Hi guys,
For as long as I can remember, I have been having issues with my audio occasionally getting choppy through my audio interface when using a DAW.
Here is my rig: (Some of it is probably irrelevant but figured I might as well include everything)
Processor | Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz 8MB Cache
Memory | 8192 MB RAM
Hard Drive | 250 GB Samsung SSD MZ-7TD250
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Rev 2.0
Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
OS | Windows 7
Audio Interface: Saffire Pro 40
Speakers: KRK VXT 8's
DAW: Ableton Live 9 (Previously used Live 8 with same issue)
Previously had a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 USB 2.0 Audio Interface with different speakers that gave me the same problem
The new audio interface uses firewire via a PCI FireWire card
The audio will sound really choppy (if it helps, I can post a video) for 3-10 seconds, and it seems to happen at least once every 2 minutes (usually more frequently). This seems to only happen with my DAW open.
Here is all of the troubleshooting I've tried:
Swapping from a standard HDD to an SSD which included re-installing Windows (Windows 7 in both instances)
Verified that no more than 25% of my CPU appears to be used while running a project file in Ableton
Swapped Firewire cables
Checked benchmark speeds on hard drive, everything appears good
Checked processor temperature, it idles around 28° Celcius and jumps no more than 3 degrees when a project file is playing
Increased ASIO Buffer size to 2048 (was previously using 512)
Tried using both the ASIO4All v2 Driver and ASIO Saffire drivers using both of these buffer sizes/settings
Also tried using MME/DirectX Audio
*Tried plugging in my headphones directly to the motherboard - this worked with no issues *
It works fine with audio from iTunes, YouTube, Video Games, Movies, or External Audio like from My DJ Mixer (Pioneer DJM 2000)
This has been the biggest pain for me
I don't care where you live, if you help me fix this, I will find a way to buy you a pack of beer.
For as long as I can remember, I have been having issues with my audio occasionally getting choppy through my audio interface when using a DAW.
Here is my rig: (Some of it is probably irrelevant but figured I might as well include everything)
Processor | Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz 8MB Cache
Memory | 8192 MB RAM
Hard Drive | 250 GB Samsung SSD MZ-7TD250
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 Rev 2.0
Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
OS | Windows 7
Audio Interface: Saffire Pro 40
Speakers: KRK VXT 8's
DAW: Ableton Live 9 (Previously used Live 8 with same issue)
Previously had a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 USB 2.0 Audio Interface with different speakers that gave me the same problem
The new audio interface uses firewire via a PCI FireWire card
The audio will sound really choppy (if it helps, I can post a video) for 3-10 seconds, and it seems to happen at least once every 2 minutes (usually more frequently). This seems to only happen with my DAW open.
Here is all of the troubleshooting I've tried:
Swapping from a standard HDD to an SSD which included re-installing Windows (Windows 7 in both instances)
Verified that no more than 25% of my CPU appears to be used while running a project file in Ableton
Swapped Firewire cables
Checked benchmark speeds on hard drive, everything appears good
Checked processor temperature, it idles around 28° Celcius and jumps no more than 3 degrees when a project file is playing
Increased ASIO Buffer size to 2048 (was previously using 512)
Tried using both the ASIO4All v2 Driver and ASIO Saffire drivers using both of these buffer sizes/settings
Also tried using MME/DirectX Audio
*Tried plugging in my headphones directly to the motherboard - this worked with no issues *
It works fine with audio from iTunes, YouTube, Video Games, Movies, or External Audio like from My DJ Mixer (Pioneer DJM 2000)
This has been the biggest pain for me
I don't care where you live, if you help me fix this, I will find a way to buy you a pack of beer.
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