sporadic Distortion in recording
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 438 posts since 21 Feb, 2006
Hi,
I am recording a condenser mic into a mixer then into my 1010LT m-audio sound card into ableton. It sporadically starts doing this bad distortion thing, and i am trying to locate problem.
Its not the mixer, i switched them out, and its not the channels. I have 2 sound cards with 20 channels of audio recording. Also ive tried shutting off all other imputs while recording.
here is an audio sample
https://vocaroo.com/i/s19hS4Fc1LlC
Any suggestions would be appreciated. ty
I am recording a condenser mic into a mixer then into my 1010LT m-audio sound card into ableton. It sporadically starts doing this bad distortion thing, and i am trying to locate problem.
Its not the mixer, i switched them out, and its not the channels. I have 2 sound cards with 20 channels of audio recording. Also ive tried shutting off all other imputs while recording.
here is an audio sample
https://vocaroo.com/i/s19hS4Fc1LlC
Any suggestions would be appreciated. ty
- KVRAF
- 15277 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
Sounds like the sound is intermitted at a high rate... Would be curious to see the WAV zoomed in on individual sample level.
You could get something alike with a faulty mic cable.
You could get something alike with a faulty mic cable.
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- KVRAF
- 7137 posts since 8 Feb, 2003 from London, UK
<OT>"Sporadic Distortion" gets added to my growing list of band names...</OT>
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- KVRAF
- 2087 posts since 24 Jun, 2006 from London, England
Sounds like a buffer under run/over run (can never remember which is which!). Try DPC Latency Checker ( https://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml ) and see if you get any nasty red bars. You could also maybe try a larger buffer size in either your device software or Ableton itself
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 438 posts since 21 Feb, 2006
wouldn't raising the buffer make it harder to record with the mass latency? also why would it suddenly come in and out. Hypothetically if it was having dpc latency, would could be done about it? Im going to test it nowmcbpete wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:55 pm Sounds like a buffer under run/over run (can never remember which is which!). Try DPC Latency Checker ( https://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml ) and see if you get any nasty red bars. You could also maybe try a larger buffer size in either your device software or Ableton itself
- KVRAF
- 15277 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
I also was thinking it could be buffer underruns. Some program checking for updates or a bad wifi driver...
Mass latency? Can be compensated, or just shift the recording in time.
Mass latency? Can be compensated, or just shift the recording in time.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 438 posts since 21 Feb, 2006
- KVRAF
- 15277 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
You can try these
https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon
https://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml
https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon
https://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml
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My MusicCalc is served over https!!
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