 cracks and Pops, external HD, buffers and firewire |
 Mon 27 Mar 2006, 00:18
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This is getting off the main topic a little but now that you mention it. I have been running loops off of a 7200 RPM external HD (Oxford chipset) enclosure & really don't notice ANY change in my CPU load (still pretty high) & also have been known to get "pops & clicks" in my audio (doesn't happen when running from my system drive, but I did increase my sample & plug in buffer rate & it did seem to improve things somewhat). Am I doing something wrong? The drive enclosure is from Tiger Direct & my Mac automatically recognized it as an "Oxford" drive. I have it running into my FW800 port on my 1.5GHZ G4 Powerbook via a 400 to 800 adapter cable. I am also using a Mackie Onyx FW card & mixer on my FW 400 port. Any suggestions?
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Mon 3 Apr 2006, 07:50
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Pops and clicks are usually attributable to clocking errors. Do you have any digital audio devices connected via ADAT lightpipe? If so, make sure that their clock sources are the same. If they're both clocking internally, that will immediately generate pops and clicks.
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mortalengines cracks and Pops Mon 27 Mar 2006, 00:18
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