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odie76 · Post by **odie76** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:05 am

Hi,

I've tried varying all the settings on Meringue, but it always emits a "popping" sound when the light signal hits the right and left edges of the display. Is this normal?

os · Post by os » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:49 am

Doesn't sound normal. Any chance of a recording so I can hear exactly what you mean?

What are your system and DAW details?

odie76 · Post by **odie76** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:20 pm

Here is a short clip of a kick drum loop with Meringue: http://soundcloud.com/user9250659/test1

I've tried it on Ableton Live 8.2.2 and AudioMulch.

My system details:

ASUS K501 series laptop; Pentium Dual-Core CPU 2.20GHz; 2G Ram

Thanks.

os · Post by os » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:02 pm

Thanks - but could you enable downloads on that track so I can pull it down and actually examine the waveform?

odie76 · Post by **odie76** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:10 pm

Hi, I've enabled it now.

os · Post by os » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:17 pm

Still not seeing the download option, sorry. Would it be easier to email it to me?

odie76 · Post by **odie76** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:22 pm

Sorry, it should be downloadable now.

os · Post by os » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:28 pm

Thanks, that worked.

I think this is working as expected. Meringue applies a very short crossfade at the loop start and end to get a smooth loop, but in your particular case where you're using a bass drum, the period of the audio signal is actually longer than the crossfade so you're hearing the slight artefact you describe.

To put it another way, you just happen to have chosen the worst possible sound to put through Meringue

A subtle lowpass filter on the output would probably help this case.

odie76 · Post by **odie76** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:00 pm

Ok, thanks a lot for your help.

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Meringue "popping" sound