Usb sound interface - AMD processor - win7 noise problem

I use m-audio mobilepre usb as the external sound interface. I got the noise(crackles) problem when I was using win XP and vista but HP USB filter patch solved the prblem.
Now I use win7 but usb filter doesn't work at the same problem. I checked all USB ports and one of them -sometimes- works properly. But it's not an exact solution and I don't want to re-use WinXp etc. There are many people crying about the same problem. In different forums I saw problem was related with IRQ, hubs etc. but I don't know how to configurate. Do you have any idea? Thanks...

I am one person who has been posting about and investigating this problem with various usb1.1 audio interfaces. I believe the mobilePre is usb 1.1 rather than usb2.0, but I may be wrong.
I have been in touch with m-audio about my Fast Track device and this issue and they say they have raised it as a bug with AMD who are responsible for the chipset in my machine as well as the processor. I can only assume that this means that they, m-audio, are seeing the same problem.
I can record and play cleanly if I insert an external usb2.0 hub, with or without external power and also disable the wi-fi on the machine.
There are free Microsoft applications that allow you to log and see the commands being sent via usb, and here they clearly show usb problems that only occur under Windows 7. I can post about these tests if they will help, but they do involve some nerdiness and hard work getting them to work. Alternatively, I am still trying to get anyone to respond after trying my simple test of setting up the usb device to play using asio drivers, open Windows 7 Control Panel audio device manager and switch between the recording and replay tab. This should not affect the asio usb audio at all. Does this alter the crackling?

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HOWEVER!
There is..
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So I tried to uninstall the windows 7 driver and the Parallels as well. But it doesn't solve my problem.
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No soldering! USB 3.0 port should be backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices. I didn't answer your first message because I know nothing about external audio 'appliances'. But there have been numerous complaints about the USB 3.0 ports on 2012 MacBook Pro models. The July 18th Software Update apparently fixed the problems for some but not for others. Wait until later this week and install Mountain Lion to see if it fixes your problems. If not take your computer (and your audio gear) to your local Apple Store and let them know that you are having trouble with your USB 3.0 ports supporting USB 2.0 devices. See if they have a 'fix'.
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Probably it's not CPU Fan. I had the same problem. about 10sec bla bla bla....
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My USB audio interface started sending out static/distortion to my speakers one day. It's more apparent when volume is very very low. To troubleshoot I switched to the other USB port and it worked fine for a month or so. Now the second USB port is creating static. I have reason to believe it's the computer not my interface as there was static on one usb port and none on the other. Now both ports create static. Is there something in my computer I can try reseting or should I look into getting a new interface?
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I recently bought a new USB sound device named "Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5. USB Sound Device"?or maybe also "Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit External" as this is the name that Windows is displaying.
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I'm having a problem with my Bose USB sound system that has just recently developed. The system is plugged directly into the back of my Mac Pro desktop so it's not going through any hubs or secondary systems. When I first start my computer the sound works just fine. But after about 10 to 15 minutes of use the sound stops completely - as if the sounds have been turned off. If I boot into Windows 7 using Boot Camp, the sound system there works just fine with no problems at all, so I do not believe this issue is hardware related but is something associated with OS X.
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Please Read this ! USB Sound Blaster 24-Bit External : The Story of the endless problem

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I have installed oracle in my system What kind of system?
but it occupying the whole disk space
it is showing low disk spaceWhat about archivelog?
Or maybe you have just 3GB disk... don't know, because you didn't provide important info.
my system configuration is amd processor,512 mb ram
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I am curious to learn, what kind of processor do you use?
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[SOLVED] USB Sound card no longer working

I have used a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, a USB audio interface, as my default sound card for the last two months or so. Its output comprises two RCA jacks. I have a cable that is two RCA male leads on one end and an 1/8" on the other. I use this cable all over the house, so I unplug it often. The USB device remains connected. Last night, while plugging the cable back into the device, I jostled the USB and the device lost power momentarily. Since then, ALSA has not been able to "see" the device. The device is, and always has been, plugged into a D-Link USB hub, which goes into the computer.
I did pacman -Syu and rebooted to no avail.
uname -r
3.15.1-1-ARCH
lsusb | grep -i focusrite
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1235:8006 Focusrite-Novation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
modinfo snd_usb_audio
http://pastebin.com/CEMr6Gif
cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
#options snd slots=snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel
options snd_hda_intel index=-2
options snd_usb_audio index=0
The first line I recently commented out as an experiment. If this line is left in, ALSA attempts to use snd_usb_audio and when I run alsamixer it complains that it can't find the device. If this line is commented out, ALSA ends up using the on-board sound. Particularly, it uses 'HDA ATI HDMI'. There are two choices: HDA ATI HDMI and HDA ATI SB. When I was using the on-board sound, I was using HDA ATI SB.
cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_hda_intel
1 snd_hda_intel
lspci -nn | grep -i audio
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
01:05.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS880 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4200 Series] [1002:970f]
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
lsmod | grep '^snd'
snd_hda_codec_realtek 48535 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 50352 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 36976 1
snd_hda_intel 18830 0
snd_hda_controller 19667 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 91154 5 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep 5162 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 68932 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer 15678 1 snd_pcm
snd 46421 8 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
ls -l /dev/snd
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jun 26 10:13 by-path
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 2 Jun 26 10:13 controlC0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 5 Jun 26 10:13 controlC1
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 4 Jun 26 10:13 hwC0D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 11 Jun 26 10:13 hwC1D0
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 3 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC0D3p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 7 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D0c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 6 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D0p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 9 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 8 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D1p
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 10 Jun 26 10:13 pcmC1D2c
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 1 Jun 26 10:13 seq
crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 116, 33 Jun 26 10:13 timer
All this information was collected while the device has been connected to the computer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Last edited by gluelogic (2014-07-01 21:36:19)

emeres wrote:You only ruled out hardware failure on the device side.
This is painfully true. This morning, I realized I didn't even check the D-Link. The LEDs on the interface were lit up from the USB connection, but the AC adapter was faulty. I replaced that, restored my original configuration by removing the # from the first line of my alsa-base.conf, and now everything is working again. The D-Link was simply unable to provide the device with enough power to operate.

Usb sound interface - AMD processor - win7 noise problem

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