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  • Clicks and Pops: HELP!

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    I do not have any slaves, I am on a single G5 2.0 Ghz Dual Processor Mac. I am using Core Audio, running an Apogee Rosetta 200 with an X-Series Expansion Card (Fire Wire). The VI's are loaded onto 4 SATA hard drives connected to a Tempo-X eSATA 8 PCI card. I had no problems running everything with Pro Tools hardware (192 I/O) and DAE with Direct TDM enabled; now however, after adding an expansion chassis (digidesign expansion/HD) and the Rosetta 200, I am getting some serious clicks and pops every time I play the VI's.

    I have already tried increasing the buffer size with no success. I've read other posts about the same thing (clicks and pops) but they involved G5's as slaves; I have a single machine, and I must resolve this fast.

    Any ideas?
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    Hi...sorry to hear that you're having this problem. As you've probably read in the other post, it was a nightmare for me. I tried absolutely everything I could to stop the crackles and pops, and it came to the point where I decided to completely wipe out my internal HD and run a system restore. So basically I started all over again...and now it's working- no crackles or pops. That's all I can suggest to you because it worked for me.

    By the way...what do you mean by 'slave'?

    Hope I've been of some help,

    Good luck,

    Matt
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    What's going on? I just posted a reply and it did not come up. Anyway, thanks for responding Matt.

    When I say slave, I mean synchronize machines or computers using software (Logic, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, . . .) You must define a set of parameters within these software applications to accomplish this. It is usually done via MIDI, USB, Ethernet, . . .

    Sorry to hear you had to go to such extremes. I do not think I'll have to do that. While desperately tweaking and fiddling, I found out a few things.

    1. I can use digidesign hardware (192 I/O) without enabling DAE or Direct TDM in
    Logic's Audio Preferences. It works just fine with Core Audio enabled; there
    are no discernable clicks and pops. This is a workaround for PT users with
    digi's expansion|HD chassis; because ESB is not supported.

    2. When using Apogee's Rosetta 200 with the firewire card, and Core Audio, all I
    get are clicks and pops when using the VI's. However, when I bounced the
    track with the offending sounds, there were no clicks and pops in them upon
    playback.

    3. This is either a firewire problem, or my setup is jacked up. I'll do a little more
    testing to find out.

    I would love to use the Rosetta on the front end of Logic, but so far, I can't because of the clicks n pops when using the VI's. I am still open for suggestions.

    Peace,
    GF
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    I don't know if this problem applies to Logic and Mac - but in Sonar you get
    clicks&pops whenever the VI is opened - as soon as you close (not mimimize - but close) the VI window, the problem disappers.

    maybe you should try this before reinstalling...
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    Sapkiller,

    That was tried and still the same problem. Only when VI's are playing.
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    ok - I'm not into Logic and Mac so I'm afraid I can't be of much assistance.
    I suppose you allready have defragged the HD's?
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    I just got the HD's. They were formatted a couple of weeks ago.
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    Dear GF,

    I had similar issue with a Rosetta 800 and Firewire, I have since replaced Firewire card with a RME 9652 and use ADAT interface to Rosetta 800. My dual G5 is click free [:)]

    Hope this helps

    Regards

    Dave Hage
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    Wow! Thanks Maya and dfhage. I was beginning to think of myself as a complete idiot for not finding a way to make it work. Now I can save face with, well, . . .myself.

    I appreciate the info.
    Peace,
    GF
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    Oooh, I caused some confusion now because I assumed you´re talking of Apple Rosetta. Sorry! Now I realized that you´re talking of your Hardware Interface.

    We do not have a possibilty to test this interface here (Apogee Rosetta) but I don´t see a reason why it should not work with Vienna Instruments (since no additional drivers need to be installed for it, right?)

    As far as as I know the order of PCI cards in the right slots is quite important and might cause some trouble if wrong. I will try to get some more information on this.

    Best,

    M a y a
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    Hi Maya,

    All I was saying was that the Firewire connection seemed very prone to pops and crackles generally not just with VI on my G5. It is much much better using a RME PCI card into the Rosetta 800. Unfortunately I do not have a shiny new Mac Pro to play with - yet!

    Regards

    Dave Hage
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    Okay.
    Thx for the information.

    M a y a
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    Great! [*-)]