This has really got me annoyed

[Equilibrium]

I've just written one of the best melodies of my life, and now am trying to mix it down. Problem is that when I isolate the track and listen to it it is full of pops (Before any mixing down or anything).

I'm doing all this in Cubase and using the V-Station for the melody. I then decided it might have something to do with the CPU, so I saved the file under a different name and got rid of every other VSTi and effect in the project, yet it still was there. I have examined the different properties within the V-Station to see if it is anything to do with the preset, but no luck...

I don't know what to do, to be honest can't really notice it when I all the other parts playing, so maybe I should just leave it? But then what if this happens with other stuff I make? Problem is that I don't know why it is happening!!!

Anyone had any experience with this? Should I perhaps mix it down then use a program to get rid of the pops (if that is possible)...

really annoying this... Any help would be great

[Miro]

latency could be too low...

[AsianCarol]

What kind of pops?.Maybe a latency problem?

[Hink]

let me ask you have you rendered the melody track to audio or is it still midi. Often clock assignment can cause this. With my Akai dps12, if I use a digital input source I must change the clock to external or I get these little ticks (clicks would be to big to describe it), like static electricity interference...it could be a mtter of assigning the clock...but I don't use cubase so I'm just throwing it out there...

[Equilibrium]

What kind of pops?.Maybe a latency problem?

hmmm hard to describe, just quite quiet ones. kind of a mix between a click and a pop. I noticed this time that I listened to them that they were following after the notes being played (most the time).

[Equilibrium]

let me ask you have you rendered the melody track to audio or is it still midi. Often clock assignment can cause this.

It's still midi, I'm going to avoid turning it into Audio with those pops unless I can somehow help it.

With my Akai dps12, if I use a digital input source I must change the clock to external or I get these little ticks (clicks would be to big to describe it), like static electricity interference...it could be a mtter of assigning the clock...but I don't use cubase so I'm just throwing it out there...

ticks certainly would be a good way to describe them. I don't know what "changing the clock to external" is or means, so I'm not sure...

Thanks for the help everyone.

[BERFAB]

I have the same question as Hink: Is it MIDI or Audio? Check the CPU meter to see how high the power draw is when you're playing the tracks back. Also remember that any FX inserts or sends are working your CPU pretty hard. Print the FX to audio if you can.

I use Cubase and have had this happen on occasion when I'm really loading up on the VSTi's. What I do is render the tracks to audio and eliminate the VSTs. This usually eliminates the problem.

-B

[mckenic]

If its annoying you dont just leave it - you will forever hear them when you listen to the track!!!

Just a wild idea here - but - replace the vstation with a simple synth (something like CM101) and listen for noise again???

Dave

[Equilibrium]

I have the same question as Hink: Is it MIDI or Audio? Check the CPU meter to see how high the power draw is when you're playing the tracks back. Also remember that any FX inserts or sends are working your CPU pretty hard. Print the FX to audio if you can.

It's still Midi. The CPU only gets to about 35% at it's peak. There are no inserts, no other tracks, the only thing I have is a bit of automation, yet when I turn it off it makes no difference.

I use Cubase and have had this happen on occasion when I'm really loading up on the VSTi's. What I do is render the tracks to audio and eliminate the VSTs. This usually eliminates the problem.

yeah I've tried all that with no luck...

[Equilibrium]

If its annoying you dont just leave it - you will forever hear them when you listen to the track!!!

Just a wild idea here - but - replace the vstation with a simple synth (something like CM101) and listen for noise again???

Dave

Good idea I should have tried that earlier. Well, yes it goes, and even if I change to another preset on the same synth it goes...

[Edit]



What plonker, I'm really sorry for wasting anyone's time here, turned out I was too stupid to see that I had the Mod Env all the way up which was causing it.

Really sorry there people I should have checked all this stuff out before posting.

What a plonker

[mckenic]

Ah yes - its strange its causing so much trouble if its a simple patch!

But you have a starting point to fixing it now you have nailed down where the problem is

do post the results and give us all a listen

Cheers,
Dave