Please Help..!! I've can't eliminate random "scratching" noises in my recordings

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Leo Higley
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2013/07/23 08:51:15 (permalink)

Please Help..!! I've can't eliminate random "scratching" noises in my recordings

I'm new to this board, so if I'm not giving everything I need for diagnosis, please forgive me..  : (
 
I have a fairly simple setup that consists of:
 
Sonar 8 Studio running on an HP Pavilion dv4 laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium. 
 
I'm using an M-audio Fast Track Ultra USB 2.0 for my interface. Buffers on Sonar and M-Audio set at 512. 
 
I've gone through the optimization guide for Vista and disabled non-critical Windows services, etc...disabled graphics and wireless services/network cards as well as all other sound/recording devices. 
 
Here's the kicker: I've used the M-Audio AND all of the same cables for a test in GarageBand on my Mac and it works fine! 
 
I really want to be able to use Sonar, but right now, I just can't rely on it. Has anyone heard of an issue with the USB ports on the HP dv4? Are there ideal settings for Windows Vista that I can try on the audio tab? Any help is appreciated...and if there's any more information that you need from me, I'm happy to supply it..Thanks..!!!
 
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    Kalle Rantaaho
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    Re: Please Help..!! I've can't eliminate random "scratching" noises in my recordings 2013/07/23 15:38:10 (permalink)
    Welcome to the forum.
    One of the female members of the forum wrote, I think 2 years ago, that she had forgotten the Windows search tool active with the dog animation. The dogs scratching came through everything.
    OTOH, you could define the scratching sound a little better? Do you have any demo/unregistered versions of plugins running?

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    Leo Higley
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    Re: Please Help..!! I've can't eliminate random "scratching" noises in my recordings 2013/07/25 11:48:10 (permalink)
    Hey Kalle, 
     
    Thanks for responding...I was able to work around this issue by re-imaging my laptop to a previous restore point. Additionally, I'm using the higher speed eSATA USB port rather than the other 2.0 ports. 
     
    Sonar 8 has an Audio tab where you can set the reported latency...and when I put in 366, it seemed to fix it. We'll see...hard to get my hopes up..!!!
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