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July 10th, 2010 15:00
Home Studio Recording - Crackling; Core i5 throttling
My Situation:
2 Months ago I purchased a Dell Inspiron 580 with intel Core i5 for my home recording system. Immediately I was encountering sound problems when I would monitor, record, or do anything involving sound, like CDs or youtube. I then also purchased a M-audio Delta 1010LT pci sound card to record into. After discussions on various forums among other home recording artists, it appears that the throttling of processors contributes to the main reason why there are crackles, pops, clicks, and fuzz when it comes to anything regarding sound. My computer came with the A03 BIOS which I just updated to A05, thinking it may give me more options to try and shut off the i5 throttling. - which (updating BIOS, not particularly these versions) has worked for many others. All BIOS options are the same as the last version.
There are no programs that we know of that can eliminate the throttling for my processor, as RMclock does not support mine. I've disabled speedstep in the BIOS, and it does not make any difference, so I am wondering what I can do to finally get my studio running? Is there a BIOS version that can stop this trottling? Would I be better off going to the intel forums for help?
Thank you for any answers!
fireberd
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July 11th, 2010 04:00
I have a home studio setup with Sonar 8.5.3. PE. I don't recall seeing any "throttling" posts on the Sonar forum. Although it's in agreement that the bigger the CPU the better. I have a Q6600 with Win 7 64 bit and no problems. I was using a Firewire connected Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 but it died and I now have an MAudio Fastrack 8R USB connected unit.
But, the popping, crackling in audio has been a big issue on just the basic PC's audio systems, not just with recording DAW systems. If you are experiencing popping and crackling with the PC with regular audio such as CD's, MP3's, etc you have to fix that first. But, there is no "one fix" for the problem. There have been many causes, prime among them is a wireless (wi fi) cards and connections. Video and/or Video drivers can be another cause. If you have options for "audio enhancements" disable this as it has been known to cause the problem. Audio drivers another. Having a cordless phone or a cell phone close to the PC are more. There are many posts here and on the Windows 7 forum on this subject but CPU "throttling" is not one of the mentioned issues that I've seen.
jasonthechef
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July 14th, 2010 21:00
I understand all of that, after months of asking around and turning such things off and updating my bios etc...What I would like is some direction, this being a Dell forum, I would like some help. I really cannot rule out the throttling, I've downloaded a few programs that show the clock shifting wildly, even when there are no programs running. This tends to be a problem among m-audio users, but I have exhausted my efforts as noone really has a system like mine that can help.
Inspiron 580
intel i5 core
Cubase Essential 5
M-audio Delta 1010LT
Windows 7 64
fireberd
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July 15th, 2010 04:00
First, although this is a "Dell" forum, it's a "users" forum with users helping users, not a forum for support from Dell Tech Support employees. The lack of response to a post means no one, that has read the post, has anything to add or help.
Second Dell does not issue drivers or BIOS updates on a regular basis as Retail companies such as Intel or ASUS, for example do. Dell, in most cases, only issues an update if the device or PC is not performing to their published specs.
With a specialized issue such as yours, some other forum would be a better alternative, although from what I see with a lot of the MAudio hardware there can be problems or compatibility problems with some of their hardware. I just bought a USB connected MAudio Fast Track Ultra 8R and it seems to be working OK but from posts on the Sonar forum this is not the case with all MAudio hardware (and with some MAudio hardware and Sonar since MAudio is primarily aimed for use with Pro Tools DAW software). Have you tried posting on the Windows 7 forum?
oxiteh
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July 15th, 2010 07:00
crackling and popping on my recordings are ostensibly from the latency problems/sample rates which are adjustable in the software settings of your sound card.
jasonthechef
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July 15th, 2010 12:00
Yeah that was the first thing I tried, in both Cubase and the m-audio interface. Changing the sample rates, and it changed a little, but the digital sounds are still there, although the crackles went from spontaneous, to occassional.