Fixing Audio Spikes - Success in my case...

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:23 am

When I run with the DP aggregate solution, I get clicks and timing artifacts, which I definitely shouldn't. When I run CoreAudio aggregate I do not. In both these cases I am timing with a Lucid Genx6.

robore · Post by **robore** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:48 pm

One question. Do i get same results having project files and audio files in the Audio HD? Or is better to have Project files in System HD and audio files in the second HD?.
Thanks

grimepoch · Post by **grimepoch** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:54 pm

I believe the consensus is that anything that needs to stream from a disk should not be on the same drive as your OS and swap files. Therefore, where your project is I don't think matters, but as a matter of organization, I'd probably put my project with any files directly associated with it on a second drive.

Since samples are generally used by many songs possibly, they would be all kept together, but again, on a drive that is not the system drive.

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:26 pm

mrgkeys wrote:What's the difference here running OS X's (core audio) Aggregate Device vs running DP's own Aggregate Device setup?

Using Core Audio's Aggregate Devices solves the timing issue that causes clicks and pops in our audio. Apparently it slaves the devices to the Mac's clock, and does so with accuracy that prevents the jitter or whatever is causing these clicks. (you'll have to ask someone with more knowledge than I for the complete breakdown)

When we first started learning about this, we all thought we'd found the holy grail. It was just great. But then some of us inexplicably began having strange problems. That was back in July/August of last year. If you want to read the whole episode, from salvation to damnation, click here. But read it all. The bad stuff doesn't begin until about page 4.

Now, if grimepoch's experience is any indication, it appears that those problems have been fixed. I'm still hesitant to try it again, because the burn was pretty severe for me at the time. I ended up backing up my whole computer (80 DVDs) and doing a clean reinstall after about 3 months. But if enough people say that it's working again, I'll jump in and get my feet wet, because truly it was the greatest solution to come along since DP was released for OSX. One can only hope.

Shooshie