Pops and clicks

[umdesch4]

I noticed this problem just last night with a Snow running in Sonar...playing back a 4 part multi sequence and attempting to record it via USB. It was at 4 bar complexity, and not chopping any notes, but I was getting all kinds of clicks and pops.

Then I discovered something interesting. Instead of recording the audio in Sonar, on a lark I fired up Adobe Audition, set my record source to "TI Snow USB", hit record, flipped back to Sonar and played back the sequence. For some strange reason, I suddenly ended up with a clean playback/recording without any artifacts.

I'm suspicious that this has more to do with the USB communication, than something wrong with the audio data being generated in the unit itself.

[Numina]

Hi - I started this thread awhile ago and just checked back... wow, looks like this is indeed a common problem.

I also should say I use my TI in stand alone mode - I only connect the USB port for software updates. So I can say with confidence that the USB connection doesn't have anything to do with these issues.

This evening I sat down and planned to dig deep into the TI and make some new sounds but right off the bat the pads I was working on started popping/clicking. The resource bar was at 3 to 4 and I'd only be playing 4 or 5 notes at a time and the clicks/pops are all over it. I stopped working on it.

I love my TI too, but it's now just plain frustrating. I'm not an expert, but it seems like there ought to be a way to correct this with a software update.

Multi-mode is pretty much useless for me, so all I can do is work in single mode and pray the pops/clicks don't come up during recording.

At least we're all in the same boat.

J.

[Numina]

To be fair, I felt it necessary to follow up here on my pop & click rant and mention some surprising results... After having owned my TI1 for some time now I decided it was time to splurge on a TI|2 Polar as I may be using this for gigging some time soon and wanted not only a smaller synth but a TI with more power.

I spent this morning loading up my old singles and multis and lo and behold I have the SAME EXACT issues as before - i.e. pops and clicks! So, the good news is I do not own a faulty or defective TI1. I am thankful for this. The disappointing news is that I apparently eat up way too much processing power in multimode - it seems to be related to heavy use of reverb although I can't say for sure. I will say that the pops and clicks are less frequent in the TI|2 but not only do I still have these issues, I've had the unit lock up on me already and do some crazy light shows when testing the the Multi-Channel mode setting (the same issues I've experienced on my TI1). So, I guess this is just the way these synths are. Hope I did not offend anyone at Access with my rant - it's still a pain, but I can live with it because IMO the Virus TI is, hands down, the ultimate in atmospheric pads and I couldn't live without it.

Bottom line is, for those of you who do experience pops and clicks, particularly in multimode and using a lot of effect, you likely do NOT have a defective unit. Rather the TI is just limited by the sheer amount of processing going on in complex programs.

I would much prefer running into voice stealing / cutoff notes rather than harsh pops and clicks, but this is just something we're going to have to live with.

J.