FL Studio 21 & Ableton Live - Pops/Clicks - Can someone help me?

[Schnickschnack]

Interesting. the latencymon test showed that after all these updates there is an improvement:

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CONCLUSION
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Your system appears to be suitable for handling real-time audio and other tasks without dropouts. 
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for  1:47:22  (h:mm:ss) on all processors.


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SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Computer name:                                        DESKTOP-9V4PUJ7
OS version:                                           Windows 10, 10.0, version 2009, build: 19044 (x64)
Hardware:                                             System Product Name, System manufacturer
BIOS:                                                 3006
CPU:                                                  GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz
Logical processors:                                   6
Processor groups:                                     1
Processor group size:                                 6
RAM:                                                  16305 MB total


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CPU SPEED
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Reported CPU speed (WMI):                             2904 MHz
Reported CPU speed (registry):                        2904 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.


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MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES
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The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs):   403,80
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs):   3,874526

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       372,30
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs):       1,196529


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 REPORTED ISRs
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Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs):              312,720041
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time:       dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%):          0,010699
Driver with highest ISR total time:                   dxgkrnl.sys - DirectX Graphics Kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%)                          0,012613

ISR count (execution time <250 µs):                   123305
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs):               2
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs):              0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs):              0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs):                 0


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REPORTED DPCs
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DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs):              567,717975
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time:       nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 528.49 , NVIDIA Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%):          0,003331
Driver with highest DPC total execution time:         rspLLL64.sys - Resplendence Latency Monitoring and Auxiliary Kernel Library, Resplendence Software Projects Sp.

Total time spent in DPCs (%)                          0,012662

DPC count (execution time <250 µs):                   1981269
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs):                0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs):              19
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs):              0
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs):              0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs):                 0


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 REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS
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Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count:                 msmpeng.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults                       24452
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process:          20331
Number of processes hit:                              31


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 PER CPU DATA
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CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       41,874583
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs):                312,720041
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s):                   4,875614
CPU 0 ISR count:                                      123307
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs):                567,717975
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s):                   3,109864
CPU 0 DPC count:                                      1374614
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CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       19,889078
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0,0
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s):                   0,0
CPU 1 ISR count:                                      0
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs):                348,210399
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s):                   0,208206
CPU 1 DPC count:                                      55307
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CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       60,985752
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0,0
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s):                   0,0
CPU 2 ISR count:                                      0
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs):                358,325758
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s):                   0,298091
CPU 2 DPC count:                                      113449
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CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       26,291773
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0,0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s):                   0,0
CPU 3 ISR count:                                      0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs):                173,176309
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s):                   0,323577
CPU 3 DPC count:                                      104093
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CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       24,136135
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0,0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s):                   0,0
CPU 4 ISR count:                                      0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs):                321,245868
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s):                   0,288069
CPU 4 DPC count:                                      93390
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CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s):                       35,558381
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs):                0,0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s):                   0,0
CPU 5 ISR count:                                      0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs):                360,783402
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s):                   0,666634
CPU 5 DPC count:                                      240435
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Maybe it has really something to do with the graphic card.

[osiris]

I hope you find out. I only wish I could scroll that fast through my mixer trax. It looks like your Windows Defender might be the culprit. That's the msmpeng.exe.

[Resonant- Serpent]

I had weird pops, clicks, and a pogoing systems meter in Cubase a couple of years ago. Traded my Nvidia card for a Radeon, and all my problems went away. Ate up weeks of my life, but turned out to be a HD driver they installed. I could disable it, but every time I turned on my computer it came back to life. I'll never buy another Nvidia card again.

[Schnickschnack]

I hope you find out. I only wish I could scroll that fast through my mixer trax. It looks like your Windows Defender might be the culprit. That's the msmpeng.exe.

Thank you. Why can't you? You are using a different DAW (or working with hardware)?
I turned off the firewall, but it did not change anything.

I had weird pops, clicks, and a pogoing systems meter in Cubase a couple of years ago. Traded my Nvidia card for a Radeon, and all my problems went away. Ate up weeks of my life, but turned out to be a HD driver they installed. I could disable it, but every time I turned on my computer it came back to life. I'll never buy another Nvidia card again.

Oh okay, interesting. I just went through the Nvidia settings and turned everything in the 3D settings off / low / set it to priorizing performance instead of looks. No change. How exactly did you disable that HD driver?

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After reading through the Focusrite & Cubase performance optimization guides I tried following steps too, without a change though:
-disabled c-states
-disabled rst
-disabled intel speedstep
-disabled on bord audio
-disabled usb selective suspend settings
-disallowed applications to have exclusive focus
-set processor scheduling to background services

[osiris]

I think one reason is I slowed my mouse/click settings in Windows. I'm using FL Studio on Windows 11, and sometimes if I even move the cursor across the Piano Roll it draws notes which I then have to spend a lot of time clicking to erase. That's why I said I wish the Piano Roll had an eraser function. For the most part stopped it.

[Schnickschnack]

I think one reason is I slowed my mouse/click settings in Windows.

Huh? So why dont you just set it up faster again, if it bugs you? Maybe I dont understand you correctly.