Strumpling Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 I got my new Midiman Audiophile Delta card, and I can't seem to get it to stop snapping, crackling, and popping. It seems to do it mostly when my processor has to spend resources on something other than an audio program (even scrolling or moving windows around makes it worse), but it happens even while just idling with the CD-player open.. (its not just cd-audio tho). I've toyed with the sample rate, and seem to have found the best one, but its still doing it! I have a 1.3 ghz athlon and am running windows xp so I'm not sure what the problem is here (512 mb ram...). Any ideas, music-makers? p-p-p-please! -=- Matt/Strumpling -=- mommy its not WORKING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marc Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Hi, I seems that your processor is fast enough. The popping/crackle problems is often a "driver" problem. Are you using XP/Win2000 drivers? Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blink Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 also, what memory (how much) do you have? and you might want to check out your pagefiling, and increase it. mail me if (with your computer specs)you want some detailed info man. hopefully, this type of problem should be easily fixable blink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest etherdesign Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Do you have ACPI enabled in Windows XP? That's the most common cause of this sort of problem, with ACPI enabled, many devices will be sharing 1 or 2 IRQ's thus greatly reducing the performance since devices have to wait for each other to finish their task before requesting cpu time.. Have a look at the article below from Steinberg.. ACPI Kills Audio Performance. Another problem could be if you have an older VIA Chipset on your motherboard, there have been some issues with the PCI bus that have been fixed with the newer VIA 4-in-1 drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumpling Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Marc, I'm using the XP drivers for the audiophile, yes thanks tho man Etherdesign, hey thanks for replying :-D I changed my PC to "Normal PC" or whatever (I disabled ACPI in XP), but I'm quite interested in the chipset drivers. I most-likely don't have the newest drivers if XP didn't install them - thanks for the suggestion - got a link? I'm off to search for them :-D -=- Matt/Strumpling -=- Blink, thank you as well - you've got mail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reece Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 matt, many ppl get this problem,... (my friend just had EXACTLY the same problem with a Hoontech soundcard) take ure comp. back to the computer shop (assuming its still under warranty) and ask em to have a look at it. they will try everything, but i bet in the end they (or you) will have to replace the motherboard. of course they will give you the run around for a while, but im sure this will be the only solution. keep us posted :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Indidginus Posted August 25, 2002 Share Posted August 25, 2002 I had a similar problem with my Delta66 on my Win98 machine. I found that altering the vcache settings helped (maxfilesize = RAM amount * .256, minfilesize = RAM amount *.256). That may be of no use to you on XP, I don't know.... I hope you get it sorted soon though. I have a sledgehammer you can use if need be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blink Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 new motherboard? hmmmmm, i don't think so. one chipset may have more problems than another, so the idea of buying another mb, without diagnosing the problem may be hasty. also, if the motherboard chipset is designed to have onboard sound (as most new ones are), the available throughput on that chipset may be limited due to the crap soundcard chipsets used in most basic pc's. honestly, if you guys are new to the realm of buying a pc, i can not stress enough building your own if it will be the heart of your creation studio. with the exception of macs, alienware and hp's, i haven't seen a quality enough pc that encompasses what we do with them. i do graphic art also, so it applies to that medium as well seems like a problem that has yet to have proper resolution. quick! pick up your pick axes, torches, and hay forks. wer'e off to storm bill gate's castle of doom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumpling Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 I DID build this computer, the motherboard was part of a deal with my processor, though - its really crappy - a Shuttle somethin-er-other....... that may be the issue, blink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nick Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 if you're using a pc for music use it for music and nothing else. unless you get one that has been bulit specifically for audio usage such as the carillon ac1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumpling Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 Thats pretty absurd - why would I limit my PC to strictly audio-usage. I'm running pretty bare-bones as it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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