n-Track Frequently Asked Questions

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• I can hear jumps (click, pops or drop-outs) in the music when playing back or recording a song
  
  If, even with a small number of tracks you can hear jumps, pops or clicks ("drop-outs") in the audio being played or recorded, try increasing the playback and recording bufferring in the preferences dialog box.
  If you're using Asio drivers use your soundcard's Asio Control Panel to set the buffer size (the n-Track Settings/Buffering settigs are ignored when using Asio drivers).
  Increasing buffering will increase the time delay between any action performed on the mixer and its audible result. It will also increase the latency when playing instruments using Live input processing.
  
  If the drop-outs occur only during recording, try enabling the "Enable write buffering" option in the Settings/Buffering box.
  
  If the drop-outs seem to be independent from buffering, the problem may be related to the soundcard. Try to update the soundcard drivers downloading them from the manufacturer web site. If an update doesn't yet exist, try to reinstall the current drivers.
  
  The video card or another device may be interfering with the soundcard. Try to update the video card's driver.
  Try using the DPC Latency Checker tool or LatencyMon to see if your computer has device drivers that are inhibiting low latency audio.
  The following is a list of possible actions to try to address DPC latency issues. These items may not apply to your specific device or operating system version
  
  • Before loading n-Track try to close any resident program such as programs running in the system tray, antiviruses, anti-spyware or other system monitoring tools.
  • Try to disable CPU power management or making it less aggressive
  • Try to disable the graphics hardware acceleration in the Control Panel/System/Performance/Graphics/ dialog box (Control Panel/Display/Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot on Windows XP).
  • The interference may also be with the hard disk controller. Try to toggle the DMA transfers on the Hard Disk Controller: go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, System,and Device Manager. Double click on the CD-ROM drive, then go to Settings, uncheck the DMA option. Follow the same procedure, to disable the DMA options under Disk Drives, and under the Hard Disk Controllers.
  • If the computer BIOS allows it, try to increase the "PCI Latency timer" setting.
  
  
  

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