Topic: Pops in recording...need help.

[Brian Skalinder]

I just happened to record a movie, and when at the peak of the kid's voice I got pops, no other time.

A stupid question, I'm sure, but...I assume the pops aren't just normal clipping from running levels too hot?

[waltflanagansdog]

I made sure the sensitivity levels on the mics were at about half to ensure they weren't too hot.

I am gonna try to work this on my wife's laptop to make sure it's not my lappy.

[F.O.Bean]

try switching your recording and playback buffers to the max, that helped w/ my setup quite a bit.....

its under the preferences.....

[waltflanagansdog]

Thanks Bean!  I'll give it a whirl.

[F.O.Bean]

Thanks Bean!  I'll give it a whirl.

lemme know my man.....

[waltflanagansdog]

Do I raise the buffer number and size to the max?

[F.O.Bean]

i maxed everything, the one on playback is 64 then the other # is maxed....then the recording side is 16, and then maxed, so yes, max both

[waltflanagansdog]

cool thanks!  I will let you know what happens.

[F.O.Bean]

cool thanks!  I will let you know what happens.

please do..

[waltflanagansdog]

Hey!  I just remembered how my last recording before the shit went down.

NMAS 12-6-03...in the encore about 2.5 hours into the recording it started popping and static-ing pretty hard, then all static, then nothing.  I lost the last 3 songs of the encore.

The system didn't freeze or anything.  Just loud ass static, then nothing.

[F.O.Bean]

hmmmmmm, do you defrag and cleanup frequently???that could be everything...but, you prolly do that sooooo, the buffers didnt work??

[waltflanagansdog]

I changed the buffers, defragged, and cleaned...but didn't have time to test it yet.  Today after work I shall see what the deal is.

Thanks for the concern, bean...you rawk!

[F.O.Bean]

I changed the buffers, defragged, and cleaned...but didn't have time to test it yet.  Today after work I shall see what the deal is.

Thanks for the concern, bean...you rawk!

anytime my man, keep me posted...

[waltflanagansdog]

**Update**

Disc was defragged and cleaned.  I just recorded the Aerosmith crap on MNF and I had the same pops and static.  This time through the headphones I heard a constant light static/hiss just when I was moving opening and closing Wavelab on the lappy.  The levels on Wavelab looked all jacked up too.  It looked very intermittent, like it was only recording every .5 seconds.  I listened to the recording and the pops were there, but you could here all the rrcording regardless of what the levels looked like.

I restarted the system.  Light hiss/static was gone, but the pops and the jacked up levels still there.

This SUCKS!!  Anyone want a UA5?

[Brian Skalinder]

I bet it's the PC and not the UA5.  Sounds to me like a bus throughput issue.  I suspect there's something going on with USB or background services on your machine gobbling resources.

Anyone else use the PC and possibly made changes without your knowledge?  (Doesn't hurt to ask!)
Maybe try to run into someone else's PC via USB to see if you can duplicate the problem?
How exactly have you optimized the PC for audio?
Is the UA5 stock or modified?