HELP: Clicking/Popping sounds while playing back audio

[thechloefiction]

Hi!

I've been hearing subtle clicking/popping noise while playing back audio (even Youtube videos) on my Wharfedale Diamond Studio 8.1 ProActive monitors.

I'm using 3 Mackie Onyx 400F Preamp FireWire Interface connected to an Intel Core 2 Quad with 3gig of RAM.

What could be the problem? Please help.

Thanks!

[peeves24]

try increasing the buffer settings of your asio driver

[thechloefiction]

try increasing the buffer settings of your asio driver

Hi peeves24!

Thanks for the response. I've already tried setting the buffer of the Asio to maximum (2048 samples) but still, there's popping noise while playing back audio.
Any other suggestions in mind?

[KitC]

Some detailed info on your pc would help.

[thechloefiction]

Some detailed info on your pc would help.

Intel(R) Core(TM) Quad CPU
q9450 @ 2.66Ghz
2.67 Ghz 3.21 GB of RAM
Windows XP SP3

[KitC]

What about firewire connectivity? Is your Onyx daisychained to other firewire devices or directly connected to the mobo firewire? the reason I asked for detailed info is because knowing even what model of mobo you have is important. Identifying the chipset helps determine possible hardware conflicts. Even having a relatively powerful video card has been known to cause havoc with DAWs.

[thechloefiction]

What about firewire connectivity? Is your Onyx daisychained to other firewire devices or directly connected to the mobo firewire? the reason I asked for detailed info is because knowing even what model of mobo you have is important. Identifying the chipset helps determine possible hardware conflicts. Even having a relatively powerful video card has been known to cause havoc with DAWs.

The 3 Onyx are directly connected to the computer, not daisy chained.

Operating System:
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)

Processor:
2.67 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q9450
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
12288 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded

Drives:
1400.30 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
944.91 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N [CD-ROM drive]
HP DVD Writer 1040d [CD-ROM drive]
NKRIFO V0L6FKH SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST31000340AS [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3200827AS [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 0, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3200827AS [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 2, s/n 4ND3NG3A, rev 3.AAH, SMART Status: Healthy

Main Circuit Board:
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5Q-EM Rev 1.xx
Serial Number: MS1C88B82Q02489
Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0202 07/25/2008

Memory Modules:
    3294 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB (serial number SerNum00)
Slot 'DIMM1' has 2048 MB (serial number SerNum01)
Slot 'DIMM2' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty


Local Drive Volumes:   
c: (NTFS on drive 0)    41.94 GB    3.13 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1)    1000.20 GB    688.72 GB free
e: (NTFS on drive 0)    158.11 GB    97.16 GB free
g: (NTFS on drive 2)    200.05 GB    155.90 GB free

Controllers:
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (3x)

Bus Adapters:
APP7SS8H IDE Controller
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (2x)
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller (6x)

Other Devices:
    OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
61883 Class Bus Device (3x)
AVC Device (3x)
CyberPower Battery Backup
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
USB Protection Device
USB Root Hub (8x)

*will update information tomorrow*

[KitC]

The Asus P5Q uses the Intel G45 chipset which means you are using onboard graphics which usually have issues with audio. Look for potential IRQ conflicts using Device Manager > View by connections, then expand the IRQ tree. See if the graphics conflicts (or shares an IRQ) with the onboard firewire. If it does, you might have to get a separate video card, or even a different OS! 

you might also want to read up on this:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20100330041113687&board_id=1&model=P5Q-EM&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

[thechloefiction]

The Asus P5Q uses the Intel G45 chipset which means you are using onboard graphics which usually have issues with audio. Look for potential IRQ conflicts using Device Manager > View by connections, then expand the IRQ tree. See if the graphics conflicts (or shares an IRQ) with the onboard firewire. If it does, you might have to get a separate video card, or even a different OS! 

you might also want to read up on this:

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20100330041113687&board_id=1&model=P5Q-EM&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

Is it better to daisy chain the interface? And should I turn on the computer first before the interface or the other way around?

Here's the IRQ Tree:

[deathkid]

try to install the driver of the on-board video

[KitC]

try to install the driver of the on-board video

Looks plausible... there's a big question mark where there shouldn't be one. Also unusual is that I don't see the SATA controller (your mobo has 6 sata). Did you install the mobo drivers at all? Try to update the drivers and, in some cases, bios.

Is it better to daisychain? I think it's better not to, although firewire is more tolerant of this.

[deathkid]

i think sana input output thingy yung sata controllers..   

[KitC]

Ha! don't get me started with the IRQ tables in vista.  I'm still bummed out that my Win7 drive died and went to hard disk heaven, with very little hope of data recovery.