pops in ableton 5

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 8:03 am

I'm using pulsar 2 and ableton live and get no matter what I tried pops and clics.
Any suggestions would be highly apreaciated.

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:31 pm

dear stardust, thank you. sorry about the lack of info.
ok I'm using pulsar 2 with athlon 64/2 and 2Gb of memory on win xp. Should I disenangage norton antivirus? The pops also happened in Reaktor 5 when I assign a midi controller or use keyboard to play in Live. thank you for ani additional infos. could you please tell me what is a difference between asio2 and asio2 source 64 either 16 or 32. Thank you very much

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:00 pm

yes, no antivirus.

in fact, it's best not to have a computer full of things not related to music. asio2 64 is 64 channels max instead of 32 channels max.

go to programs/accessories/system tools/system information/hardware resources/conflicts sharing and tell me what(if anything)is sharing an irq with your scope card.

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:46 pm

yes indeed the pulsar IRQ (22) is shared with something called:
STANDARD DUAL CHANNEL PCI IDE CONTROLLER

I have no idea what this is. Thank you

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:51 pm

as well IRQ 20 (whereanother creamware is mentioned) is sharing with:
realtek rtl8139/810x family fast ethernet nic
I don't need the ethernet so if this is a problem I certainly can get somehow uninstal it? thank you again

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 4:56 pm

sure, if you don't need ethernet, DEFINITELY disable it in the bios, or at least in the device manager.

*edit*
in fact, disable every port and motherboard device that is not needed in order to save irqs. if the card that is sharing with the ide controller doesn't get on it's own irq(or shared with the other cwa card), try moving the card to another slot.

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fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:11 pm

the ethernet was not the problem. what can I do about the other one

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:25 pm

dear garyb,

maybe the ethernet was a problem. when I disabled it in the bios. it looks like that is better. I'm still testing now. I think I can't do anything about
STANDARD DUAL CHANNEL PCI IDE CONTROLLER
has to stay where it is? right?
then maybe if i here pops I'll try to move the pulsar. I only have 3 pci slots. all full. 2 for pulsar and 1 for scsi cdrom for the sampler. thank you.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:28 pm

yep, or switch w/the scsi card.
better yet, put your samples on a hd, get rid of the scsi and free up more resources...

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:29 pm

intresting idea. didn't think of it. tnx
eventhough now so far seems to be ok. but you and I know what a pc is. tnx
p.s. thinking to get a MAC laptop.

Post by **garyb** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:37 pm

REALLY, a pc should be stable, fast and able to do ANYthing you need it to. macs are EXCELLENT machines, but they aren't magic. if a mac is not set up properly(easier on a mac since they have fewer options) a mac'll have problems as well. also, for midi a laptop is great, but i don't think a laptop is preferable for audio.

be patient, once you find out how to set it up, your pc should be bulletproof in performance(or nearly so)....

fumanchu · Post by **fumanchu** » Sun Dec 25, 2005 7:16 pm

thank you garyb. you giving me hope, and if I see that I can have friends like you I'll reconsider the mac. So, you saved me 2 grants. I'll let you posted of the progress. be well in the mean time. my very best