Lots of "crackling" during Play
I oftentimes experience a lot of crackling when playing through any musical creation I'm working on in Sonar (all versions I've used, incl 8.5 & X1).
I'm using 64bit Win 7, 8GB RAM, 2.27Ghz Intel, Tascam US122 with ASIO.
I recently upgraded from 3GB to 8GB RAM hoping that the crackling would disappear, but it didn't. Fewer audio dropouts, however.
I think this is the CPUs fault - it's not strong enough? The bar graph never really gets about 70%-80%.
I noticed that the crackling occurs MOST when I have 6 or more plugins available, especially addictive drums and amplitube.