right now. Edited August 8, 2022 by Ælleden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 @Lord Tim Well I'm glad to hear that then because my Audio Interface should be arriving today, I bought an M-Audio M-Track solo. Can't wait to install it and have all my audio problems disappear in one go ahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ælleden Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Ok thank you, will update you after! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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