Trouble with Dropouts on the Cakewalk Music creator LE

"this was the only way I could show them"
Well not really. You could have clicked the Insert Image button and pasted the direct link URL in the box.
What sound card or audio interface are you using?
Have you turned off all programs running in the background, including virus scanners, pop-up blockers, etc? Turned off Microsoft system sounds and screen saver? Turned off all power-management schemes?
Have you tried adjusting the latency to the 'Slow' side are changing the number of buffers?
Are you using a large number of soft synths and/or effects?
 

57Gregy


"this was the only way I could show them"
Well not really. You could have clicked the Insert Image button and pasted the direct link URL in the box.
What sound card or audio interface are you using?
Have you turned off all programs running in the background, including virus scanners, pop-up blockers, etc? Turned off Microsoft system sounds and screen saver? Turned off all power-management schemes?
Have you tried adjusting the latency to the 'Slow' side are changing the number of buffers?
Are you using a large number of soft synths and/or effects?
 
I had no problems couple of weeks back, not sure whats running in the background, I got  miscrosoft essentail , never use screen saver, and I don't know where power management schemes is, I can try the buffer, not sure I can adjust the latency , I m on MME  setting. Thats the only one that runs with Vista, I don't have a audio interface. Will try and find the soundcard, I even ask the cakewalk support about my sound card not in the setting, just my mic and  bose speakers. No  effects used until I'm done with my recording, I use  Reverb, and add some DB's
 

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True enough, no phone support for MC. Only email.
Don't be surprised if a moderator deletes your previous post in its entirety. That is indeed confidential correspondence, and should not be published here.
That said, what you are experiencing is consistent with limited disc space. it was ok for a while, then the problems started.
So how big is your HD, and how much space is available?
Is the drive badly fragmented? Ideally, you want large, contiguous space on the drive. 
Exactly what kind of computer are you working with?
If it's a laptop or notebook with a low capacity, low RPM drive, that could be the root of your problem.
Curious that you do not have WASAPI. That is a standard Vista driver mode, however it was subject to somewhat loose implementation by some manufacturers.
It is possible the computer you are using was simply not designed with the somewhat robust demands of processing audio data in mind. So, again, what is it?

"do you actually think anyone except Beagle took the time to read that post? Man.... that was long."

I did, but was bored to death. Lol.


Yea, basically all any of us can tell you right now is the basic steps to preventing dropouts...


1) Defragment your hard drive
2) Run Disk Cleanup
3) clear your Picture Cache Folder
4) In program files, clear your PreFetch folder (DO NOT MAKE A HABIT OF THIS!. Once in a while it will help your system run faster, but doing it too often will cause problems and be counterproductive).
5) Switch driver modes
6) adjust your latency in Options>Audio
7) Kill background programs and processes, realtime antivirus/spyware, Windows Update, etc.

Other than that, it may be a problem with your machine not having enough processing power, RAM, or your OS being instable for some reason.

I would also like to reiterate others' and my own distaste for USB mics.  Just saying.  :P

Serenarules


I also read it (gasp) and the advice given is sound. The only thing I will point out at this time is the following line...

"This correspondence is considered confidential and any reproduction for the purpose of public disclosure is forbidden without written permission by the author signed above."

Hey Guys, I didn't mean to post that whole thing, it was my copy and paste , it took all of it when I thought I got only the one email copyed, sorry about that, Theres alot of  responses and My next time off is friday, so I will check into some of the issues ya commented about, but I 'm no computer wizard  tho. I looked for a Aud.ini with no luck , now I'm lost that one. Thanks  for all the info Guys , give me some time here

57Gregy


Well, there is no phone support for Music Creator, only email.
How are you hearing what you record? What is listed under Options>Audio for Playback Device?
 
Hey Greg , here's my screen shot on that Q   Playback device  , you can enlarge it  there too
 
http://www.box.net/files#/files/0/f/87766088/1/f_754177868         
 
 

Dirtyharry53


Hi everyone, I'm back with another issue with Cakewalk, I get dropouts and indication of a near dropout , and I'm in contact with Cakewalk Support, but with no  curl  Yet. I attched a few  screen shots from my setting, I have Vista  32 bit system , a samson mic, bose speakers. Any help would be a positive. If you need any more info let me know, this is really the cream of all Puffs.
this link will show all myscreenshots , sorry this was the only way I could show them
http://www.box.net/shared/evsljvkuoa                 
  
 
 
Hey Guys , I tried the defragmentation and  disabled  my anti virus Essentrail " and used my cakewake  and recorded a song with no drop-outs and it did show once a  5% but  only once noticed and 2 to 3% but back down to 0 , and I got through a recording finely, these ideas are working I think. I hope this will continue tho, I will post that song I sung on Song area for ya. Thanks Guys