ASIO time overload

margo12 · New Member Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Estonia

After upgrading AI 4 to 4.1.2. I got an unpleasant surprise. ASIO time overload light flashes and program freezes and crackles after every ~10 seconds during recording and playback. I don't even have to open a project - it still flashes and crackles ...
Everything was OK before that update and I haven't made any other changes in my PC's hard and software.

Any suggestions what should I do to fix this problem?

Just in case some additional information:
My PC has Intel Core Duo processor and 1 GB RAM
Cubase's ASIO buffer: 2048, audio priority: normal, disk preload: 2 sec
CPU practically remains zero

hpugolf · New Member Joined: 14 Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Texas

I am experiencing the exact same issue...ASIO time overload and constant poping and crackling. Using powerbook G4 2GB RAM, 1.67 processor, 10.4.11.

Any help with this issue would be GREATLY appreciated!

rkindigo · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:

Did anyone find any resolution to this. I had to remove all of the EQ settings to get rid of this. I only have 6 tracks and a decent amount of resourses on this system. I am also getting the popping and clicking after about 5 minutes of play back. Is this maybe a buffer size issue?
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Chris Beuermann · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:

Hello,

please increase the buffer settings of your soundcard. When the latency (buffersize) is set to low this can happen.

Gr,

Chris
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margo12 · New Member Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Estonia

Hi,

Only thing that helped me to solve this problem was new ASIO driver. Changing buffer size didn't affect anything.

Margo

rkindigo · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

What ASIO driver do you install?

What does the ASIO performance indidcate in Cubase? What determines in limitations and can that be increased somehow? Is it based on CPU, Memory, Disk Speed, Virtual Memeory???
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Windows XP Professional SP2
P4 2.8 GHz processor
2GB RAM
Belkin High Speed USB 2 PCI Card
3x40GB Barracuda Hard Drives
MOTU Fast Lane USB Midi Interface
Alesis Multimix 8 USB Mixer
USB Audio Codec Driver
ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver
Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Away
Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth
Digitech RP300 Effects Processor
M-Audio KeyRig 25 MIDI Controller
ALesis ControlPad
Cubase LE 4.1
M-Audio Key Rig
M-Audio Drum and Bass Rig
FXPansion’s BFD Lite
Line 6 GearBox Plug-In Gold Bundle
Native Instruments KORE PLAYER

margo12 · New Member Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Estonia

Hi,

First, are you 100% sure that it is the same problem? You said that popping and clicking started after 5 minutes. I had this problem right away then starting Cubase.

ASIO - “Audio Stream Input/Output” standard used by many audio software applications.
Seemed to me that after upgrade to 4.1.2. ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver (comes with Cubase) didn't want to work anymore.

I have Cubase AI4 which came with Yamaha mixer. So I downloaded another ASIO driver from Yamaha's support page.
You may look for support section on Alesis homepage or try some third party driver like http://www.asio4all.com/

Margo