pops, glitches, noise, and artifacts

[yabanada]

When I mix to a new riff, and use effects simultaneously on several tracks, I assume this loads the CPU. I've observed various pops and glitches on the mix down riff. Is this due to processor limitations.

Also...

Can someone detail if and how limiting works on the song output? The master VU meters show a blinking light, I assume there is a limiting function. Is this a brick wall limiter or what?

[GuitarSlinger]

It is not a brick wall limiter, anything over 6 I believe adds compression.

[epauley]

Perhaps, this is one of the bugs the good people here are fixing but I too am getting noise interruptions when mixing down – not all the time but occasionally. My system is powerful enough and so, I assume it’s a software glitch.

[RiffLearner]

I was getting some pops, etc, but I rewired, turned out to be something with the way my stuff was hooked up. Hasn't happened since...

[dug]

Hi,

Does this only happen with Mix To Riff? Or with mix to WAV also?
If you mix the same track twice, do you get artifacts in the same spots both times?

thanks,
dug

[biscuitlips]

Pauly and Riff,


I had this problem twice due to an extra USB cable sharing the same USB card as my POD. If you have an extra cable unplug it using the "Safely remove wizard" in your icon tray or just unplug it if you know it's safe to do so and leave the POD unit hooked up and see if it happens again.

Hope that helps some, I know it fixed my problem.

[dug]

I wish there was a simple answer to this question... There are so many different systems. The suggestions you see above could help with pops and clicks during playback or recording. Adjusting buffer size could help with that as well. Dan's USB video camera gave him all sorts of trouble. Some USB chipsets are just known to cause problems and the only way to get better is to use a PCI card to add more USB ports.

But... Pops and clicks during mix down is another story. Please contact support and get a dialog going about this and we will take a look at one of your files.

The output compressor and limiter in RiffWorks is explained here.
http://www.sonomawireworks.com/guide/index.php/Master_Output

cheers,
dug