http://www.4shared.com/photo/RzpShzll/audio_after_Sonar.html
After Sonar

During Sonar
http://www.4shared.com/photo/jsorYO0f/audio_during_sonar.html

7200 rpm will do :o)

I believe many who work mobile on a laptop only use one hard drive, so knowing the limitations you can do it. Two drives is not an absolute must, but it sure makes things run more smoothly.

rain the producer


http://www.4shared.com/photo/RzpShzll/audio_after_Sonar.html
After Sonar

During Sonar
http://www.4shared.com/photo/jsorYO0f/audio_during_sonar.html

Ok So from the two photos there we can now see your computer is off doing something else and is not able to handle the streaming of real time audio ( at the momment )

Have you done what the Dpc latency checker guide has said and started to disable things like your Lan card etc untill the latency is lower ?

My System is hiting arround 9us that will give you an Idea of the difference.

So we now have the answer to your pops and clicks you will need to get this sorted first before thinking about doing anything else.

What OS are you usesing ? XP Vista or win 7 ?

I would advise doing a google search for daw tweeks for your os then doing al the ones you find until you get all of the spikes in the latency checker right down and like I said do what it says in the DPC help file

This Will get you back on track

The other option open to you is to contact Studio Cat http://www.studiocat.com/2/index.php/Consultation

Jim Roseberry is a top guy he did some work on my system just a few weeks ago and it has never run better I would recomend him to any one

Your best bet is contact Jim and have him do the work on your system

Let us know how you get on

Norrie

Did you ever try going into the Options>Audio and setting the latency for as high as it will go (slider to the right) to see if it clears the pops and crackles? 

jhughs


Did you ever try going into the Options>Audio and setting the latency for as high as it will go (slider to the right) to see if it clears the pops and crackles? 

I'll retry this  tomorrow but last time it was as high as possible their was too much latency.

rain the producer

jhughs


Did you ever try going into the Options>Audio and setting the latency for as high as it will go (slider to the right) to see if it clears the pops and crackles? 

I'll retry this  tomorrow but last time it was as high as possible their was too much latency.

You need to find an even ballance between the 2 when you are tracking have the slider as far 2 the left as you can with no pops and clicks or latency but when you are just mixing etc you can then slide it as far right as you want at the mixing stage and have move stability.

You will still need to do all the dpc stuff though to get your computer to run better for audio recording

Norrie has found your problem, You need to get rid of those red spikes before you can use that computer for recording.
If it is a laptop try the battery management first. I found this is usually the worst offender.
Then disable your wireless card etc.

http://editthis.info/sona..timizing_Your_DAW 

Norrie

rain the producer


http://www.4shared.com/photo/RzpShzll/audio_after_Sonar.html
After Sonar

During Sonar
http://www.4shared.com/photo/jsorYO0f/audio_during_sonar.html

Ok So from the two photos there we can now see your computer is off doing something else and is not able to handle the streaming of real time audio ( at the momment )

Have you done what the Dpc latency checker guide has said and started to disable things like your Lan card etc untill the latency is lower ?

My System is hiting arround 9us that will give you an Idea of the difference.

So we now have the answer to your pops and clicks you will need to get this sorted first before thinking about doing anything else.

What OS are you usesing ? XP Vista or win 7 ?

I would advise doing a google search for daw tweeks for your os then doing al the ones you find until you get all of the spikes in the latency checker right down and like I said do what it says in the DPC help file

This Will get you back on track

The other option open to you is to contact Studio Cat http://www.studiocat.com/2/index.php/Consultation

Jim Roseberry is a top guy he did some work on my system just a few weeks ago and it has never run better I would recomend him to any one

Your best bet is contact Jim and have him do the work on your system

Let us know how you get on

Norrie

I am using the windows 7 premium 64 bit. 320 gb hd. I do not notice the drop in audio volume during playback any more but there is still popping and cracking. I'll try to find some daw tweeks.

Pops and crackles are usually caused by bad audio drivers.
Dropouts are caused by background services interrupting CPU.
Dropouts are when your audio engine stops and a red flag will flash at bottom of screen.

So are you saying I need a new device or to re install the drivers for it?