Help with Dropouts

I had no problems with a, b, but C is leaving me with dropouts!! These are issues with songs I have ALREADY WRITTEN IN X1C, and I have  have awesome specs (please look below), so don't blame it on those CW.  This is beyond ridiculous...

All I am doing is adjusting levels and I am getting dropouts.  I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS TYPE OF RESULT - CW: Lose another 15+ year customer if you want. I better hear something fast, cause this SO sucks.

Michael
 
 
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With an attitude like that, as far as I'm personally concerned, don't let the door hit you in the azz on the way out.

Yes, it couldn't be anything else but X1.

Really?

First , please have the courtesy to write proper headlines that are descriptive.

You are not even having a showstopper problem and you are about to leave Sonar?

You are adjusting levels and get dropouts, big deal.

Adjusting level on what?

Levels on a track, on a third party plugin or what.

Is it actually dropouts you are getting that make transport stop?
Or is it just crackles.

I find it sad that Windows after 20 years still cannot handle realtime audio without tweaking and turning off the general interface stuff like some hardware acceleration. The first thing I had to do when starting with Sonar on XP 2005 was to turn off shadows under popupmenus - or I would get crackles.

With my new daw a year ago W7 Professional with i7 860 I had to do similar stuff - or I had crackles on some situations.

If X1c is producing more crackles, it might be it's doing things right now. I there are plenty things fixed in C-patch.

So don't assume X1 is doing something wrong.

As Freddie said already - check out the general tweaks suggested for uninterrupted audio in W7.

But I don't agree with Freddie to turn scheduling to program. Audio driver are separate processes and if they get less cpu it's more likely to produce more crackles.

lfm




But I don't agree with Freddie to turn scheduling to program. Audio driver are separate processes and if they get less cpu it's more likely to produce more crackles.

 
 
Hi my friend!
On XP this was true but not on Windows 7. Audio Driver itself is not a background task so it will not be effective at all.  
The only thing that will happen is that your LOWER your computer performance and Programs performance so you get more dropouts instead.
 
 
 
Best Regards
Freddie

I'm almost thinking that it does sound like a buffer setting issue. Set the buffers, you may have to tweak them a little more.

I agree with Freddie.

oh sorry it's

+1
 
I also agree with the OP
 
 

metal_bassist


I had no problems with a, b, but C is leaving me with dropouts!! These are issues with songs I have ALREADY WRITTEN IN X1C, and I have  have awesome specs (please look below), so don't blame it on those CW.  This is beyond ridiculous...

All I am doing is adjusting levels and I am getting dropouts.  I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS TYPE OF RESULT - CW: Lose another 15+ year customer if you want. I better hear something fast, cause this SO sucks.

Michael
 
 
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FWIW, "Awesome specs" doesn't always translate to a perfectly functioning DAW.
ie: Higher end video cards can cause problems.
 
Step back, calm down, and start some basic trouble-shooting.
Approach the situation with a calm attitute.  You'll make better decisions.
 
Worst case scenario, you can manually/fully uninstall Sonar X1... and reinstall and apply the A and B patches.
 
Are you running the 64Bit version of Sonar X1?
Are you using 32Bit (bridged) plugins?  If so, that's the first culprit to test.
If the issue winds up being a bridged 32Bit plugin, you can try using jBridge (3rd party bridging applet).
Do you have the 32Bit version of Sonar X1 installed?  Do you experience the same behavior using it?
 
Go step-by-step eliminating variables... and ultimately you'll find the culprit.
Make sure to check the RME/drivers/FW controller...

Hasn't there been some documented issues regarding nVidia video drivers and DAW performance...m_b you might find it worthwhile googling this.

Also, i believe the mobo ur using has a Via firewire chip...what does it say on the RME forum about that chipset? (FWIW i've had no problem using a built-in Via FW hookup for a PoCo and one or two other things...but i had to switch to a standalone TI FW card to achieve stability with a Focusrite audio interface that i used to use).

Regards
Glenn

   "...Go step-by-step eliminating variables... and ultimately you'll find the culprit.
Make sure to check the RME/drivers/FW controller... "

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth....

bios tweeks... hay! some of the posts are quite funny, but right on
I need'd a good LOL

I too am unfortunately getting lots of audio dropouts since updating to X1c. I know it is the update and not the computer/soundcard. Everything was perfect before and nothing has been changed with the computer before or after.
I have just learned tonight that I can not export a project to a song because the audio dropout box appears and the project just keeps playing with nothing happening. Very very frustrating now. Cakewalk are trying to help but no solutions yet.

Add me to the list.. I am also getting frequent dropouts since X1C, nothing else has changed.. Need to find time to roll back to X1B...

I found that I have had the Midi buffer setting at 256 samples and was working fine until X1B. I had the dropouts once I went to C. I changed the buffer to 512 samples and have not seen the dropouts yet - most probably this was the issue.