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    Hi

    I need some advice on a decent piece of recording software that is not too CPU hungry, I recorded a mix using Traktor and Garage band, but is full of pops and crackles... a bit like rice crispys lol

    I also need it to pick up my firewire soundcard signal and record it.

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    What's wrong with using the internal recording in traktor?

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    Quote Originally Posted by eeloe View Post
    What's wrong with using the internal recording in traktor?
    ditto
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    just make sure the gain isn't too high on the Traktor recorder otherwise it crackles like a motherfucker. But yeh in general, ditto.
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    crackles and pops. better check your settings.

    i just recorded a hour long mix earlier this week and the only crackle i heard was from a corrupt bit of one of my tracks.

    i'm using a mpb 2.4GHz w/ 8GB ram and a 7200rpm hdd

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    I'm recording from an external source I.e. the mixer and returning the mix back.through the firewire, the only options I get in the traktor preferences for recording externally ask.me to select channel A B C or D suggesting that I cannot record the mix only one channel, ideally the options would allow me to select channels 9 and 10 which are the returns from the mixer to the macbook. Also I would like to be able to record the events not running through Traktor I.e. from CDJ's. I set the mixer to limit the output to -3db when recording, so I'm pretty confident the crackled are artifacts from overdriving the CPU especially.when experiencing the lag on garage band, mind you Traktor held up well
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    In that case probably audacity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fullenglishpint View Post
    In that case probably audacity.
    This, or get one of these and record externally.

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    After a few hours of playing about with the settings in the mixer and through trial and error, I think that the crackles are caused by Garage Band and Traktor running in unison.

    I have tried tapedeck a mac based app, that doesnt pick up the firewire connections, neither does twistedwave nor audacity, I have even tried using soundflower to re-route the sound. The channels are picked up by the macbook but Im a bit stumped!

    It would be so good just to plug my laptop in and be able to record the whole night... (gig coming up in swansea) but I dont think its going to happen.

    Last edited by paulalexsaltis; 01-14-2011 at 05:28 PM.
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    Hi

    I have finally got rid of the crackles by upping the sample rate to 96000hz and latency to 35ms.

    35ms seems a little high, does anyone else have to mix with such latency in order to record on one device and also will it make much difference to performance response? Any hints or tips are welcome ;D
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