Snap, crackle & pop? (Cubase-specific)

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:29 am

Working on a pretty large project recently, I started getting some of the dreaded glitches during playback.

I tweaked &/or re-tweaked everything to the best of my knowledge, but they still remained.

I then found a checkbox in Cubase - it's on the 'Advanced' dialogue of the (device setup...) dialogue that allows you to set ASIO buffer details, pick the ASIO driver etc. ("VST Multilink" I think?)

The checkbox in question is called 'lower latency'. I unchecked this and haven't had a single problem since. I also cannot detect any change in the latency of the system.

Might be worth trying if you use Cubase, have optimised your system to the best of your knowledge and still have problems.

Royston

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:06 am

Yes, this is a good tip Royston. Let SFP set the latency, and in the same box, setting audio priority to very high also irons out some annoyances.

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:19 am

Cheers Ricardo - IIRC I left that one set to 'Normal'

Royston

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:14 pm

Great tips! Am going to have to try these with Nuendo tonight...

Thanks,

Johann

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:37 am

I tried all of the above in Nuendo (the options are basically the same under the "Devices" menu).

I then added a wordclock cuz I figured maybe ASIO was getting out of sync with my A-D / D-A converters (I use them as inserts).

No go.

I was only playing 11 tracks tonight when I tried all of this.

The only 2 approaches that work for me to get rid of crackles in Nuendo:

Focus on SFP (i.e. hide Nuendo)
Minimize Nuendo

I tried every buffer size and number of buffers (32-256 kb and 3-12, IIRC) but no major diff.

Incidentally my crackling problems started because:

I jumped up to 24 bit a couple of months ago; and
I change some setting in Nuendo in the middle of playback. As long as I don't do that at all during a session, I'm fine.

In spite of my continuing problems, I am quite happy with my Lucid wordclock (purchased at a stupidly cheap price from Pacific Pro Audio). I can actually see the digits ticking by more cleanly in the Nuendo transport clock. That scares me...

Thanks for the tips Royston + Ricardo! Any more suggestions would of course be appreciated.

Cheers,

Johann

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Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:07 am

Hi Blazes

Do you have the system performance set to 'optimise for background services'?

Control panel->System->Advanced tab->performance options->background services

That might help, if you're running windows.

Royston

alfonso · Post by **alfonso** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:08 am

On 2004-08-25 04:37, blazesboylan wrote:

Focus on SFP (i.e. hide Nuendo)

Minimize Nuendo

Theese things point undoubtly to the graphics. I don't know what's about, if you had a matrox like me I would say that you had to disable busmastering...but I'd swear it's something related to the graphics.

blazesboylan · Post by **blazesboylan** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:36 pm

On 2004-08-26 04:07, Counterparts wrote:
Do you have the system performance set to 'optimise for background services'?

This works!

Thanks Royston, and Alfonso too! Cheers,

Johann

kaju · Post by **kaju** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:32 am

For us SX3 users:
The place is Device Setup>VST Audiobay>Expert
and there
Audio priority: High
Lower Latency: unticked

kaju