Topic: Crazy glitching, skipping, drop outs... please help

[jerryfreak]

this is a classic example of dropped samples, the most common digital recording error.

def. in the digital domain, if you were using the iriver as an AD its 100% on your end and not the sbd.

dropped samples are a result of the device not being able to keep up with the stream for a number of reaons, usually hardware/software buffering/overhead, or a slow fragmented disc.

I WILL NOT take a recorder into the field until ive tested it at home for dropped samples for at least 20+ hours.

easy to do with a sinewave that you can generate in soundforge. record this sinewave using your recorder and use soundforge to scan the resulting wav for glitches, they are super easy to spot

[atxwolfattack]

I missed that my topic had gone onto the 2nd page, haha. Well, i reformatted, and went and recorded about 3 hours of shows 2 nights ago and had no problems at all. Hopefully the problem doesn't come back, i am definitely scared of it happening again. Its so weird though, i recorded a few shows before and they were totally fine, then i went to that one where it dropped samples all over the place, during both bands i was recording. So then i recorded sound from my stereo for over an hour and had no problems. I reformated to be safe, then i went to another show, recorded for maybe 2 or 3 hours and it is fine.

Hopefully it was just a fluke, i just don't see why it would have happened so frequently that one night and not once again since then.

[stantheman1976]

Defragment often and you should be fine.