Ableton Crackling Noise on recorded audio.
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:28 pm
Hi
I've been having big problems with Ableton ever since I've had it really, First I had it on a Quad core Pc "I Had crackling whenever I tried recording vocals and it seemed to come and go", Thought my the Pc isn't good enough so I went out and brought a Mac, but the Mac "Still Had Crackling on anything I tried to record into it live".
Anyway so at this point I thought it must be my Audio Interface what was a Focusrite Saffire USB 6, So I upgraded it to a MOTU Ultralite MK3 Hybrid, what isn't a totally cheap one, anyway still crackling. I sent it back and I now have a new what's just come out Scarlett 18i20, what is the last point of call to it really being a problem with the interface, I don't think it is.
I've turned my attention to the microphone and cables, I've tried 3 or 4 and the same thing happens. I've gone through online message boards and found lots of people that have had the same problem but no clear answers to it, just "It's the buffer size or sample rate", I find I can work on a song for about 30 minutes to an hour at a time before the noise starts to kick in then I have to give up.
I've watched all the video's and set my buffer size up, sample rate correctly, I really cant think of anything I'm missing but I'm at the end of my tether with it now, I just want it to run smoothly... If it never had this problem I'd be quite happy with it.
Have you any idea's how I can stop this noise, it's got to be Ableton it's self, I've tried everything. I don't really want to because I've learned the basics of Ableton now but I'm going to have to get a trial of Cubase or Pro tool 11 so see if they run without this problem. I've spent quite a lot of money trying to get rid of it so hopefully you can understand my frustration.
Hopefully you can help
Mac - 2.7 GHz Intel i5, 8Gb of ram
I've had 3 interfaces : 1 Forusrite Saffire 6 USB
2 MOTU Ultralite MK3 Hybrid
3 Scarlett 18i20
I've been having big problems with Ableton ever since I've had it really, First I had it on a Quad core Pc "I Had crackling whenever I tried recording vocals and it seemed to come and go", Thought my the Pc isn't good enough so I went out and brought a Mac, but the Mac "Still Had Crackling on anything I tried to record into it live".
Anyway so at this point I thought it must be my Audio Interface what was a Focusrite Saffire USB 6, So I upgraded it to a MOTU Ultralite MK3 Hybrid, what isn't a totally cheap one, anyway still crackling. I sent it back and I now have a new what's just come out Scarlett 18i20, what is the last point of call to it really being a problem with the interface, I don't think it is.
I've turned my attention to the microphone and cables, I've tried 3 or 4 and the same thing happens. I've gone through online message boards and found lots of people that have had the same problem but no clear answers to it, just "It's the buffer size or sample rate", I find I can work on a song for about 30 minutes to an hour at a time before the noise starts to kick in then I have to give up.
I've watched all the video's and set my buffer size up, sample rate correctly, I really cant think of anything I'm missing but I'm at the end of my tether with it now, I just want it to run smoothly... If it never had this problem I'd be quite happy with it.
Have you any idea's how I can stop this noise, it's got to be Ableton it's self, I've tried everything. I don't really want to because I've learned the basics of Ableton now but I'm going to have to get a trial of Cubase or Pro tool 11 so see if they run without this problem. I've spent quite a lot of money trying to get rid of it so hopefully you can understand my frustration.
Hopefully you can help
Mac - 2.7 GHz Intel i5, 8Gb of ram
I've had 3 interfaces : 1 Forusrite Saffire 6 USB
2 MOTU Ultralite MK3 Hybrid
3 Scarlett 18i20