[linux-audio-user] Clicks/pops in recording

Chris Abbott redfox at 99b.org
Sat Nov 11 18:14:17 EST 2006


Chris Abbott wrote:
> Just recently I recorded a live piano concerto. All of this was done 
> using an ART Pre-amp, a Soundphone(I believe is the brand) CD burner, 
> M-audio Omnistudio USB, and an iBook G4. Now, the pre-amp had a digital 
> out that went to the CD burner. The 1/4" outputs of the pre-amp went to 
> the M-audio which was connected to the ibook. Well, the burned CDs 
> turned at great(note-I had the digital sample rate set to 48Khz). I had 
> my Omnistudio set at 96Khz. Every so often in the recoding, you hear a 
> bit of pop, which to me seems like some other system resource got 
> priority. The only thing that occurred while recording was the display 
> going to sleep. The airport was off, and Ardour, X11, and JackPilot were 
> the only programs running. I'm curious as to what could have caused 
> this, how to fix it. The next time I do a recording with it, I will 
> probably have to drop the sample rate to 48Khz.
> 
I forget to mention that I was in OSX at the time all of this occurred. 
Unfortunately, Linux doesn't support the M-Audio Omnistudio USB that well.


> -Chris



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