Good evening all. I trust that everyone is keeping well and healthy.
I have used Haupwerk quite a few years now - I think it's not far off 15yrs. I have had loads of different PCs, ranging from Dual Core Celerons and Pentiums, Core2 Quads, through the "i" series including my latest, a 10th generation i9, all with RAM and versions of Windows to match.
I started with my old Technics electronic organ as a console, then built a three manual dedicated console which I kept going for 12 years. In the meantime I built or part built two other consoles for other people. Then I most recently spent three years designing & building the "ultimate" console. And now it is finished and running Hauptwerk version 6.x.
So what's this about? Well imagine my horror when I fired up the new organ console today, after completion of the upgrades of nearly all my sample sets - and - heard clicks & glitches! I've read all those posts from people asking for help with their audio horrors, but I have never heard them from any of my own consoles. But these even occurred if I just sat inactively at the console! But they weren't present during all the earlier testing and development of the new console.
It is my common practice to switch off (i.e. disable) all WiFi and wired Ethernet hardware (yes, I mean properly disable, so as to eliminate the hardware interrupts that occur when the OS services that hardware). And I also disable disc indexing completely. And I had carried out all of those procedures. But I could still hear the breakfast cereal - OK only about once every 10-20 seconds - but defintely not acceptable.
So after a few head scratches I realised what the cause might be: For years, I have always connected my external 16-channel USB Audio device directly into a USB-3 socket on the PC. But in final assembly of the console, I had connected it into one of two USB Hubs which I have to have in the console because it has 5 Arduino/PJRC ARM microcontrollers to service significant MIDI functions in the stop jambs, pedalboard, expression pedals, and central control. Could that be the cause? Well after I had restored the USB audio device connection into a USB Port on the PC, and patted it one the head, guess what? All those crackles and popples disappeared.
So, if you are troubled by snap crackle & pop, try altering your USB arrangement, in particular don't make the audio device share its pathway to the PCs USB host with too many other devices! It could solve your audio issues!
Best wishes, as always!
Ken
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Kenneth A. Spencer
I have used Haupwerk quite a few years now - I think it's not far off 15yrs. I have had loads of different PCs, ranging from Dual Core Celerons and Pentiums, Core2 Quads, through the "i" series including my latest, a 10th generation i9, all with RAM and versions of Windows to match.
I started with my old Technics electronic organ as a console, then built a three manual dedicated console which I kept going for 12 years. In the meantime I built or part built two other consoles for other people. Then I most recently spent three years designing & building the "ultimate" console. And now it is finished and running Hauptwerk version 6.x.
So what's this about? Well imagine my horror when I fired up the new organ console today, after completion of the upgrades of nearly all my sample sets - and - heard clicks & glitches! I've read all those posts from people asking for help with their audio horrors, but I have never heard them from any of my own consoles. But these even occurred if I just sat inactively at the console! But they weren't present during all the earlier testing and development of the new console.
It is my common practice to switch off (i.e. disable) all WiFi and wired Ethernet hardware (yes, I mean properly disable, so as to eliminate the hardware interrupts that occur when the OS services that hardware). And I also disable disc indexing completely. And I had carried out all of those procedures. But I could still hear the breakfast cereal - OK only about once every 10-20 seconds - but defintely not acceptable.
So after a few head scratches I realised what the cause might be: For years, I have always connected my external 16-channel USB Audio device directly into a USB-3 socket on the PC. But in final assembly of the console, I had connected it into one of two USB Hubs which I have to have in the console because it has 5 Arduino/PJRC ARM microcontrollers to service significant MIDI functions in the stop jambs, pedalboard, expression pedals, and central control. Could that be the cause? Well after I had restored the USB audio device connection into a USB Port on the PC, and patted it one the head, guess what? All those crackles and popples disappeared.
So, if you are troubled by snap crackle & pop, try altering your USB arrangement, in particular don't make the audio device share its pathway to the PCs USB host with too many other devices! It could solve your audio issues!
Best wishes, as always!
Ken
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Kenneth A. Spencer
Kenneth Spencer
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Music Site: http://www.my-music.mywire.org
Project Page: http://www.my-music.mywire.org/opus_ii.htm
Books on Hauptwerk and Computing; Novation Launchpad overlays: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kaspencer
YouTube Videos: http://www.youtube.com/kaspenceruk