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mircrotrack pops and skips?
« on: December 15, 2005, 01:44:30 PM »
i have been getting skips and pops on my recordings with my microtrack recording via spdif off a ua-5(w-mod). i have been using the ua-5 for 2 years with no problems. i just upgraded to firmware v1.2.0 (Beta), but havent used it to record yet. i was using v1.1.5 when i did my recordings.

was this an issue that was fixed in the firmware, but not addressed by m-audio? im not really sure what to do. i bought it at guitar center on 10/29, but havent really had time to test it as much as i should have. my battery also seems to not last as long as other peoples have. i get under 1.5-2 hours in 24/44.1 recording onto a microdrive. could i have a defective unit? would guitar center let me do an exchange after waiting this long?

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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 02:56:01 PM »
I would venture a guess that the pops/skips are issues with the card you are using.  you mention battery life with a microdrive, so I'm assuming that that is what you were using when you got the pops/skips.  microdrives are not as reliable as CF cards.  and with CF cards, you'll want something greater than 40x.  several people have reported problems with slower CF cards.

personally, I have made many successful 24 bit recordings via the S/PDIF input, with both v1.1.5 and v1.2.0 firmwares.  so I don't think your problem is a firmware issue.

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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 03:03:16 PM »
what kind of microdrive is it?  i'm using a hitachi 6giger and haven't had a problem.


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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2005, 03:05:31 PM »
check the MT page for a list of compatible cards.

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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2005, 12:22:27 PM »
what kind of microdrive is it?  i'm using a hitachi 6giger and haven't had a problem.

im using one of the 4GB apple hitachi microdrives that were on ebay. thats shouldnt cause problems, should it?

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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2005, 01:11:21 PM »
I wouldn't think so, could it be the cable?


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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2005, 12:17:57 PM »
i used the same microdrive w no problems @ 24bit
are you sure you correctly selected 16/24bit on the MT menu screen?
that shouldnt cause your prob but you never know

i would still get a CF card tho instead
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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2005, 03:43:31 PM »
i selected 24 bit. i am sure that the cable is good. i was plugged into power when it happened. could it be getting interference from the usb cable?

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Re: mircrotrack pops and skips?
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2005, 03:22:10 AM »
I've had problem skipping with the Hitachi 6GB card off eBay using analog input so I suspect it's a problem with the microdrive. I'll be switching to a CF card.

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