Popping in FL Studio?

Question

So, I've been getting this popping/crackling sound in FL, and I understand it's got something to do with buffer length, that they're called under-runs, and that it's because there's too much in the project.
I've tried using ASIO, dragging buffer length all the way to the right, and I even changed my resampling to 2-point linear, which helped a little, but it's still happening. The thing is that my projects played fine two days ago, but yesterday when I tried listening to them (without changing ANYTHING since the previous night) they were unbearably slow, and would not stop popping. Would this have something to do with my sound card/CPU? Or could it be that my hard drive has too much **** on it, or what?
I've searched for the past two days for an answer, but cannot find anything.

Answer 1

Hm, clearly you've done your research because something like this usually is exactly the cause of having a buffer size that's too small. Just to make sure, you are using ASIO4ALL right? ASIO4ALL is free and it's a beast of an audio driver.



Now, the cracks and pops MAY be underruns. They usually are. To check if they are, start playing something in FL Studio while having your Audio Settings window open (Options > Audio Settings) and keep an eye on your underruns count:

http://goo.gl/j4ezq



If it's increasing, then it means that there's something up with the audio driver or your computer's performance, which is weird because as you said, 2 days ago it was working fine. If it IS increasing then check this page out:

http://www.image-line.com/support/FLHelp/html/app_underrun.htm



However, like I said, those pops may not be underruns, in which case the underruns count would remain at 0. This page might provide a solution to that:

http://www.image-line.com/support/FLHelp/html/app_plugin.htm



It's unlikely that your hard disk is the problem, unless you're streaming samples directly from the hard disk with sample libraries like East/West, and even then, that would be a problem with hard disk performance and not actually filling up your hard disk with random crap.



I hope that helped. Good luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It could be either of the two things you mentioned. Built-in soundcards aren't really designed for music production. It might be time to upgrade to a more professional audio interface. It could also be that your computer just doesn't have enough memory to handle all of the stuff that it's trying to do at once.



Turn off any other programmes that you don't need which are running in the background. It might help a bit. Also, go to your audio settings in FL Studio, increase the buffer length and maybe reduce the sample rate a notch or two. That could help to lighten the load, so to speak.

Answer 4

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Popping in FL Studio?

So, I've been getting this popping/crackling sound in FL, and I understand it's got something to do with buffer length, that they're called under-runs, and that it's because there's too much in the project.

I've tried using ASIO, dragging buffer length all the way to the...

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