Nov 01, 2008 07:30 pm What are your PC's spec's? CPU speed and amount of RAM? That will help to try and figure out what might be going on.
skipping and sticking
Posted on Nov 01, 2008 07:01 pm
ddreadi
Member Since: Oct 16, 2007
hi how is every one today
im trying my hands on mixing after learning and trying for many hours read every thing that can be read obout the subject of mixing .
gears that i have is
windows xp
lexicon omega
mxl 990 mic
yamaha sy 77 keyboard
mpd 32
cubase studio 4
fl studio 8
ableton live 6+7
and bunch of vst and vsti
my qst is why do cubase keep sticking and skipping ok i checked the vst meter to see that i dont over work the cpu but i hvent used anything major as yet i created group busses so i dont to do use to many vst on every channel but still i get the cubase sticking and skipping what im doing wrong here a little help would be appreciated
thank you in advance
and yea here is a great place to learn so after all i have learned i must say i came a long way but im still a newbe
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Nov 01, 2008 07:30 pm What are your PC's spec's? CPU speed and amount of RAM? That will help to try and figure out what might be going on.
Nov 01, 2008 10:09 pm 1 gig of ram 500 gig harddrive
sorry that is all i know about my own computer im not a computer wiz sorry
but thanks for helping me still
Nov 01, 2008 10:17 pm You may have mentioned the problem in the first line: only 1 Gig of RAM could be the culprit here.
Nov 02, 2008 08:26 am thank you nightcap
but last qst minimum how much should i have to mix and master with out any problem thank you
Nov 02, 2008 12:43 pm To run VST's efficiently today takes about 2 gigs of ram minimum. They are for the most part the biggest processing hogs in a DAW. I'm not real familiar with how efficient the engine is in Cubase Studio 4 but I would assume they have trimmed it out like many others have to run pretty lean these days to allow for more power to be used by the VST's. But the VST's will eat up system resources in a hurry, especially reverbs. You can however do things such as freeze tracks to free up some CPU cycles and ram.
Nov 02, 2008 04:28 pm ok
yea reverb self is what i think it is dont stop continue so i can get to know more im trying to get some more in ram like tomorow so and let you know how it work out but its good to know cause i was like getting crazy seeing that i couldnt get just the one song im working on cant play right you kbnow that feeling
Nov 02, 2008 10:45 pm 2 Extra Gigs will do wonders and it should take care of any memory related song hiccups. Also, remember what Noize said about freezing tracks, that can come in handy at any time.
Nov 03, 2008 04:24 pm ok im back
i added 2 gigs more of ram to the one i had so total is 3 gigs
now my processors is MD sempron 3400+
is that good or should i upgrade to a better processor
Nov 03, 2008 06:58 pm hope this works for you.. just a question in the bottom left of your control panel in cubase (the thing with play and rewind and all on it) theres a meter called asio time usage, does this peak out and go red when you get these skips and sticks? cause mine does, and i have 4 gigs of ram..
Nov 03, 2008 07:30 pm im sorry i never really notice
but i think its the same when you look at
vst performance window there is a asio meter and a disk meter and
when ever the asio meter peak in hundred a you see a orange light that is when its stick and skip.
ok its seems to be much better now that i upgraded the ram but that still didnt solve the problem,i must say it doesnt do it on a regular no more, have me wondering if its the processor i have to upgrade
if anyone can answer me on that qst would be nice and atleast give some advice on what can be done.
Nov 03, 2008 09:53 pm The Sempron 4300+ should be plenty for it.
I'm wondering if there are other programs such as virus protection or the like running in the background. That can also cause issues as it is eating up system resources.
Nov 03, 2008 10:33 pm i had lots of program running in the tray but i read a article in the tips section and i tried to get rid of all the programs that is running i only have one program running like i cant seems to get rid of that one and that is the anti virus firewall or something as soon i figure out how to get rid of it i would see if its running better.
if i can only find an article that would help me on that one would be nice.
or maybe i should uninstall antivirus and call it the day
Nov 03, 2008 11:07 pm and yea rhinokio i did check what you ask about and yes i do get red also like i said the vst performance window
you will see it the same
Nov 04, 2008 12:04 pm Just curious, how is your buffer set. On my old Layla rig I could drop it as low as 64 which was great in regards to latency but would only handle a couple tracks before poppin and a clickin. Just something else to check, I usually track at 256 and mix around 4096.
Nov 04, 2008 07:35 pm sample rate i can tell you about and i can go to 44100 the lowest i dont think i can go any lower the highest is 480000
now buffer i dont think i can set that in the omega if im wrong some one plzz tell me that i am.
but with sample rate i still doesnt see any differents shoot how lucky can you get
Nov 04, 2008 09:58 pm Are you running the ASIO drivers or something like WDM or MME?
Also, do you have the most recent driver updates from Lexicon?
Nov 05, 2008 01:21 am no i dont have the latest lexicon update
and im using omega asio
Nov 05, 2008 06:48 pm Ok, ASIO is good then. I would have a look and download the latest drivers and firmware and run the update. That might also help the situation out a bit.
Nov 05, 2008 10:52 pm i did that too since you told me that but i must say it doing it much less now
but i think i just have to stick iwth track freezing cause i think there is nothing that can be done
or simply try do solo each track when trying to compress or use reverb.
Nov 06, 2008 12:00 pm Yeah, I'm not talking about sample rate. I am talking about the ASIO buffer size. When lowered there is less latency which is great for tracking but can cause pops\clicks when to low as the CPU struggles to keep up, when raised there is latency in the signal yet more time for FX to be processed. This is perfect for mixing.
The top post states how to adjust buffers in Cubase.
www.lexiconpro.com/Knowle...amp;TopicID=104
Nov 06, 2008 07:46 pm Ya, with the specs you have now you might be able to set the buffer up to maybe 128 or even go to 256 without much latency. Maybe 13 milliseconds or so which is pretty negligible.
Jan 06, 2009 08:16 pm happy new year to every one
im back with the same problem can.
can any one tell me if i put a video card and a amd dual prosesor that i would get rid of click pops
waiting for some advise on this one plzz
Jan 06, 2009 08:48 pm The doul core processor will get you more performance, but I don't think the video card is going to help with pops and clicks, unless I missed something in this thread.
Jan 06, 2009 09:07 pm im just asking you are the profesional here
i need your advise
cause i have weeks that i cant get out of the clicks and pops
im frustrated to the max
Jan 06, 2009 09:15 pm I suppose it could help if the video card is actually being overloaded and sharing ram or processing power from the system, but I doubt it'd help much.
I'm curious here, are you running any/many effects when this starts happening? Does it happen on the first track you record, or does it only start after a few tracks are recorded and you are adding more?
Jan 06, 2009 09:55 pm right now its clicking on every song that i have recorded i have taking off all plugins and it still do the same
so im brain storming now hoping that some one can tell me what is the best thing to do
got me going crazy here
next thing my pc just start working very slow takes for ever when you put it on
i tried everything disfrag , disk cleaning, i deleted what i dont need and even things that i use i nade some major help any advise would be great
Jan 06, 2009 10:01 pm AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor or
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2
can any one tell me which one should i buy i know they do the same work
but would still need the advice
Jan 07, 2009 04:53 pm Those are both the same processor. They just give different specs for it.
The Windsor Core 6400+ is a great CPU. Very stable and runs well.
If your in the market for a new processor that is the best bang fro the buck right now.
Jan 07, 2009 05:24 pm cool
then im sticking with that thanks for that one
any idea if the prosessor would make my pc run better with out clicks and pops ???
i hope it do
Jan 07, 2009 05:28 pm your weakness may be the sound device, it has had mixed reviews...the processor your have should be fine, your new load of ram should be fine...
Jan 07, 2009 05:33 pm oops my bad i just read wht i wrote
what i mean was AMD Athlon X2 Dual-core 6000+ 3.10GHz Processor or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Windsor 3.2GHz Socket AM2
Jan 07, 2009 05:37 pm maybe i should mention that when i start the computer windows xp takes a while to load do you think that could be the reason why i have so much clicks and pop too ???
just guessing here
if that is the reason is there a way i can fix it
Jan 07, 2009 06:22 pm could be, you may have a lot of crap loading, or may have registry junk slowing it down after uninstalling all the junk I think you said you were...maybe ccleaner could clean the crap out...some people trash on it, it's been great for me personally.
www.ccleaner.com
Jan 07, 2009 06:34 pm Well, the easier and cheaper would be if you can simply re format your hard drive and do a fresh install of XP.
It is sounding like you may have issues in Windows as well.
But yes, and over loaded or older slower system will boot very slowly. I just recently replaced a very old Intel 667Mhz machine which took over 5 minutes to post and boot. Granted there was a lot of crap on it but it could barely run XP at all.
But for the 2 processor's you listed the 6400 is a bit better.
Jan 07, 2009 07:32 pm cool
i want to reformat the harddrive and do a fresh install well that is all i can think of right now
looks like i have to get some one to do that for me
i think its time to learn some of these stuff as i go along hihihihi hope you would give some info on reformat i sure need some of that to go on.
but i will try the ccleaner too what ever that help is what im looking for just to get something done musicaly.
Jan 07, 2009 07:58 pm put the WIndiows disk in the CD Rom and restart the computer...it should prompt you thru the whole thing...be sure to back up any musicial stuff you have on the PC first, back up to CD rom or somethin'
Jan 09, 2009 09:03 pm look like i have to get a technician to do that for me cause me myself dont even own a window xp cd
can anyone with an window xp cdrom do that for me ??
Jan 09, 2009 09:04 pm did try cclean but system remain the same
i just had to mention that lol
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