Ticking Noise From Audio Signal Options

[miaba]

o.k.... everythings been good until i get a staticy ticking poppy sound after i've been monitoring an instrument (guitar, keyboard) for fifteen minutes or so. this is my first encounter with this. Latency hasn't never been a problem. I'm using a forebox into a powerbook. this has been a real inspiration killer. has anyone ever experienced this? Any thoughts would be a great help, thanks!

[miaba]

hi, I'm now laughing at my typos! To be a little clearer...when i unplug then reconnect the firebox the ticking stops. That's cool but the problem is that it happens at random times. Sometimes it occurs during monitoring, sometimes during actual recording. This could kill some great takes in the future. I don't think it occurs because of latency because i've been using this setup without fail, until now. I'm a little concerned because i'm schedualed to use this system tonight with a few musicians. I try to minimize embarassing situations to 2 to 3 times a day. Anybody know what it is?

[banevt]

It sounds like a buffer setting issue. The only problem is as you increase your buffer settings you increase latency. I would try to increasing the settings one selection at a time then checing to see if you can still record without hearing latency.Keep repeating these steps until you find a place that you start to hear latency when you record then go back one step from there and see if that helps with the ticking sound. Thats the only thing I can think of now. Good luck

Valente

[Metro SE]

If it just started happening out of the blue and you haven't changed buffer settings then it sounds to me like a hardware problem.

[grassbro]

I am having the same behavior with a Powerbook 1.67 and the Firebox.
I first noticed the click (it clicks just once at random times), right after the upgrade from 10.4.2 to 10.4.3... but I don't know. Tried to lighten the settings the most I could, but it behaved the same way.
Using a pair of Neumanns KM184 plugged on the box pres, recording at 96k stereo, we are getting superb accoustic guitar recordings here.
So let's find out what it is...

May be worth considering replacing your leads and re-initializing Firebox.

Intermittent problems suck. I prefer smoke and flames - at least you can see how to fix the bloody thing.

Good luck,

Geoff