Any ideas what might be causing these dropouts?

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2013/03/20 22:11:01 (permalink)

Any ideas what might be causing these dropouts?

I'm getting occasional audio "blinks." These are on playback only; they occur at random and non-repeatedly times. They are on all tracks simultaneously. It is not PC hardware; I have an I7, 16 gigs of ram, and the meters are barely budging. I have eliminated the speakers/headphone amp; at this point I'm thinking it may be the audio interface? MOTU 24/I (predecessor to the current 24 I/0) with PCI card. Any clues? Hints on how to track it down? Thanks!
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    daveny5
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    Re:Any ideas what might be causing these dropouts? 2013/03/20 23:17:06 (permalink)
    What version of Windows? 32 or 64-bit? 

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    Re:Any ideas what might be causing these dropouts? 2013/03/20 23:44:20 (permalink)
    The most common problem of this kind, though this may not be the case, is the wireless network / wifi connection - if it's on, turn it off and see if that is the caused ?

    This is the tool to check spikes, etc.. 

    http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml


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    Re:Any ideas what might be causing these dropouts? 2013/03/20 23:45:48 (permalink)
    Did you try adjusting the audio preferences, Buffer size etc?

    Latest audio interface drivers?

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