Westside Steve
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 12:05:40
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I really have been searching the help files and I go to preferences audio driver settings but I don't see one called options. I assume the playback and recording options would be where I would find the recording and playback buffers.
WSS
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 12:11:17
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The File System area in Preferences > Audio > Sync and Caching
The "Sync and Caching" selection will only be visible if the Advanced radio button is selected at the bottom of the Preferences dialog.
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robert_e_bone
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 12:36:50
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If your dropouts are during tracking, then your latency is set too high with your ASIO Buffer Size set to 512. Try an ASIO Buffer size of between 220-230 samples - or a setting of 128. This may be a value of 3-4 on a slider.
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Westside Steve
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 12:54:46
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They occur in playback.
I have tried sending anywhere from 2 up through 9 and still get the dropouts when mixing.
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 13:53:41
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You may have a bunch of look-ahead effects, or other CPU-hungry ones, causing your latency.
You may have to jack your ASIO Buffer WAY up. Some folks have theirs set to 128 for tracking, and 1024 for mixing - almost 10x higher.
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 14:06:23
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Westside Steve: You have a StudioCat DAW. I strongly suggest you contact StudioCat: 614-565-8924. Jim Roseberry is very good with DAW support. There seems to be a number of significant troubleshooting things we are writing and you are missing or not understanding. Making a phone call to tech support at StudioCat.com: Purrrfect Audio will be much better and beneficial for you, I think, because you can be sitting at your DAW and tech support can walk you through what to do. Hope that helps.
post edited by thomasabarnes - 2014/03/14 16:45:17
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Westside Steve
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 14:30:28
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Yes that's certainly true. Jim has been just great. As a matter of fact we are both in Ohio and I made a road trip to pick up my system. I just assumed this is a matter of settings and drivers and not a problem with the hardware so rather than to bother him I decided to bother you guys. ;)
I plan to follow the advice here and set the recording and playback buffers low and high respectively.
I sincerely appreciate the time you all have spent on what must seem like a newbie problem.
WSS
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Westside Steve
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 14:40:39
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Playback 256. Record 256. Now: Playback 512. Record 128 WSS
post edited by Westside Steve - 2014/03/14 16:22:55
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Westside Steve
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 16:28:22
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Typo fixed.
Now 512 and 128.
Apparently changing those settings did the trick.
Thanks all. Sorry about being obtuse.
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Re: audio dropouts and static
2014/03/14 16:45:46
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Westside Steve
Typo fixed.
Now 512 and 128.
Apparently changing those settings did the trick.
Thanks all. Sorry about being obtuse.
WSS
LMAO! Well, that is very good to hear, Westside Steve.  Don't be reluctant to contact Purrrfect Audio for tech support, in the future. When you buy a DAW, tech support, typically, extends to software support as well as hardware. And you will get faster efficient results with voice communication.
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