Noises on big project

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• Kobir

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  Sound like computer/DAW setup issue. Some strategies to resolve:
  
  
  
  1. increasing buffer size for sound card in DAW
  
  2. If it is running Windows, disabling any unneeded services and all power saving features of CPU (e.g. Speedstep)
  
  3. Trying more efficient DAW like Reaper (I used to have lots of issues with Cubase)
  
  4. Freezing tracks of demanding instruments
• sebygerry

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  Hello thanks for answer.
  
  
  
  I did point 1 & 2
  
  mmm would like to avoid to change DAW as I have my real workflow on it
  
  I guess I only have to use freeze more now, hoped this processor could handle more
  
  
  
  Thanks anyway !
• MSchnell

  February 2015 edited February 2015

  For "offline" usage (i.e. no live playback of the audio or midi data just received) the "buffers" or "latency" setting is absolutely not critical. With enough Latency, your high-end machine should have absolutely no problem playing your project.
  
  
  
  BTW: if you use a low latency setup (for live playing), you need to tweak Windows for realtime purpose.
  
  
  
  BTW/2: some hours ago I demonstrated Reaper to a friend of mine (we did an 8 Track recording of our band with his hardware: 16 cannels ADAT/Firewire and a 6 years old Laptop). He is an experienced Cubase user. He immediately purchased a Reaper license. Does anybody want to buy a Cubase dongle ?
  
  
  
  -Michael
• sebygerry

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  mmm
  
  
  
  I'm starting to think this has nothing to do with CPU...
  
  I did tweaked in the past the latency (buffer size etc) but I didn't check the cpu usage then because the noises were still there...
  
  So, When I put the buffer size back to 256, the first core usage barely reach 40% and the other 11 cores around 10 or 15%
  
  But the cracks are crazy it's like I hear crazy digital saturation, but all the audio meters are good far from red...
  
  I just don't get it :?
• sebygerry

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  Hi,
  
  
  
  I recorded quickly with a sm52 the sound I get with the crazy noise, there are 3 WAV :
  
  with both LASS & SAmple modeling ON
  
  with LASS muted
  
  With Sample Modeling muted
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and as you can hear :
  
  
  
  with both the result is crazy noise
  
  with lass only : very few cracks at low volume
  
  with sample modeling : more cracks but far from the craziness of the first wav
  
  
  
  and if I bounce the whole project, it sounds great, not a single crack.
  
  I don't think it's related to CPU usage, but I have no clue what it could be.
  
  it's sounds a bit like digital overload but I have red nowhere...
• MSchnell

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  This really suggests that the DAW does not appropriately handle latency.
  
  
  
  You definitively should try Reaper. Same even is supposed to be able to attach another instance of Reaper on a second PC via Ethernet, running VSTs there (thus huge and variable latency), and still do playback.-
  
  
  
  -Michael
• Kobir

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  Some tips on tweaking windows:
  
  http://us.focusrite.com/answerbase/optimising-your-pc-for-audio-on-windows-7
• sebygerry

  February 2015 edited 1:56PM

  thanks a lot for your answer, will try everything and let you know