I have a new system I got in November. It replaced a machine from 2019 which ran DAW Stuff reasonably well with no issues. The new machine is a 12th gen i9 with 32 GB RAM.
The thing is, over the last 2 months I have been noticing pops and clicks, even on modest projects. Does anyone know of anything MS might have done in terms of Windows updates that might be tanking my system? (like perhaps the time they decided to turn Bitlocker on for me even though I had it turned off?)
Win 11 system - pops and clicks in last 2 months
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- KVRAF
- 4100 posts since 27 Aug, 2004
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- KVRist
- 69 posts since 7 Dec, 2019
It could be a lot of things. What's your audio interface? Is it an ASIO driver? Sample rate and buffer size settings? Using an SSD? Power settings set for performance? Set your DAW for exclusive control of the audio device (at least I think I remember that being some kind of setting, it's been awhile)?
Windows can do it, but you may need to wrestle it into submission. Don't lose heart, you got this.
Oh, should have pointed out that I'm on Win11 fully updated with no issues, so no, I don't think Microsoft did anything to break Windows in the last two months. Then again, I crushed as many non-essential background processes as possible when I first set up my machine, so that may be a factor. idk
Windows can do it, but you may need to wrestle it into submission. Don't lose heart, you got this.
Oh, should have pointed out that I'm on Win11 fully updated with no issues, so no, I don't think Microsoft did anything to break Windows in the last two months. Then again, I crushed as many non-essential background processes as possible when I first set up my machine, so that may be a factor. idk
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- KVRAF
- 16857 posts since 8 Mar, 2005 from Utrecht, Holland
How's Resplencency's LatencyMon report on that system?
Always check that first. Always.
I thought you weren't a newbie, mumpcake.
Always check that first. Always.
I thought you weren't a newbie, mumpcake.
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- KVRian
- 1188 posts since 21 Aug, 2017 from Brasil
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- KVRAF
- 2328 posts since 24 Jun, 2006 from London, England
Also make sure the 'vinyl emulation' slider is switched to 'off' in your sound settings