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new plugs, mac, mike [message #91543] Wed, 17 October 2007 04:05 Go to next message
chuck duffy is currently offline  chuck duffy
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wierd.=3D20
> > Also<BR>=3D3D<BR>>the=3D3D20<BR>> crackles never<BR>show =3D
> >till=3D20
> > listening to the bounced=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>file.<BR>><BR>>3.)=3D3D20<BR>> can =3D
> >you=3D20
> > determine where the crackle rears it's ugly head?<BR>>IOW,=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>is it=3D3D20<BR>> constant, more or less, or is it =3D
> >intermittent?=3D20
> > If<BR>>it's =3D3D<BR>>intermittent,=3D3D20<BR>> does =3D
> >it seem to=3D20
> > coincide with any particular<BR>>instrument or =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>track?=3D20
> > For=3D3D20<BR>> example, could it be a =3D
> >particular<BR>>plugin on=3D20
> > the - let's say - =3D3D<BR>>cowbell=3D3D20<BR>> track, which =3D
> >occurs=3D20
> > though<BR>>most of the song, but not on =3D
> >the=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > (confounded) bridge?<BR><BR>totally random...not in anyway =3D
> >
> > associated<BR>=3D3D<BR>>with a=3D3D
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91545 is a reply to message #91543] Wed, 17 October 2007 04:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mike audet[1] is currently offline  mike audet[1]
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t;> particular =3D
> >instrument.=3D20
> > Fairly<BR>study though, like a bowl of rice=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > crispies.<BR>><BR>>4.) mute/disconnect the right =3D
> >channel=3D20
> > when =3D3D<BR>>listening=3D3D20<BR>> back to<BR>>the=3D20
> > crackle-infested bounce to see if there's any =
>=3D3D<BR>>pattern=3D20
> > that=3D3D20<BR>> <BR>>might apply to (3)=3D20
> > above?<BR><BR>none<BR>><BR>>5.) Is=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>the=3D3D20<BR>> crackle happening on ALL systems? =3D
> >IOW, have=3D20
> > you<BR>>burned a CD of =3D3D<BR>>the=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >bounced tracks=3D20
> > & played it back on a home<BR>>stereo, in your =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>car,=3D20
> > on=3D3D20<BR>> headphones, etc? Is it possible =3D
> >that<BR>>for some=3D20
> > odd reason the =3D3D<BR>>crackle is=3D3D20<BR>> due to =3D
> >something in=3D20
> > your<BR>>monitoring setup that isn't showing up=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>on=3D3D20<BR>> regular playback, =3D
> >but<BR>>might be=3D20
> > showing up on a rendered =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>file?<BR>This=3D3D20<BR>> first=3D20
> > came to my attention after I burned a CD of test mixes for=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>the<BR>client=3D3D20<BR>> and he called me =3D
> >after he got=3D20
> > home and listened on his system =3D3D<BR>>(this<BR>was=3D20
> > an=3D3D20<BR>> audio CD)so I would say it happens on
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91546 is a reply to message #91543] Wed, 17 October 2007 04:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mike audet[1] is currently offline  mike audet[1]
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all =3D
> >systems...but I=3D20
> > havn't=3D3D20<BR>> burnt<BR>another CD yet.<BR>It =3D
> >does happen=3D20
> > on my NS 10's as well as my<BR>=3D3D<BR>><BR>> Mackie 824's. =3D
> >The 824's=3D20
> > are hooked<BR>up thru the spdif out of =3D3D<BR>>the =3D
> >mec=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > to a DAC-1 to a PVC passive volume control.<BR>The NS 10's are=3D20
> > hooked<BR>=3D3D<BR>>up thru=3D3D20<BR>> 2 analogue outs from =3D
> >the Mec into=3D20
> > a GFA power<BR>amp. Crackles exisist<BR>=3D3D<BR>>on =3D
> >the=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > left channel on both sets of speakers.<BR>><BR>>6.) =3D
> >What=3D20
> > happens =3D3D<BR>>when=3D3D20<BR>> you open up an older =3D
> >project that=3D20
> > you<BR>>DIDN'T have this problem =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>on...?=3D3D20<BR>> If=3D20
> > you do a bounce with that,<BR>>does it sound as it did =3D
> >before,=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>or does=3D3D20<BR>> it now have =3D
> >the<BR>>crackles in=3D20
> > it?<BR><BR>Not nearly as bad...No =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>study=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > diet of rice crispies, but there were a couple<BR>of crackles=3D20
> > (random,<BR>=3D3D<BR>>I=3D3D20<BR>> bounced twice and listend =3D
> >to both=3D20
> > mixes out of phase,<BR>set markers =3D3D<BR&g
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91548 is a reply to message #91543] Wed, 17 October 2007 05:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Don Nafe is currently offline  Don Nafe   CANADA
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=3D
> >this<BR>yet.<BR>><BR>>7.) Have=3D20
> > you tried physically swapping =3D3D<BR>>your left=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >speaker=3D20
> > with<BR>>your right speaker?<BR>swapping speakers make=3D20
> > no=3D3D20<BR>> difference, swapping the cables leading to=3D20
> > the<BR>speakers makes it =3D3D<BR>>happen in=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >the right=3D20
> > speaker.<BR>><BR>>Just trying to think of things to=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>try &=3D3D20<BR>> narrow it down =3D
> >by<BR>>process of=3D20
> > elimination.<BR><BR>I appreciate =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>your=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > thought process. If this makes a light go off for you,<BR>please =
>=3D
> >let=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>me=3D3D20<BR>> know.<BR>><BR>>Can =3D
> >you e-mail=3D20
> > me an mp3 file of any song or =3D3D<BR>>songs that=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >
> > it's<BR>>doing this on? If so, send it to: neil=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>DOT=3D3D20<BR>> henderson AT<BR>>sbcglobal =3D
> >DOT net I'd=3D20
> > be curious as to =3D3D<BR>>what it=3D3D20<BR>> sounds=3D20
> > like.<BR><BR>will=3D20
> > =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>Do<BR>><BR>>Neil<BR>><BR>>=3D
> ><BR>>"Rod=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91549 is a reply to message #91546] Wed, 17 October 2007 05:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chuck duffy is currently offline  chuck duffy
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r /> > > Lincoln" <<A=3D3D20<BR>> =3D3D<BR>>href=3D3D3D"<A=3D20
> > =3D
> =
>>href=3D3D'mailto:rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com">rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com</A=
>>&a=3D
> =
>>mp;g'>mailto:rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com">rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com</=3D
> >A>&g</A>=3D3D<BR>>t;=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>OK..I got everything hooked =3D
> >backk up=3D20
> > and =3D3D<BR>>sure=3D3D20<BR>> enough, the crackle is=3D20
> > back<BR>>>on bounce to disk...in the left=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>channel=3D3D20<BR>> only, same as always. I tried=3D20
> > panning<BR>>>everything oppisite,=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>crackle,=3D3D20<BR>> tried lowering levels,=3D20
> > crackle.<BR>>>When I took all the tracks =3D3D<BR>>off=3D20
> > the=3D3D20<BR>> submixes except for the drums on=3D20
> > submix<BR>>>1, there were NO =3D
> >=3D3D<BR>>crackles.=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > There were also NO crackles when bouncing audio<BR>>>from =3D
> >any=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>submix by=3D3D20<BR>> itself. <BR>>>This =3D
> >is a 24 bit=3D20
> > mix with 24 bit tracks, so I =3D3D<BR>>tried=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >(advice from=3D20
> > Aaron)<BR>>rendering<BR>>>some of the tracks to=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>16 bit.=3D3D20<BR>> I rendered all the drums (15 =3D
> >tracks)=3D20
> > and<BR>5<BR>>>other tracks =3D3D<BR>>to =3D
> >16=3D3D20<BR>> =3D20
> > bit, leaving 10 tracks at 24 bit...Crackles came =3D
> >back<BR>>>when=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>bouncing=3D3D20<BR>> the entire mix. That's where =3D
> >I'm at. I can=3D20
> > always do=3D3D20<BR>> =3D
> >the<BR>spdif<BR>>>bounce=3D20
> > method...it's a real hassle because of =3D3D<BR>>the =3D
> >way=3D3D20<BR>> my=3D20
> > moitoring and<BR>work<BR>>>flow is, but it's doable, =3D
> >and=3D20
> > =3D3D<BR>>seems to=3D3D20<
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91551 is a reply to message #91548] Wed, 17 October 2007 05:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rod,</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Have you tried mixing the song three =
>times to see=20
>if you get lucky?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stupid I know.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Smells like hardware or UAD rev =
>incompatablity to=20
>me.  I had been using</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the Helios rev (4.4?) with no =
>mixdown=20
>crackles.  I hope to get back at it shortly too.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aren't there buffer settings you =
>can adjust in=20
>the UAD to address this?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Might give that a try.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tom</FONT></DIV>
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Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91556 is a reply to message #91549] Wed, 17 October 2007 07:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mike audet[1] is currently offline  mike audet[1]
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ng back to<BR>>  =
>
> >  >the crackle-infested bounce to see if there's any =
>pattern=20
> =3D<BR>>that=3D3D20<BR>>  >  >might apply to (3) =
>
> above?<BR>>  ><BR>>  >  none<BR>> =20
> >  ><BR>>  >  >5.) Is the crackle =
>happening on=20
> ALL systems? IOW, have you<BR>>  >  >burned a CD of =
>the=20
> bounced tracks & played it back on a home<BR>>  >  =
>
> >stereo, in your car, on headphones, etc? Is it possible =
>that<BR>> =20
> >  >for some odd reason the crackle is due to something in=20
> your<BR>>  >  >monitoring setup that isn't showing =
>up on=20
> regular playback, but<BR>>  >  >might be showing up =
>on a=20
> rendered file?<BR>>  >  This first came to my =
>attention after=20
> I burned a CD of test mixes =3D<BR>>for<BR>>  =
>=3D3D<BR>> =20
> >the<BR>>  >  client and he called me after he got =
>home and=20
> listened on his =3D<BR>>system =3D3D<BR>>  =
>>(this<BR>> =20
> >  was an audio CD)so I would say it happens on all =
>systems...but I=20
> =3D<BR>>=3D3D<BR>>  >havn't burnt<BR>>  =
>>  another=20
> CD yet.<BR>>  >  It does happen on my NS 10's as well =Yeah, I did that when this initially started, a couple weeks ago.
Rod
"Neil" <OIU@IOU.com> wrote:
>
>And you've already done the usual stuff like removing your EDS
>cards, cleaning off the contacts & re-seating them, etc?
>
>Neil
>
>
>
>"Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>Tom, I've already done that. It's not that. It's definiatly something that
>>only shows up on the bounced to disk file. Also it's totally random and
>not
>>at all related to any single audio event.
>>Rod
>>"Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>Okay Rod,
>>>How about one track with the UAD plugs
>>>that has a few rough spots that are amplified
>>>by the plugin set?
>>>
>>>Mute one track at a time to find it. PITA for sure.
>>>???
>>>Tom
>>> "Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote in message =
>>>news:472f2455$1@linux...
>>>
>>> I agree with you, except that when I play back an old project that =
>>>didn't
>>> have the problem, it doesn't crackl, even with more tracks and the =
>>>same plugs
>>> as the ppj's that crackle.=20
>>> Rod
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91557 is a reply to message #91543] Wed, 17 October 2007 09:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jamie K is currently offline  Jamie K   UNITED STATES
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>>> "Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Hey Rod,
>>> >Do the crackles repeat themselves in exactly the same places
>>> >on play back? If not, I'd look at hardware. Do they show up
>>> >in the waveform or are they to low in level? =3D20
>>> >
>>> >If you suspect hardware I'd think CPU, fan (make it cold!) or
>>> >power supply. Not in that order. Start with the cheapest fixes =
>>>first.
>>> >Maybe you were right way back with the bad UAD assumption?
>>> >
>>> >Still kickin' Paris around,
>>> >Tom
>>> >
>>> > "Rod Lincoln" <rlincoln@nospam.kc.rr.com> wrote in message =3D
>>> >news:472e82a3$1@linux...
>>> >
>>> > Neil, thanks for your response. see my answers interleaved below
>>> > Rod
>>> > "Neil" <OIU@I.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >This is weird... have you tried any of the following:
>>> > >
>>> > >1.) pan everything to cent
Re: new plugs, mac, mike [message #91567 is a reply to message #91551] Wed, 17 October 2007 16:11 Go to previous message
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R>show till listening to the bounced =3D
>>> >file.<BR>><BR>>3.)=3D20
>>> > can you determine where the crackle rears it's ugly head?<BR>>IOW,
>>=
>>>=3D
>>> >is it=3D20
>>> > constant, more or less, or is it intermittent? If<BR>>it's =3D
>>> >intermittent,=3D20
>>> > does it seem to coincide with any particular<BR>>instrument or =3D
>>> >track? For=3D20
>>> > example, could it be a particular<BR>>plugin on the - let's say -
>=
>>>=3D
>>> >cowbell=3D20
>>> > track, which occurs though<BR>>most of the song, but not on =
>>>the=3D20
>>> > (confounded) bridge?<BR><BR>totally random...not in anyway =
>>>associated
>>> =3D
>>> >with a=3D20
>>> > particular instrument. Fairly<BR>study though, like a bowl of =
>>>rice=3D20
>>> > crispies.<BR>><BR>>4.) mute/disconnect the right channel when =3D
>>> >listening=3D20
>>> > back to<BR>>the crackle-infested bounce to see if there's any =3D
>>> >pattern that=3D20
>>> > <BR>>might apply to (3) above?<BR><BR>none<BR>><BR>>5.) Is =3D
>>> >the=3D20
>>> > crackle happening on ALL systems? IOW, have you<BR>>burned a CD of
>>=
>>>=3D
>>> >the=3D20
>>> > bounced tracks & played it back on a home<BR>>stereo, in your =3D
>>> >car, on=3D20
>>> > headphones, etc? Is it possible that<BR>>for some odd reason the
=
>>>=3D
>>> >crackle is=3D20
>>> > due to something in your<BR>>monitoring setup that isn't showing
up
>>=
>>>=3D
>>> >on=3D20
>>> > regular playback, but<BR>>might be showing up on a rendered =3D
>>> >file?<BR>This=3D20
>>> > first came to my attention after I burned a CD of test mixes for
=
>>>=3D
>>> >the<BR>client=3D20
>>> > and he called me after he got home and listened on his system =3D
>>> >(this<BR>was an=3D20
>>> > audio CD)so I would say it happens on all systems...but I =
>>>havn't=3D20
>>> > burnt<BR>another CD yet.<BR>It does happen on my NS 10's as well
as
>>=
>>>my
>>> =3D
>>> >
>>> > Mackie 824's. The 824's are hooked<BR>up thru the spdif out of =3D
>>> >the mec=3D20
>>> > to a DAC-1 to a PVC passive volume control.<BR>The NS 10's are =
>>>hooked
>>> =3D
>>> >up thru=3D20
>>> > 2 analogue outs from the Mec into a GFA power<BR>amp. Crackles =
>>>exisist
>>&
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