Snap, crackl, pop with snares in Reaper

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:58 pm

rackl, pop with snares in Reaper', 'Hi there

Lately I've been having problems with cracks or pops when using jamstix in reaper (v. 2.51). It seems like the sample (mostly snares I think) isn't loaded correctly. It will play, but often with a small crackling sound at the end.

Closing reaper and re-opening the song doesn't help. Once its there I have to change to another kit and then back to the original (at least it seems like this helps), but its an error that isn't easy to reproduce so I could be wrong here.

I first noticed it on a song with loads of tracks n' FX's, but now it occured on a completely new song as well with only a midi cuetrack and jamstix it self. Its also there if I render the song - same place each time.

I think my system is fast enough. ASIO drivers, Motu pre8, 2 gb ram, Athlon 64 2X 4200 and plenty of recently defragmentet harddrive space. Its been running fine ever since I got jamstix 2 last year, so I dont think CPU power or poor soundcard is the reason.

I'm guessing the error could be one of following, but I don't know anything about the "core" of jamstix so...

1. For some reason jamstix doesnt load the sample "completely".
2. A recent upgrade of Reaper could be incompatible with jamstix
3. A recent upgrade of jamstix (2.2.2 beta 3)
4. Errors in my ram (I put in a new 1gb block a few months ago).

What do you think? I hope some one would be able to help...

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:02 pm

Please use 2.2.2 beta 14 and see if it makes a difference.

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:06 pm

update:

I tried loading my favorit kit (Jamstix 2 - hard) and clicking on the different drums. Sure enough - hitting the edge of the snare produced a pop at the end of each sample. At the center of the snare it sounds fine. For the snare I got:

snare left: snare - 14" metal
snare right: (--nothing--)
snare side: snare sidestick - 14" metal
snare bounce: snare bounce - 14" metal
snare rimshot: snare rimshot - 13" JS2 craviotto
snare brushing (--nothing--)

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:09 pm

Ralph [RZ] wrote:Please use 2.2.2 beta 14 and see if it makes a difference.

fast reply

I'll try that

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:14 pm

Ralph [RZ] wrote:Please use 2.2.2 beta 14 and see if it makes a difference.

I got 2.2.14 now, but it didn't work

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:14 pm

Pleass send me the file rzdlog.txt from your Jamstix2 folder.

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:25 pm

hmm... it seems like its only 14" metal that's a problem. All other snares sounds fine. Cant remember if 14" metal is a part of the snare pack or one of the others I got. Wich one should I re-install? (assuming that could solve the problem). I think I lost the install file for stock drum kit for jamstix 2 and my download link has expired.

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:28 pm

Ralph [RZ] wrote:Pleass send me the file rzdlog.txt from your Jamstix2 folder.

Its in your mailbox now (I'm a bit tired here so I forgot to write who its from)

Post by **Ralph @ Rayzoon** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:06 pm

This is very odd. I can't duplicate the problem here with Beta 14, REAPER 2.52 and the 14" Metal snare at all. Please see if increasing your ASIO latency makes any difference.

Nigo · Post by **Nigo** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 2:37 pm

Ralph [RZ] wrote:This is very odd. I can't duplicate the problem here with Beta 14, REAPER 2.52 and the 14" Metal snare at all. Please see if increasing your ASIO latency makes any difference.

I tried increasing latency from 256 to 512 but no difference

I would like to try to re-install that sample in question, but I seem to have lost the original installation file. Is it possible for you to re-activate my download link for my stock kit for jamstix 2? What information do you need from me to do that?

Thanks in advance