Right after the latest Windows 10 update, my Audacity (latest version) started adding a lot of crackling into my waveforms. I record in Reaper and do a few adjustments in Audacity, because they do them better. The sharp popping and crackles are not always in the same places and a change in the interface host, buffers, etc. makes no difference. Really annoying.
Anyone else have this? Is it a coincidence that it happened right after a Win 10 update?
Any ideas?
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Snap, Crackle and Pop
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Re: Snap, Crackle and Pop
This is "just" a playback problem, right? Exported files are OK?
I don't know how to fix it, but it sounds like buffer underrun related to multitasking... Some application/process/driver is hogging the CPU for a few too many milliseconds and the buffer doesn't get refilled in time. If you're using ASIO with REAPER it has different buffers and it may have higher priority, etc.
I don't know how to fix it, but it sounds like buffer underrun related to multitasking... Some application/process/driver is hogging the CPU for a few too many milliseconds and the buffer doesn't get refilled in time. If you're using ASIO with REAPER it has different buffers and it may have higher priority, etc.