rodzimguitar68
Fractal Fanatic
Guys,
My gear remains largely unmoved and all connections are constant, and largely unchanged. About 3 days ago, when I would try to record, I had the most screechy digital bits, farting sound printed to the track, totally obscuring my audio work.
I was also ping testing my latency with the I/O plugin in Logic and getting wild stats, like 16,593ms and stuff like that.
I had recently installed the new beta for Slate Digital, that helps subscribers make sure all their subscription plugins are up to date, and I also installed a similar app from Izotope, that does the same thing. I immediately suspected they were churning and thinking in the background and this was sucking my processor into paralysis. Nothing I tried worked. So I actually uninstalled those apps which didn't solve the issue, and literally did the same thing to Logic (reinstalling it as well) as a last ditch effort earlier today. I managed to record 8 bars of clean audio on an intro, and thought my problems were solved. I armed an adjacent track and proceeded to double track the part. This track had the screechy audio thing happening again!
For giggles, I decided to use a different USB from the AXE to my iMAC, and boom - everything was back - no latency, and no weird crackle.
Honestly, I don't know how a cable that is laying behind my desk and protected from interference by other boxes, could fail. I have only one theory - my cat is mischievous, and he can fit back there - perhaps he's chewed it or punctured it with his claws. I ordered new USB cables and when they arrive, I will tear apart my desk and get the defective cable out of there and inspect it.
I have probably spent 2-3 hours over the past couple of days messing around and trying to track down the cause of this issue. Like I said, the cable was my last suspect, because my connections are constant and cables do not get moved or disturbed.
I hope this helps some other poor Chucklehead out there.
Rod
My gear remains largely unmoved and all connections are constant, and largely unchanged. About 3 days ago, when I would try to record, I had the most screechy digital bits, farting sound printed to the track, totally obscuring my audio work.
I was also ping testing my latency with the I/O plugin in Logic and getting wild stats, like 16,593ms and stuff like that.
I had recently installed the new beta for Slate Digital, that helps subscribers make sure all their subscription plugins are up to date, and I also installed a similar app from Izotope, that does the same thing. I immediately suspected they were churning and thinking in the background and this was sucking my processor into paralysis. Nothing I tried worked. So I actually uninstalled those apps which didn't solve the issue, and literally did the same thing to Logic (reinstalling it as well) as a last ditch effort earlier today. I managed to record 8 bars of clean audio on an intro, and thought my problems were solved. I armed an adjacent track and proceeded to double track the part. This track had the screechy audio thing happening again!
For giggles, I decided to use a different USB from the AXE to my iMAC, and boom - everything was back - no latency, and no weird crackle.
Honestly, I don't know how a cable that is laying behind my desk and protected from interference by other boxes, could fail. I have only one theory - my cat is mischievous, and he can fit back there - perhaps he's chewed it or punctured it with his claws. I ordered new USB cables and when they arrive, I will tear apart my desk and get the defective cable out of there and inspect it.
I have probably spent 2-3 hours over the past couple of days messing around and trying to track down the cause of this issue. Like I said, the cable was my last suspect, because my connections are constant and cables do not get moved or disturbed.
I hope this helps some other poor Chucklehead out there.
Rod