Re: Snap, Crackle, Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

Well, I couldn't resist, and I continued to troubleshoot. I think I 
discovered the source of the issue, now I need some advice....good luck.

First, on my new notebook, I completely reformatted the drive and 
reinstalled the OS.  You know what? Yes, the crackling and popping came 
back!  Unbelievable. So, one might conclude that by process of elimination 
that the problem is either with the IO sound card or the notebook 
hardware. 
Right? I mean, it's a brand new OS with a brand new registry, etc, and I 
completely reinstalled everything.

It gets better....or worse, depending on how you view it.

As a test, I copied the VST effects from my new computer to my old 
computer, 
which also works perfectly....and I saw the same message that I got when I 
was setting up my new computer while Chainer scanned through my VST 
effects 
foler. The message is from all of the Reaktor VST effects, like 
Metaphysical 
and Krypt....as they are loading up into the VST host, a window says 
cannot 
change samplerate to 44100 so it must change to 48000.  Once the VST 
effects 
loaded up in Chainer, I activated a few and the blasted snapping and 
crackling started occuring on my old computer!!!!  I am blown away. Now I 
have two computers that are useless for performing, and reinstalling the 
OS 
won't fix the problem, nor will uninstalling Reaktor and re-installing, or 
any of my programs.

What the hell is going on here? What is Reaktor doing to my system? If 
that 
is the cause. After the windows pop up with the samplerate message, I 
notice 
that Chainer is set to 48000 and 44100 doesn't even appear as an option 
any 
more. Amazing...

Kris