Dexed DX7 Sound Quality Problems
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 57 posts since 2 Jan, 2017
Hi there,
I've dexed DX7 in my minihost & when I play chords (or very fast notes) I've sometimes problems with clicks in the sound. Esp. with the dexed v1.0 black winnie EPs for example. I've a fast laptop with xeon processor, 16Gb ram, SSD, avid Mbox, 96kHz. I've also tried to regulate down the volume t0o prevent clipping, but no change.
Does anyone know this problem? I love this Dexed so much, so many great sounds.
Tom
I've dexed DX7 in my minihost & when I play chords (or very fast notes) I've sometimes problems with clicks in the sound. Esp. with the dexed v1.0 black winnie EPs for example. I've a fast laptop with xeon processor, 16Gb ram, SSD, avid Mbox, 96kHz. I've also tried to regulate down the volume t0o prevent clipping, but no change.
Does anyone know this problem? I love this Dexed so much, so many great sounds.
Tom
- KVRAF
- 23103 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
That depends on the CPU and audio interface, really. Xeon should be able to handle that easily.Kumi_27 wrote:128 samples at 96kHz? Imho it's too little.
- KVRist
- 399 posts since 26 Aug, 2011 from somewhere under the rainbow
"Should" is the keyword.
Question is, if the overall system speed is fast enough. There is more than CPU to this.
I've seen many quite slow "fast" computers.
Question is, if the overall system speed is fast enough. There is more than CPU to this.
I've seen many quite slow "fast" computers.
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- KVRAF
- 2386 posts since 16 Jan, 2013
- KVRist
- 249 posts since 22 Feb, 2017
It can be due to things like the chipset used for the serial interface to the audio interface, or background processes like servers, antivirus software, chat software, and things like that. As pointed out above, sometimes otherwise powerful computers can make poor DAWs for these reasons. First thing to try is killing every background process you don't absolutely need.
Is it only Dexed you have problems with? Can you reproduce the problem with other plugins or combination of plugins that show similar performance load as Dexed does?
Another thing. If you mixdown your track to a wav file does the clicking go away? If it's still there thenit's not performance. (Could it be clipping?)
Is it only Dexed you have problems with? Can you reproduce the problem with other plugins or combination of plugins that show similar performance load as Dexed does?
Another thing. If you mixdown your track to a wav file does the clicking go away? If it's still there thenit's not performance. (Could it be clipping?)
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 57 posts since 2 Jan, 2017
like I've said: Laptop is specially recommended by protools for their stuff, also for their soundcard: Mbox. When I adjust to 24bit it works, when I go down to mark 2 resolution I've clicks. I've almost no other programs on the laptop... I think it's not possible that it's the power of the computer, cause I think, in that case, the clicks should get more when I go up to 24bit (?) I need Dexed in life mode with minihost, that I control with my xylosynth. Perhaps it's also minhost that produces the clicks in combin. with dexed. I've no other program where I'm able to use Dexed.
- KVRist
- 150 posts since 20 Dec, 2013 from Montreal
I'm quite puzzle by this; Mark I engine is actually less CPU intensive, do you have an explicit dx7 program that I can test on my side ? and if you have a audio example with it, it might help me understand the issue.