audi input clicks

purveyor2 · Post by **purveyor2** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:45 pm

I have finally hooked up an external synth to my macbook pro/duet/live 7 setup and am getting audio clicks. The same set up in Logic has clean audio. In live it clicks and makes the external audio unusable. I have tried different soundcard parameters, different audio cables, etc. Again it works great in Logic, in Live audio glitches appear with both monitored playing and the recordings. Any thoughts?

jok · Post by **jok** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:42 pm

Hi,

what version of OS X do you use? Is everything up-to date? Please try, if turning off the Airport card while you are using Live helps. If it does: have your system software updated!
If not: what buffer size have you set in Live´s preferences? Does it help to set a larger buffer?

Best,

Jörg

purveyor2 · Post by **purveyor2** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:52 pm

thanks for the quick reply. OSX 10.4.11, Live 7.0.10. Turning off airport and bluetooth have not changed anything. I get the click/pops occasionally like many other mac users have discussed - it is unpredictable and not frequent.

I have changed the buffer size to over 1000 and no change, but the noises made when adjusting those numbers are the same that I hear when the synth signal is routed through Live.

I was sure it was a problem with the input signal - cord, duet connectors, etc. But it works in Logic, which sucks because I stopped using Logic months ago when I picked up Live:)

I can load in my previous Live sets and play softsynths without a problem.

purveyor2 · Post by **purveyor2** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:56 pm

I took the buffer size over 2000 samples and it is clean. I actually had it set really low

for some reason

It's all good.

jok · Post by **jok** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:05 pm

Hi,

glad it works, but you should definitely get along with a 512 samples buffer while using your Mac´s internal audio input as well.

Best,

Jörg