This was such a life savor, I was so sick of the crack pop during playback that I was about to chuck this computer out the windows. I've seen a lot of videos on the samples and latency and no one helped on this specific thing but you, so thanks!!
Damn man, you're a life saver!!! I followed your advice and my pops and crackles disappeared. No one at Studio One was ever able to help, after weeks and weeks of getting advice from them. What a simple fix-increasing playback to the highest setting. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to more great advice from you!
I ALMOST scrapped and re-recorded a song because of crackling and noise. Thanks to this video I was able to keep and perfect my original mix! I have Studio One on Windows 10 and I already knew how to fix latency. Turns out the higher block size eliminates crackles and noise - as you demonstrated. Thanks!
Thanks so Much! This also fixed an issue I had with a mixdown wave file glitch on one of the midi tracks. The track would just start way too loud and pop on the wave file. Problem Solved!!!
Wow this worked great. I had mine set at 256 for recording but never was an issue with the 96 usb interface on playback. Just upgraded to the 1818 and I couldn’t even listen back because it popped so bad. I put it up to 2048 samples for mixing and no pops at all. Thank you much.
So I was recently editing the audio for a video of a singer and had the crackling and popping sound and it seemed to be caused by the pop up video window, I say this because when I "X-ed" it out, the problem went away... Which was great, but I couldn't see the lip sync as I was editing, which wasn't really necessary in this case, but I could see it being problematic in a different scenario... Anyway, I made some adjustments in how my CPU was doing the processing, which seemed to help, but it was still doing some popping and cracking... I stumbled across this video and after making the adjustment that you suggested, the problem is completely gone! Thank you so much for making this!
Wow! I've been dealing with this problem for 2 years, especially when using cpu intensive plugins like IK Tape Machines and this fixed it so easily. You're the best.🙂
Was having the same crackling problem using a presonus audiobox. COuldn't find any help on forums but changing the block size as suggested in universal control solved my problem. Thanks!
Thank you! This totally fixed the latency when I was recording. Thought I was going crazy lol. It also fixed the popping on Play back. #lifesaver. Subscribing to your channel right now.
Thanks... This has been a game changer for me getting rid of the just a little lag recording live instruments. Also finally figured out how to send stems thanks to your other video. Helpful, patient and clearly stated without any extra tangents...
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Isnt the Processing tab related to the mixing and the audio tab to the input only unless you put it on the two highest settings then the processing tab will be bypassed. Keeping the buffer at recording sizes and processing at whatever works is the recommended approach from Presonus. I have 16 and maximum for large sessions and are very careful not to have rec enable or monitoring on anywhere.
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So thought this would also answer my issue but no luck. Crackles and pops a plenty. 16 gig, i7, SSD etc. My Mac is a 2010 model with 8 gig with no issue so no correlation there! Some great comment below though!
This usually works 95% of the time. However, there is something else going on in your situation. It's impossible for me to troubleshoot an issues when there are so many different computer configurations out there today. It could be an application or 3rd party plugin installed on your machine as well. if you open a brand new session, dont install a single plugin. Just import a couple of tracks of audio and play it back. Are you still have these issues?
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy Yeah with just the one track. To be fair I haven't tried multiple variations of lead, port, platform as yet. Never had an issue with Logic and USB 2 or Cubase and windows 10. Only encountered this recently with Studio One and a new laptop, didn't expect instant results but didn't expect to nearly blow my tweeters either!!!
I have recently recorded 4 tracks (3 guitar + 1 bass) everything went fine, no to little latency at all. Then I started recording the guitar solo, also it sounds great and on time when I play and record. However now when I listen to what I recorded it's like one bar to late in relation to the other tracks. It doesn't matter what I do it keeps getting delayed somewhere in the recording process so the end result turns out bad. I use the old Studio One 2 program from 2014. I have recorded other songs with none of these problems, so it's strange it kind of came out of nowhere. BR and great content!
Useful video. What if you record solely using vst instruments, what's the best approach? Will you get latency if you use a large buffer for vst instruments?
You explained it perfectly. My 8 gig pc wasn't handling the mpd218 correctly. Can't really record much without it closing out all of a sudden, and locking me out of the song.
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I noticed one interesting thing. I'm recording and I get some crackling noises, that also record onto the track. When my interface is set to play back the sound of the Windows system (e.g. watching this video and hearing it through my interface's outputs - and yes, I'm using a PC), I get crackling noises. When I set my Windows sound output to the built in soundcard, there's no crackling left.
I had horrid latency with an analog mixer. It was low end and consumer level. Once I bought an interface, the difference was night and day. While not an Apollo, monitoring became tolerable. Cracks, hums, pops, etc. is all in the good leads.
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On Windows 10, I had to use Universal Control to change the buffer size, and that fixed it, thanks to you explaining the root of the problem. Thanks for the help!
Another thing to watch out for are master bus plugins that add latency. I'd been away from my DAW for a while and returned to work on a "finished" project with many VI's and master bus processing. My latency settings were all on point but my instruments had latency and newly tracked guitars were slightly off time. I was puzzled. Then I realized plugins on my master were adding latency. When I turned those off for tracking everything was perfect. Turned them on again when tracking was done.
As a singer-songwriter tech stuff is not my highest suite of skills it just seems to use a different part of my brain that kind of stops creativity, that's is the reason I use Studio one, its up and running really quickly. Imagine my horror when it started making these awful clicks and pops when I was mixing, well this fixed it Brilliant. You, sir, are a genius. Much thanks from The Mysterys HQ.
Maybe Im in the 5% then... It was fine before and needed to fix my PC and reset it. Now I figured it out all again and the only thing that I didnt figure out yet was the cracking sounds and popping sounds like someone poked a mic. It only does it when im playing through Revalver 4. I updated the drivers, I tried both 441Hz and 48Hz for the sample rate (theres more options too) and buffer size is 256 samples. If I try to change it in the control panels, playback starts to skip off and on and the program bugs until I change it back to 256. Im using Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO. I tried to change USB ports, plugging my UR22MKII through different USB ports, didnt change anything. DOes that makes sense at all to you?
big help, thanks much. Your solution was the one of many I've looked at that finally fixed my static problem on a heavily-edited guitar track. One follow-up question: each time I change the device block size, it holds for both record and playback of that song and also for any new song I start, so I will try to find a setting (I'm using Studio One Pro v. 4) that works all the time for both recording and playback. Or would you recommend changing it back and forth for each situation for CPU performance issues for example?
Yes but what's a happy medium? For example 95% of my music is electric guitar and my vocals, I want a super low latency for recording but like to check what it sounds like after takes, are you saying I have to keep switching it every time? That would add a huge amount of extra time to my project times, to be fair I only really notice the pops and crackles when using midi, it seems to be fine when it's just my guitar and vocal, how low a latency is acceptable for guitar? Maybe I can fine tune it and find a happy medium, right now my latency for guitar is 1.5ms and that's fantastic recording wise
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I never had to play with block sizes before until recently, when I bought Gerg Well's plugins. I am using Windows 10, i7 (8th gen) and 16GB RAM. never had any issues with latency. But right after I inserted the MixCentric on the master bus while mixing, I started to hear crackles like vinyls. I will try to reset the blocks. Also I have seen few people commented that after they changed the block sizes, they lost their audios. Do you know anything about that?
Fantastic explanation! I watched other videos on the topic (too complex or just skipping some essential steps) and tried to figure this out myself for many hours, but this video motivated me again. Thanks and I’ll subscribe…curious to see more!
Are your vocal recording videos still relevant? What plugins should I buy for vocals and brass recording? I'm just using the base studio one with no plugins on Windows.
Hi, I am using the Presonus Audiobox 96 with Studio One Artist 5. When I plug in my guitar directly into the audiobox i can hear my clean guitar however, when I drag Ampire over to the channel under inserts, I can hear the distorted amp AND my clean sound. What am I doing wrong?
I have no idea. I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
Of course this is a general premise with every DAW but you would think Presonus being all new and sparkly would have a auto buffer set function when record is enabled with user defined ranges based on their system, Anyway I’ve been migrating from ProTools for a about a year now and although the work flow features are clever and pragmatic in design I don’t think the sound quality is as rich and deep as PTs, also midi editing and mastering weaknesses don’t justify a total switch for me anyway there is also some weirdness in the way the edit and mix screens relate they don’t always seem to correlate like when a fader doesn’t appear until you add an instrument to a existing midi track (I would like a fader to be created with every new track I make) also there are some faders you can’t delete only hide, very odd, and the colors are a nice addition but selected tracks should be brighter and the waveform color a separate color if I so chose, I could go on but not the forum but yeah the buffer thing is a pain in every DAW including Studio One--Home setup- optimized 2014 IMac i9 64 gigs ram, thunder bolt Apollo, PTs, Ableton,Studio One 3.5, 56 year old studio and stage musician recorded almost everywhere that’s anywhere and ProTools is still the standard out there let’s be real but SO is nice for the home hobby shop very intuitive and easy
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I found the answer ! : click up at the top left where it says “StudioOne” Click “OPTIONS” Click “Audio Setup” Click “Processing” ( within Audio Setup) Click DropoutProtection “Low” That will completely * stop latency for recording
I think the problem I'm facing is I'm using plug-ins and I need to hear a near finished mix sound to get an idea if the track will sound good and if I need to re-record again. Can't get an idea how the song idea comes across at the low settings with the latency.
You may want to consider something like the Universal Audio Apollo with uni-sen technology. That will allow you to record with all the plugins you want with no latency, crackles, pops etc.
THANKS. these issues appeared as I added tracks. Will my masterpiece be destroyed if i have the file saved as a song in Studio One 5, and I reinstall on a quad core 16 gig computer?
I recorded vocals with plug ins and can hear pops and clicks. Does that mean the block size has to be higher ?? Sence I’m recording with the plug ins ?
@HomeRecordingMadeEasy so the issue was that I had a ground light connected and the cable was next to the xlr cable. I would have never thought by having the xlr cable next to the lamp cable would make the weird sound come out. Everytime I move the xlr cable next tot he lamp cable I can hear the ssss sound or the whistle sound and when I removed it away from the lamp it will stop
sir please help me to set my Samson Graphite 49 completely with studio one 3 DAW. so that I can use the MIDI Keyboard without latency problem and use all the keys and controls of Graphite 49
im just having a hard time with playback..everything sounds great through my headphones but when i play it back through my pc speakers the volume is lower on my voice than the music..the music is louder than my voice and what plays back doesn't sound as good as it does in the headphones...i am not sure what to do about this, or how to really set up the volume levels.
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Thanks for the great video! I have a question, though. I have a Presonus Audiobox 1818vsl and I cannot change the block size settings in Studio One 5 Artist. So I keep having 2048 samples and high latency which makes the performance impossible while recording. Is it something that I did wrong in the settings or is there something else I could do to fix this problem? thanks in advance and thanks for your great videos!!
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy thanks for your quick response! I have actually fixed it by changing the settings in Virtual Studio Live. Somehow, I can change the settings only there and automatically changes Studio One, but not the other way around. Thanks again!
I have a 16 core Ryzen CPU with 16gb of memory and this software needs me to do what just to play without glitches? I got this in a free bundle and i feel im now just gonna purchase FL Studio.. more over im trying to use studio one 3 on a recent custom desktop. Or maybe i should just get a mac cause windows sucks
i pplied it to my settings but still having a little latency using mixcraft 7 my pc runs on third gen I7 core, scarlet 3rd gen audio interface, yamaha keyboard connected to my audio interface as audio not as MIDI device . i tried to record some plays of fine while listening to a rythem i made in mixcraft .. but really couldn't figure how to solve it.. i appriciate your value advice. thanks.
I just got studio one 5, I use a Mac laptop, I’ve tried everything but I’m having trouble connecting my mic to it; I’m using an usb mic. Whenever I try to use it, it doesn’t say my mic is available to use so I can’t record or even hear it through my headphones. Do I need to buy an audio interface? I’m really stressing about this
Hi! Presonus just ignored me so maybe you will be able to help me. I'm just testing studio one prime version and I have created 2 tracks using wav loops and I have noticed when I clicked play and loop start playing i heard small tiny click at the beginning of that loop so every time the loop was at the start i heard that click.so first i have tried to change fade in ( reduced slightly the volume) but no joy, i have changed the block size the same. I have two years old macbook pro so should be OK. The same samples in reaper and ableton are sounds normal. No issue there. Strange i was so close to buy studio one 5 but I don't think I can.
When I start my studio one and add my audio track, i get the worst feedback that doesn't go away until I switch off the track. Do you have any advice on how to get rid of it?
Is the input gain turned up too loud? That usually causes feedback. also, if you are new to Studio One you may want to consider this course www.homerecordingmadeeasy.com/presonus-studio-one-training
hi, i'm running studio one 6 with an akai mpk mini keyboard and i've tried everything you suggested and still experience latency when trying to record midi. totally frustrating as i cant really create until i can get past this issue. funny thing is i also use fl studio to create tracks and i dont experience any latency at all.. is there any other suggestion you can make??
no. If you tried everything in the video and still have issues, then you need to contact Presonus tech support. My guess its your computer specs and/or settings
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I have an issue where I record from my motu m2 into my MacBook Pro 14 (16gb ram M1 Pro processor). It has a static that randomly appears mostly during recording into the daw and it prints onto the wav file I’ve tried everything. Any help?
Without seeing the setup, I have no idea. The quickest thing to do is try a different interface and see if that solves the issue. Try a different USB pot on your computer as well.
When I plug my instruments into my PreSonus AudioBox interface. The levels are always too loud, almost peeking. Even when the level knobs on the interface are turned all the way down. Same thing happened when I tried to record drums with a different interface. Would you happen to know why that is?
my case is a little different. I started noticing Hugh pops on 2048 but its ok on 1024.but it was working just fine on 2048. what should i do ? any suggestions?
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy thanks for the response I am facing this problem after freshly installing a new windows.Only God knows what is the solution now.
My crackles/pops in Studio One are impacted by volume. If I turn it way down, the noise goes away. When watching any other videos or listening to anything outside of studio one, I can crank the volume with no issue. It's just something in Studio One. I'm recording MIDI and the crackles and static are awful. No such issue with audio recording.
Hey, i have a problem, im using a 2012 MacBook pro, and when i record a track, it doesnt let me record when i save it, i have times where i work on a track and want to take a rest from it and come back to it later, and when i click the track it doesnt let me record. Plz help.
i wish studio one had more option in the pref. like pro tools or cubase. I get serious latency issues when trying to tweak plugins during playback. I have a powerful build, and am aware of how to set the sample rates. s4 will show 16 percent cpu usage but still lags like crazy when trying to mix during playback. I think it has something to do with core optimization, but not sure. This is why I always find myself going back to Pro tools
I switch to Windows 10, same audio device and monitors that were working fine before on Mac. Nothing but nightmares now. Extremely annoying crackling noise all the time. I'm having it constantly even when just watching youtube videos like this one. I lowered the settings all the way down to 16-bit 44.1KHz, Disabled All Enhancements, swapped out USB cable and plugged it into computer directly instead of hub, rebooted. Nothing works. Any time I switch audio apps like switching from youtube to another app I have to unplug and re-plug the USB. RUclips videos just hang until I either switch to another audio device or unplug the USB to the Presonus and plug it back in. I tried a range of settings in Universal Control as well. Tried both exclusive and non-exclusive mode. Plugging the headphone jack output of my laptop directly into the mic input of the audio interface works fine without any crackling. So it is definitely some kind of USB or driver issue. Computer is an i9 6-core processor with 32GB of RAM with nothing else going on in the background. If that can't play 2 channels youtube audio at 44.1KHz then I don't know what will. I updated to the latest drivers from presonus too but nothing works. I also saw some comments on forums that it might be that the USB is not getting enough power so I tried 3 different powered USB hubs in addition to directly plugged into the laptop. Same problem with the crackling audio. So frustrated.
This was such a life savor, I was so sick of the crack pop during playback that I was about to chuck this computer out the windows. I've seen a lot of videos on the samples and latency and no one helped on this specific thing but you, so thanks!!
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Damn man, you're a life saver!!! I followed your advice and my pops and crackles disappeared. No one at Studio One was ever able to help, after weeks and weeks of getting advice from them. What a simple fix-increasing playback to the highest setting. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to more great advice from you!
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I ALMOST scrapped and re-recorded a song because of crackling and noise. Thanks to this video I was able to keep and perfect my original mix! I have Studio One on Windows 10 and I already knew how to fix latency. Turns out the higher block size eliminates crackles and noise - as you demonstrated. Thanks!
You are very welcome!
Thanks so Much! This also fixed an issue I had with a mixdown wave file glitch on one of the midi tracks. The track would just start way too loud and pop on the wave file. Problem Solved!!!
Glad it helped!
Wow this worked great. I had mine set at 256 for recording but never was an issue with the 96 usb interface on playback. Just upgraded to the 1818 and I couldn’t even listen back because it popped so bad. I put it up to 2048 samples for mixing and no pops at all. Thank you much.
That is great to hear. Thanks for watching!
So I was recently editing the audio for a video of a singer and had the crackling and popping sound and it seemed to be caused by the pop up video window, I say this because when I "X-ed" it out, the problem went away... Which was great, but I couldn't see the lip sync as I was editing, which wasn't really necessary in this case, but I could see it being problematic in a different scenario... Anyway, I made some adjustments in how my CPU was doing the processing, which seemed to help, but it was still doing some popping and cracking... I stumbled across this video and after making the adjustment that you suggested, the problem is completely gone! Thank you so much for making this!
Fantastic! I am glad the video was helpful!
THANK YOU !!!! WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR THESE OTHER GUYS EXPLAIN IT SO EASILY LIKE YOU JUST DID?????
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This was an amazing video, perfectly explained. You're a great teacher
Thank you Derek!
Wow! I've been dealing with this problem for 2 years, especially when using cpu intensive plugins like IK Tape Machines and this fixed it so easily. You're the best.🙂
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks!! That fixed my snap, crackle, and pop issue! Also loved how you were to the point in how to fix it.
You're welcome!
Was having the same crackling problem using a presonus audiobox. COuldn't find any help on forums but changing the block size as suggested in universal control solved my problem. Thanks!
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Thank you! This totally fixed the latency when I was recording. Thought I was going crazy lol. It also fixed the popping on Play back. #lifesaver. Subscribing to your channel right now.
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Thanks... This has been a game changer for me getting rid of the just a little lag recording live instruments. Also finally figured out how to send stems thanks to your other video. Helpful, patient and clearly stated without any extra tangents...
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Thanks Dave. Can you do a follow up vid that addresses the "Processing" tab and it's relation to the zero latency Z feature?
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you, my friend, are awesome. Thank you! From a total DAW noob.
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Truly appreciate it. Just started to have issue. I’ll check it out and let you know how it went.
Fantastic.
Isnt the Processing tab related to the mixing and the audio tab to the input only unless you put it on the two highest settings then the processing tab will be bypassed. Keeping the buffer at recording sizes and processing at whatever works is the recommended approach from Presonus. I have 16 and maximum for large sessions and are very careful not to have rec enable or monitoring on anywhere.
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So thought this would also answer my issue but no luck. Crackles and pops a plenty. 16 gig, i7, SSD etc. My Mac is a 2010 model with 8 gig with no issue so no correlation there! Some great comment below though!
This usually works 95% of the time. However, there is something else going on in your situation. It's impossible for me to troubleshoot an issues when there are so many different computer configurations out there today. It could be an application or 3rd party plugin installed on your machine as well. if you open a brand new session, dont install a single plugin. Just import a couple of tracks of audio and play it back. Are you still have these issues?
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy Yeah with just the one track. To be fair I haven't tried multiple variations of lead, port, platform as yet. Never had an issue with Logic and USB 2 or Cubase and windows 10. Only encountered this recently with Studio One and a new laptop, didn't expect instant results but didn't expect to nearly blow my tweeters either!!!
I have recently recorded 4 tracks (3 guitar + 1 bass) everything went fine, no to little latency at all. Then I started recording the guitar solo, also it sounds great and on time when I play and record. However now when I listen to what I recorded it's like one bar to late in relation to the other tracks. It doesn't matter what I do it keeps getting delayed somewhere in the recording process so the end result turns out bad. I use the old Studio One 2 program from 2014. I have recorded other songs with none of these problems, so it's strange it kind of came out of nowhere.
BR and great content!
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
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I will, thanks for the advice
Useful video. What if you record solely using vst instruments, what's the best approach? Will you get latency if you use a large buffer for vst instruments?
same concept
You explained it perfectly. My 8 gig pc wasn't handling the mpd218 correctly. Can't really record much without it closing out all of a sudden, and locking me out of the song.
Glad it was helpful
Dude this video just saved me from such a frustrating issue I've been dealing with for months and couldn't figure out
FANTASTIC!!
Thank you, THANK YOU,THANK YOU! It was killing me with the crackles in the background
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You just helped me tremendously.!! I'm starting a playlist on my channel for my production company and I really look forward to learning from you 😅😄😁
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I noticed one interesting thing. I'm recording and I get some crackling noises, that also record onto the track. When my interface is set to play back the sound of the Windows system (e.g. watching this video and hearing it through my interface's outputs - and yes, I'm using a PC), I get crackling noises. When I set my Windows sound output to the built in soundcard, there's no crackling left.
sounds like a faulty interface maybe?
I had horrid latency with an analog mixer. It was low end and consumer level. Once I bought an interface, the difference was night and day. While not an Apollo, monitoring became tolerable. Cracks, hums, pops, etc. is all in the good leads.
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Me and my wife love your straight forward information!!!
Thank you so much!
Totally fixed all of my issues, THANK YOU! Lifetime subscriber!
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On Windows 10, I had to use Universal Control to change the buffer size, and that fixed it, thanks to you explaining the root of the problem. Thanks for the help!
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Another thing to watch out for are master bus plugins that add latency. I'd been away from my DAW for a while and returned to work on a "finished" project with many VI's and master bus processing. My latency settings were all on point but my instruments had latency and newly tracked guitars were slightly off time. I was puzzled. Then I realized plugins on my master were adding latency. When I turned those off for tracking everything was perfect. Turned them on again when tracking was done.
Great points! Thank you for sharing
As a singer-songwriter tech stuff is not my highest suite of skills it just seems to use a different part of my brain that kind of stops creativity, that's is the reason I use Studio one, its up and running really quickly. Imagine my horror when it started making these awful clicks and pops when I was mixing, well this fixed it Brilliant. You, sir, are a genius. Much thanks from The Mysterys HQ.
Ahhh..thank you for the kind words
Fixed! Thanks for this, very concise and easy to follow
Glad it helped!
You are truly a savior. I almost returned my Presonus!
Great. Glad I could help
Maybe Im in the 5% then... It was fine before and needed to fix my PC and reset it. Now I figured it out all again and the only thing that I didnt figure out yet was the cracking sounds and popping sounds like someone poked a mic. It only does it when im playing through Revalver 4. I updated the drivers, I tried both 441Hz and 48Hz for the sample rate (theres more options too) and buffer size is 256 samples. If I try to change it in the control panels, playback starts to skip off and on and the program bugs until I change it back to 256. Im using Yamaha Steinberg USB ASIO. I tried to change USB ports, plugging my UR22MKII through different USB ports, didnt change anything. DOes that makes sense at all to you?
So, you did not mention the specs of your computer. I also have no experience with the interface you are using.
big help, thanks much. Your solution was the one of many I've looked at that finally fixed my static problem on a heavily-edited guitar track. One follow-up question: each time I change the device block size, it holds for both record and playback of that song and also for any new song I start, so I will try to find a setting (I'm using Studio One Pro v. 4) that works all the time for both recording and playback. Or would you recommend changing it back and forth for each situation for CPU performance issues for example?
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2021 still helping 💯💯💯💪
Great!
Yes but what's a happy medium? For example 95% of my music is electric guitar and my vocals, I want a super low latency for recording but like to check what it sounds like after takes, are you saying I have to keep switching it every time? That would add a huge amount of extra time to my project times, to be fair I only really notice the pops and crackles when using midi, it seems to be fine when it's just my guitar and vocal, how low a latency is acceptable for guitar? Maybe I can fine tune it and find a happy medium, right now my latency for guitar is 1.5ms and that's fantastic recording wise
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short and to the point and fixed my problem . i am a subscriber
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I never had to play with block sizes before until recently, when I bought Gerg Well's plugins. I am using Windows 10, i7 (8th gen) and 16GB RAM. never had any issues with latency. But right after I inserted the MixCentric on the master bus while mixing, I started to hear crackles like vinyls. I will try to reset the blocks. Also I have seen few people commented that after they changed the block sizes, they lost their audios. Do you know anything about that?
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Can you make a keystroke macro to switch back and forth between your two preferred block choices??
That's a good question. I am really not sure. That's a question for the Presonus folks.
Fantastic explanation! I watched other videos on the topic (too complex or just skipping some essential steps) and tried to figure this out myself for many hours, but this video motivated me again. Thanks and I’ll subscribe…curious to see more!
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Are your vocal recording videos still relevant? What plugins should I buy for vocals and brass recording? I'm just using the base studio one with no plugins on Windows.
yes, the videos are still relevant. I use this same process today
Wow Thank you so much for this simple, but absolutely awesome, bit of mixology info. It definitely resolved my issue with SO5.3 and PS24c
Glad it helped!
Thank you!! I was having crackling noises while playing back and this just fixed it. I'm using Logic though but it still worked.
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Just what I was looking for, although I use Reaper, this knowledge can be transferred. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy forgot to mention, I use the audiobox usb, but now upgraded to 32gb and a i7 processor
Hi, I am using the Presonus Audiobox 96 with Studio One Artist 5. When I plug in my guitar directly into the audiobox i can hear my clean guitar however, when I drag Ampire over to the channel under inserts, I can hear the distorted amp AND my clean sound. What am I doing wrong?
I have no idea. I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
Of course this is a general premise with every DAW but you would think Presonus being all new and sparkly would have a auto buffer set function when record is enabled with user defined ranges based on their system, Anyway I’ve been migrating from ProTools for a about a year now and although the work flow features are clever and pragmatic in design I don’t think the sound quality is as rich and deep as PTs, also midi editing and mastering weaknesses don’t justify a total switch for me anyway there is also some weirdness in the way the edit and mix screens relate they don’t always seem to correlate like when a fader doesn’t appear until you add an instrument to a existing midi track (I would like a fader to be created with every new track I make) also there are some faders you can’t delete only hide, very odd, and the colors are a nice addition but selected tracks should be brighter and the waveform color a separate color if I so chose, I could go on but not the forum but yeah the buffer thing is a pain in every DAW including Studio One--Home setup- optimized 2014 IMac i9 64 gigs ram, thunder bolt Apollo, PTs, Ableton,Studio One 3.5, 56 year old studio and stage musician recorded almost everywhere that’s anywhere and ProTools is still the standard out there let’s be real but SO is nice for the home hobby shop very intuitive and easy
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I found the answer !
: click up at the top left where it says “StudioOne”
Click “OPTIONS”
Click “Audio Setup”
Click “Processing” ( within Audio Setup)
Click DropoutProtection “Low”
That will completely * stop latency for recording
Thanks for the info
Great advice and very easy to understand. Thanks man!
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I believe you have it backwards. You want to set your block size as LOW as you can to avoid input latency.
When recording - low block size
When mixing. - higher block size
You helped me tremendously! Thanks so much! Subscribed.
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Is there a setting in pre sonus where you can adjust which ear you want to hear a certain track on?
you mean "panning"??
Very helpful and fix my problem, thank you for this
You're very welcome!
Thanks! your video was very helpful. Keep creating more awesome content!
Thanks, will do!
I think the problem I'm facing is I'm using plug-ins and I need to hear a near finished mix sound to get an idea if the track will sound good and if I need to re-record again. Can't get an idea how the song idea comes across at the low settings with the latency.
You may want to consider something like the Universal Audio Apollo with uni-sen technology. That will allow you to record with all the plugins you want with no latency, crackles, pops etc.
I did what you told in this video but still have those issues. I am using i7 8th 16gb ram. Is there any way can I do to fix it?
Contact Presonus support
The low buffer apply to to virtual instruments too? What about the processing tab have anything to improve the performance?
yes it applies to VST's as well. I mention that in the video
THANKS. these issues appeared as I added tracks. Will my masterpiece be destroyed if i have the file saved as a song in Studio One 5, and I reinstall on a quad core 16 gig computer?
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
this video was really helpful, but my device block size doesn't have a drop down menu. so it won't let me change it
if you on a PC, go to the universal control app and change it there.
Excuse my Poor French but YOURE A FN LIFESAVER BRO ... thanks very much
No problem 👍
How do you fix the white noise hiss like problem ?
upgrade your interface
Thank you! That was very helpful!! Sounds much better now!
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Thanks David All your training is great!
My pleasure! Thank Ric
Under Audio Device I got Focusrite USB selected. I see the green bars spiking but I cannot hear any audio. Any advice?
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
I recorded vocals with plug ins and can hear pops and clicks. Does that mean the block size has to be higher ?? Sence I’m recording with the plug ins ?
you can try that but if you are trying to record through plugins and still having issues, my guess is that you have an under spec computer.
@HomeRecordingMadeEasy so the issue was that I had a ground light connected and the cable was next to the xlr cable. I would have never thought by having the xlr cable next to the lamp cable would make the weird sound come out. Everytime I move the xlr cable next tot he lamp cable I can hear the ssss sound or the whistle sound and when I removed it away from the lamp it will stop
sir please help me to set my Samson Graphite 49 completely with studio one 3 DAW. so that I can use the MIDI Keyboard without latency problem and use all the keys and controls of Graphite 49
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
im just having a hard time with playback..everything sounds great through my headphones but when i play it back through my pc speakers the volume is lower on my voice than the music..the music is louder than my voice and what plays back doesn't sound as good as it does in the headphones...i am not sure what to do about this, or how to really set up the volume levels.
Sounds like you need some basic training on recording. Which DAW are you using? If you are using Studio One go here
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Thanks for the great video! I have a question, though. I have a Presonus Audiobox 1818vsl and I cannot change the block size settings in Studio One 5 Artist. So I keep having 2048 samples and high latency which makes the performance impossible while recording. Is it something that I did wrong in the settings or is there something else I could do to fix this problem? thanks in advance and thanks for your great videos!!
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy thanks for your quick response! I have actually fixed it by changing the settings in Virtual Studio Live. Somehow, I can change the settings only there and automatically changes Studio One, but not the other way around. Thanks again!
I have a 16 core Ryzen CPU with 16gb of memory and this software needs me to do what just to play without glitches? I got this in a free bundle and i feel im now just gonna purchase FL Studio..
more over im trying to use studio one 3 on a recent custom desktop. Or maybe i should just get a mac cause windows sucks
I tell all my students, that if you have a choice, go with a Mac. You will have way less issues.
I hear the noise when recording midi instruments with my keyboard. But will try different settings and see if it goes away :) Thanks!
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Thank you brother! Very useful video!
Glad it was helpful!
i pplied it to my settings but still having a little latency using mixcraft 7
my pc runs on third gen I7 core, scarlet 3rd gen audio interface, yamaha keyboard connected to my audio interface as audio not as MIDI device .
i tried to record some plays of fine while listening to a rythem i made in mixcraft ..
but really couldn't figure how to solve it..
i appriciate your value advice.
thanks.
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy thanks for replying to me.
I just got studio one 5, I use a Mac laptop, I’ve tried everything but I’m having trouble connecting my mic to it; I’m using an usb mic. Whenever I try to use it, it doesn’t say my mic is available to use so I can’t record or even hear it through my headphones. Do I need to buy an audio interface? I’m really stressing about this
yes, you need an audio interface
Hi, for some reason my block size is set to 272 samples and can not be adjusted. Any ideas why?
No, sorry
Thanks for this video.
You just answered my answer!
No problem!
Hi! Presonus just ignored me so maybe you will be able to help me. I'm just testing studio one prime version and I have created 2 tracks using wav loops and I have noticed when I clicked play and loop start playing i heard small tiny click at the beginning of that loop so every time the loop was at the start i heard that click.so first i have tried to change fade in ( reduced slightly the volume) but no joy, i have changed the block size the same. I have two years old macbook pro so should be OK. The same samples in reaper and ableton are sounds normal. No issue there. Strange i was so close to buy studio one 5 but I don't think I can.
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
Very good presentation and info!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
How do I contact you for a live video, if that possible 😭😭 I really need help!😭
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Straight to the point! Thanks!
Thanks!
Worked immediately thanks
You're welcome!
THANK YOU BROTHA THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL I APPRECIATE IT 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Any time!
When I start my studio one and add my audio track, i get the worst feedback that doesn't go away until I switch off the track. Do you have any advice on how to get rid of it?
Is the input gain turned up too loud? That usually causes feedback. also, if you are new to Studio One you may want to consider this course
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What if you can't change that setting? I'm on PC with a PreSonus Audiobox USB96
Check the Universal Control App on a PC and change it there
Thank you soo much!! Finally found that problem!
Glad I could help!
hi, i'm running studio one 6 with an akai mpk mini keyboard and i've tried everything you suggested and still experience latency when trying to record midi. totally frustrating as i cant really create until i can get past this issue. funny thing is i also use fl studio to create tracks and i dont experience any latency at all.. is there any other suggestion you can make??
no. If you tried everything in the video and still have issues, then you need to contact Presonus tech support. My guess its your computer specs and/or settings
Fixed my problem. Thanks!
You are welcome!
What if your just recording and exporting sessions to get mixed do you still raise it back after you done?
yes
Thank you very much! You help me so much to solve this problem.
You are very welcome!
Can u please help I have Static issues that don’t want to go away I’ve tried every remedy that shown in your video
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
Thanks yo and now I'll be able to help out all the other young lads when their Synth won't stop farting. Solved my problem so far.
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I have an issue where I record from my motu m2 into my MacBook Pro 14 (16gb ram M1 Pro processor). It has a static that randomly appears mostly during recording into the daw and it prints onto the wav file I’ve tried everything. Any help?
Without seeing the setup, I have no idea. The quickest thing to do is try a different interface and see if that solves the issue. Try a different USB pot on your computer as well.
When I plug my instruments into my PreSonus AudioBox interface. The levels are always too loud, almost peeking. Even when the level knobs on the interface are turned all the way down. Same thing happened when I tried to record drums with a different interface. Would you happen to know why that is?
Not sure. I have never experienced that myself. at it lowest volume there should be little to no signal at all.
Having the same issue
my case is a little different. I started noticing Hugh pops on 2048 but its ok on 1024.but it was working just fine on 2048.
what should i do ? any suggestions?
No idea, I have never heard of that, sorry
@@HomeRecordingMadeEasy thanks for the response
I am facing this problem after freshly installing a new windows.Only God knows what is the solution now.
My crackles/pops in Studio One are impacted by volume. If I turn it way down, the noise goes away. When watching any other videos or listening to anything outside of studio one, I can crank the volume with no issue. It's just something in Studio One. I'm recording MIDI and the crackles and static are awful. No such issue with audio recording.
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!
I have a 2010 mackbook pro your advice worked for one day now it’s happening again
then your computer processor cant keep up with what you are trying to do in your session. It may be time for a computer update
Hey, i have a problem, im using a 2012 MacBook pro, and when i record a track, it doesnt let me record when i save it, i have times where i work on a track and want to take a rest from it and come back to it later, and when i click the track it doesnt let me record. Plz help.
no idea......go to the Presonus user forum and post your issue there.
i wish studio one had more option in the pref. like pro tools or cubase. I get serious latency issues when trying to tweak plugins during playback. I have a powerful build, and am aware of how to set the sample rates. s4 will show 16 percent cpu usage but still lags like crazy when trying to mix during playback. I think it has something to do with core optimization, but not sure. This is why I always find myself going back to Pro tools
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I switch to Windows 10, same audio device and monitors that were working fine before on Mac. Nothing but nightmares now. Extremely annoying crackling noise all the time. I'm having it constantly even when just watching youtube videos like this one. I lowered the settings all the way down to 16-bit 44.1KHz, Disabled All Enhancements, swapped out USB cable and plugged it into computer directly instead of hub, rebooted. Nothing works. Any time I switch audio apps like switching from youtube to another app I have to unplug and re-plug the USB. RUclips videos just hang until I either switch to another audio device or unplug the USB to the Presonus and plug it back in. I tried a range of settings in Universal Control as well. Tried both exclusive and non-exclusive mode.
Plugging the headphone jack output of my laptop directly into the mic input of the audio interface works fine without any crackling.
So it is definitely some kind of USB or driver issue. Computer is an i9 6-core processor with 32GB of RAM with nothing else going on in the background. If that can't play 2 channels youtube audio at 44.1KHz then I don't know what will. I updated to the latest drivers from presonus too but nothing works.
I also saw some comments on forums that it might be that the USB is not getting enough power so I tried 3 different powered USB hubs in addition to directly plugged into the laptop. Same problem with the crackling audio. So frustrated.
I would not plug into a hub. Try plugging directly into your computer USB port
Do you log into others computer to set up midi controllers in studio one? If so what's the cost
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how about MIDI crackles? i still have that problem. can you help with that? thx
I am really not sure. I recommend that you go to the Presonus user forum and post your question there. I am sure someone there can help. Thanks!