Crackle pops, crackle pops

occasionally ,my mac pro 6 core crackle audio when load plug-in in play in logic or ableton live...i've tested only setting of my soundcard motu same internal sound card of mac pro...what is?an hdd bug??

i've set to 1024 I/O but not work....in my macbook pro dont'have this issue...it's more slow power than my mac pro...possible hd issue??i've just upgrade ram with 12gb..next step are ssd hd..first freeze at playback , our crakle when load plug-in ,i'm very frustrated... my mac pro mad made!!

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Hissing/Popping/Crackling/Cracking in iTunes 6.05 w/ Quicktime 7.1

I reformatted and installed Windows 2000 Server. I used to use Windows 2000 Professional, and iTunes worked fine. Now, installing the latest iTunes 6.05 with Quicktime 7.1, I get hissing/popping/crackling/cracking at semi-random intervals (as bizarre as it may sound, with one song it seems to always occur around 10 seconds into the piece if it is the first song I play with iTunes. In another song it tends to be within the first second, but it's not as consistently within that first second as the other is at 10 seconds. After the first crackle, I usually can listen for 2-5 minutes before another crackle occurs.) . I can play the MP3's fine in Quicktime 7.1, VLC, and Windows Media Player 6.4. I'm running a Creative Soundblaster Audigy sound card. I have muted all items in Volume Control excepting Wave and Master. I have experimented toggling with the Quicktime "Sound Out" section (as suggested in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93610). I have done various combinations of "safe mode" checked/not checked, 44.1/48/96 kHz, 8/16/24 bit, and Stereo/Quadraphonic. Judging from Creative documentation, it ought be 24 bit/48 kHz, but no combinations worked. I've reverted to iTunes 4 with Quicktime 6? from my iPod CD. Creative EAX and "Sound Enhancer" in iTunes are both disabled, though I have experimented with turning them on and that hasn't helped either. I have used my 5 year old Audigy drivers as well as the latest Audigy drivers. I really don't know what to do.
It looks like the following threads concern the same topic
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=588534&tstart=15
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=588245&tstart=30
Both of which come to no resolution.
Just to be thorough, iTunes is installed on my system disk, a 120 gig Seagate hard drive, and my library is located on a RAID 1 array of Western Digital 120 gig hard drives. I have 640 mb of RAM and an Athlon XP 1700+ on an Abit KR7A-RAID.
Thanks in advance for any help.

I found new symptoms to my problem. It seems the cracking only occurs when there is hard drive activity on the hard drive where my music is located. When I move a large file to and from the hard drive, the cracking is non stop. This behavior makes sense when you recall that towards the beginning of every track there is cracking as I think this is when the data is being moved from the hard drive to the RAM.
I don't think this has to do with my music being on a Raid 1 array or the Raid controller since iTunes exhibits the same cracking when playing music off other disks, including those attached to the Raid controller and those not attached.

Called CL support. No popping/crackling issue with XFI kno

yeah.. after a post by Catherina i decided to post this to make sure you guys see it. If CL closes/deletes this thread they simply acknowledge that they dont want you to know the truth.
i called CL support yesterday around 4ish, and i asked if they got an update on the crackling/popping issue. the reply was "there is no case with popping/crackling issue with XFI that is known". i called again so that i speak with someone else to see if it was the case that only off them was unaware of the situation and got same reply.
the guys attempted to give me the entire troubleshoot again.. i told him i already done all that for the past 5 months bla bla bla.. he offered an RMA with updated firmware... i told him i already got an RMA 2 months ago...
now WTF is going on? are they simply BSing us that they have acknowledged the issue?

Z3RO-CooL,
I'm not sure what you hope to achieve by starting this thread and essentially calling us liars. Customer Support have to troubleshoot a problem if someone contacts them. They won't have any new info for you yet. Others may contact Support with similar symptoms but resolve them by doing some of the troubleshooting mentioned.
Everything I have told you here is true, we are investigating this and as soon as I have some information for you I will be posting it here.
I'm closing this thread, not to silence you or because I "don't want you to know the truth", but because this thread was only started to cause an argument and I don't see any constructi've discussion coming from this. Please use the other thread to discuss this particular topic (crackling).
CatMessage Edited by Catherina-CL on 04-05-2006 04:45 PM

Fixed Popping/Crackling on X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro

For those having problems and tried all the IRQ fixes+ unofficial drivers but failed..
You might want to use this DPC latency tool
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
You can read how to use it from the website.
Anyways, I isolated my problem down to my gigabyte motherboard EasyTune software [used it for fan control]. Audio is working fine now.

Re: Fixed Popping/Crackling on X-Fi Titanium Fatality Pro That spikes (they are rear but they do occur)?im geting is during playing World of Warcraft. So when all components are under (some) load. Doing this tests when you dont do anything seems kinda pointless And ye if you dont notice any issues you shouldnt worry about dpc spikes/latency anyway. This was more like and experiment, when i saw people complaining and i notice on nvidia forums that "dpc fixes just missed 96.75 drver release", so i went and check it out what the hell this actualy is. So also people that are runing nvidia cards and have sound issues, update to latest nvidia driver (97.x+) it might resolve your issues. Also as far as i know occesional spikes are to be expected, whats bad is, when you constant latency is high (over 500ms). This shows as unusual fps drops and/or sound crackling. I personaly suspect that lots of problems about this is actualy caused by something else and not creative driver/card. Known "bad" drivers are lots of times also network drivers, so people should keep updated those as well...

Detect pops, crackles etc in imported CDs automatically?

I have 650+ CDs imported into my iTunes. I find from time to time that I will listen to a CD in iTunes I hadn't listened to in a long time and there will be skips or pops or crackles in one or more tracks. I no longer have any of my CDs - sold them back to the used music store - so I have to go buy them again and re-import them.
This is probably not possible, but is there any program that could scan my library and detect tracks that haven't correctly imported?

You are correct. I looked into this and even if I buy a CD and then rip it then lose it, let alone sell it to a used CD store, I legally cannot listen to my music on iTunes. I have to be in physical possession of the CD.
I just want to clarify that I have owned these 600+ at least once, and in a majority of cases, 2 times. I originally decided to get rid of my CDs because I don't like clutter; I just wanted to have everything on my computer digitally. So I ripped the rest of the CDs I hadn't ripped and sold them and started buying music from the iTunes. However, I decided I wanted the CDs at the highest possible quality and I am re-ripping everything as Apple Lossless. This is not an insignificant expense. I am buying CDs from the uses record shop, from BMG, form ebay, Amazon etc and slowly reripping everything. In addition, I am old enough to have originally purchased some of these recordings as albums or cassettes (a few even in 8 tracks) and so over the years have repurchased the same music in various formats (as I am doing now). I have spent and continue to spend a large amount of money on recorded music.
I just want to differentiate myself from those who have 650 CDs worth of MP3s taken from bit torrents and think that "music should be free" and never pay anything for what they have.
Finally, I spent a year studying in the UK in 1990-91 and loved it. Made it down to Brighton once on a subsequent trip and have a picture of myself and some friends on the beach. God I miss pubs and good beer and good TV...
Bryan

I tryed to install the new version of itunes, but when it was downloading a pop up popped up and it said 'the older version of bonjour can not be updated. please contack your support group.' what do i do?

I tryed to install the new version of itunes, but when it was downloading a pop up popped up and it said 'the older version of bonjour can not be updated. please contack your support group.' what do i do?

(1) Download the Windows Installer CleanUp utility installer file (msicuu2.exe) from the following Major Geeks page (use one of the links under the "DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS" thingy on the Major Geeks page):
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4459
(2) Doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file and follow the prompts to install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. (If you're on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 system and you get a Code 800A0046 error message when doubleclicking the msicuu2.exe file, try instead right-clicking on the msicuu2.exe file and selecting "Run as administrator".)
(3) In your Start menu click All Programs and then click Windows Install Clean Up. The Windows Installer CleanUp utility window appears, listing software that is currently installed on your computer.
(4) In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any Bonjour entries and click "Remove", as per the following screenshot:
(5) Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

ASIO enabled apps seem to be causing popping/crackling in my right channel

Not 100% sure of this, but I seemed to have narrowed it down to that... let me explain a bit...
I have an Audigy 2 Platinum and the four main audio applications I use are Sony's Sound Forge 8.0, Propellerhead's Reason 3.0, Steinberg's Cubase SX, and Yannick Delwiche's MadTracker 2.5. Now, here are the audio device settings for each application:
Sound Forge 8.0 - "Microsoft Sound Mapper"
Reason 3.0 - "SB Audigy 2 ASIO [A800]"
Cubase SX - "SB Audigy 2 ASIO [A800]"
MadTracker 2.5 - "SB Audigy 2 Audio [A800]"
As you can see, two of the apps are set for ASIO while the other 2 are regular WDM type things. Here's what I noticed one day while trying to record from "What U Hear/Wave." With Sound Forge's Record window open, the visual line monitor was showing the right channel having sporadic pops & cracks every second or so. Even though I wasn't hearing these pops & cracks from the actual physical right speaker, I recorded something and, not surprisingly, the pops & cracks were included on the right channel of my recording. Not sure where it was coming from, I rebooted, fired up Sound Forge again, and this time the visual line monitor was silent... perfect... but here's where the problems happen... with Sound Forge still open, I fired up Reason and the instant it loaded, the line monitor started with the pops & cracks again.
In short, after playing numerous scenarios, it appears once an app set to use ASIO is started, popping & cracking stays in the right channel until I reboot. Non-ASIO apps seem to leave everything fine but once an ASIO app gets started the crackling returns and the only way to get rid of it is a reboot.
Any idea what's going on? I would appreciate actual help and not some trivial e-pene-fuled "you shouldn't be using an SB for pro audio noob, etc etc blah blah blah"

mcbain47 wrote:
Not 100% sure of this, but I seemed to have narrowed it down to that... let me explain a bit...
I have an Audigy 2 Platinum and the four main audio applications I use are Sony's Sound Forge 8.0, Propellerhead's Reason 3.0, Steinberg's Cubase SX, and Yannick Delwiche's MadTracker 2.5. Now, here are the audio device settings for each application:
Sound Forge 8.0 - "Microsoft Sound Mapper"
Reason 3.0 - "SB Audigy 2 ASIO [A800]"
Cubase SX - "SB Audigy 2 ASIO [A800]"
MadTracker 2.5 - "SB Audigy 2 Audio [A800]"
As you can see, two of the apps are set for ASIO while the other 2 are regular WDM type things. Here's what I noticed one day while trying to record from "What U Hear/Wave." With Sound Forge's Record window open, the visual line monitor was showing the right channel having sporadic pops & cracks every second or so. Even though I wasn't hearing these pops & cracks from the actual physical right speaker, I recorded something and, not surprisingly, the pops & cracks were included on the right channel of my recording. Not sure where it was coming from, I rebooted, fired up Sound Forge again, and this time the visual line monitor was silent... perfect... but here's where the problems happen... with Sound Forge still open, I fired up Reason and the instant it loaded, the line monitor started with the pops & cracks again.
In short, after playing numerous scenarios, it appears once an app set to use ASIO is started, popping & cracking stays in the right channel until I reboot. Non-ASIO apps seem to leave everything fine but once an ASIO app gets started the crackling returns and the only way to get rid of it is a reboot.
Any idea what's going on? I would appreciate actual help and not some trivial e-pene-fuled "you shouldn't be using an SB for pro audio noob, etc etc blah blah blah"
Have you checked if there are IRQ shares with Audigy?
Did you mute other Sources than wave when you recorded using "W-U-H"?
What latency settings are you using with ASIO?
.jtp

Popping/Crackling in Soundtrack Pro

I recently bought a new Mac Pro (Dual quad 3.0 with 4 GB Memory, tyvm...) and installed STP 1.0.3; I downloaded and installed all available updates.
Problem: when I am using the program, working on a project, both the samples i am
previewing as well as the exported project (exported as a .aif file) have a crackle or popping which is quite severe- I am not clipping, ie, the output levels are OK; I checked all the audio connections (although since it happens while I'm
working on a project and just previewing clips in the browser, I realize audio connectios aren't at fault here.
I am using internal 750 gb hardrives, and have the application on hardrive 1, with my data, samples, etc, on hardrive2.
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If so, couldn't one just cover the openings????
See following:
I just upgraded from Tiger to Leopard having waited for ProTools LE to be compatible with the new OS. Now that I upgraded to OS 10.5.4 and ProTools LE 7.4.2, every time I play anything through Soundtrack Pro (v2.0.2) I get clicking or popping or stuttering, whatever you want to call it, during playback. I didn't change any settings, but I'm no sound engineer, so I'm not sure what to check to see what is causing it. I can take the same file and play it through ProTools, Quicktime, iMovie, anything, and it will play fine, just not in Soundtrack Pro. I'm up to date on all software upgrades.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Audigy 2 NX USB+Vista 32 BIT-Pop/Crackle Pls h

I have big Problem i have a Audigy 2 Nx USb Soundcard with Windows Vista 32 Bit OS!
I had the driver from February installed it was fine there...
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What could be the problem.....i think the new driver !because the one before works!Message Edited by Gabber25 on 09-29-200709:35 AM

"Kano_69,
It's a beta driver on a beta OS. What exactly are you expecting?
Jeremy
Forum Moderator
Creative Labs"
well ati & nvidia brang out "beta drivers" AND THEY WORKED ? and that waz 4 the first "vista" build... so i waz expecting "li9ke all of us" to have drivers that make sound at least clear . . and play at normal speed instead of slow downs and snap,crackle & poping all ova the place.... thats all i waz expecting thats all... not much ill go back to onboard sound "once again" so i can have clear sound in vista.... THANKS ANYWAZ lol 2 cents 4 ur effort

Two POP in Library Users. POP- and POP/

Hi,
I continue to struggle to get my mail straightened out. Thanks for the help
In Library/mail I have two POP entries POP - and POP /
Both have the following mail range POP/ 2141 to 26189 and POP / 26303 to 42087.
I would like to merge the messages from one into the other. But there is an overlap of numbers and I don't want to overwrite valid messages.
I would also like to find out as to which POP is teh valid one and if I can merge the messages I would like to delete the POP - or the POP /
Which is the valid library/mail POP dash - or POP slash /
Any and all help would be gratefully received
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Hi Ranjit.
The right account folder would be “POP-...”, but Mail might be using the “POP/...” one. Try this:
1. Quit Mail.
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Time-remapping audio artifacts - pops/crackling/static

I'm still not entirely sure why it happens but when I slow footage down with time-remapping in AE CS5-6 I can most of the time get these 2-3 frame audio popping sounds ( best way I can describe it, you could also describe it as a static spike or crackling sound, something that is noticeable different from the slowed down audio ). However I don't get it at anytime during ram previews, I'm only hearing them with rendered footage. Normally I'd just take those rendered clips and reduce the audio levels for those 2-3 frames but I'd like to see if there is a way to avoid it entirely.
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Pop Crackle Sound at Each Audio Edit Point

Hello!
For the life of me I can't figure this one out.
I am working on a video using Final Cut 4.5. I am using audio that I have separated from the video image. At every AUDIO edit point (beginning or ending) I get a pop or crackle sound.
I have tried cutting out the ends of each segment but that does not help. The popping sound always occurs at the ends of each segment no matter how long or short they are. The audio was captured at 48khz, 16bit and was originally married to the video.
Any ideas?
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Ann

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Ever since AdBlock stopped working in Safari, I've searched til no end for another program, or extension, that will get rid of all pop ups, pop unders, and YouTube ads and banners for Safari. Nothing.
This astounds me because I've never known Mac gurus to not be on top of somthing like this. Are there any alternatives? I only use Safari and not Firefox or Chrome.
I've downloaded Glimmer Blocker but it doesn't stop pop-unders at all. Is there a hack to get it to? What is everyone else doing? I can't imagine people are just putting up with the bombardment of ads! Please, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Simple Living wrote:
Ever since AdBlock stopped working in Safari, I've searched til no end for another program, or extension, that will get rid of all pop ups, pop unders, and YouTube ads and banners for Safari. Nothing.
This astounds me because I've never known Mac gurus to not be on top of somthing like this. Are there any alternatives? I only use Safari and not Firefox or Chrome.
I've downloaded Glimmer Blocker but it doesn't stop pop-unders at all. Is there a hack to get it to? What is everyone else doing? I can't imagine people are just putting up with the bombardment of ads! Please, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Greetings!
Just to double check but did you made sure to download the latest version of the extension and ensure that it was enabled inside the Safari setting's menu?
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For the record, I already tried upgrading the firmware and that didn't help.

Since your post I have tried repeatedly pausing & un-pausing a track. And yes, some times there is a slight clicking a short time after pausing.
It seems to be programme dependant. In a near silent section of recording, it does not seem to happen.
Anyway, since I don't generally sit there pausing & un-pausing all day, it doesn't bother me - I'd never noticed it in normal use.
EDIT:
Maybe it's related to the inherent delay in the MP3/WMA decoding process. Perhaps that would explain the slight delay and the programme dependence.Message Edited by daytona955 on 06-9-20070:2 AM

A Potential Solution for Pop/Crackle is

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If you really need the information you are sending then it could be usefull. It is a quick way to send a lot of information in a single transmission.

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Is there a built in filter in FCPro HD that will allow the audio to have the old sounding "pops and crackles" that you hear in older movies.
Also, is there a video filter that will give me the effect of lines and artficats in the film itself that you see like when you go to an old movie theatre and little black shapes appear on the screen from time to time.
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