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crackles on volume automation
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:24 pm
by heris456
Hello,
I get crackles and noises on all volume sliders and knobs when trying automate them with peak controller (fake sidechaining), or fast envelopes in automation tracks. I was reading is old problem, but volume control is basic and one of most important thing in music production (maybe except for chiptunes).So LMMS are useless at the moment, but I like the sounding and workflow. Please fix it in the near future. Thanks.
Using LMMS 1.1.3 x86 on windows 7 x64.
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:31 pm
by musikbear
may i ask what sound-device you have set? Best for windows is SDL
please also post your:
* hardware specification (ram & soundcard is the most imortant)
* lmms sound device chosen
* perhaps a sound-file
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:43 pm
by heris456
Thanks for quick response. I use PC with 12 GB RAM and Tascam US -122mk II external souncard. I use SDL settings now and try Windows wasapi others settings not work properly at all. Sorry cant send soundfile because using external samples and VST synth, but can do some basic with LMMS plugins.
LMMS project link, sorry forum attachments not work for me
http://www.filedropper.com/problem_1
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:17 pm
by musikbear
heris456 wrote: I use SDL settings now
Doest it still crackle with SDL? If so i would like to hear it -Cant you record output with something else, like audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (free & recommended!)
heris456 wrote:
LMMS project link, sorry forum attachments not work for me :?
No, the forum has had a bad spam attack, and i believe 'attach' not re-established.
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:31 pm
by heris456
Please .wav of same LMMS project
http://www.filedropper.com/problem_2.
If I dont touch volume sliders or knobs I dont get any crackles so I dont think that this is a soundcard problem.
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:28 pm
by heris456
I found on GitHub, same are reported by Unfa about half year ago. So this is are bug. How chances we have for nearest fix?
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:53 pm
by musikbear
hmmm .. my output is significant different:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/jic7bo
This would indicate a HW issue, but i do not have hi-end hw at all, but as you can hear, your file does ok for me
on SDL with default buffer
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 5:56 pm
by heris456
My Tascam far from being the hi-end

Anyway testing the same on other software (have renoise and ableton lite) and no problem appear, so not sure that it only HW problem. I'll try launch ASIO driver in LMMS and we will see.
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:10 pm
by heris456
With ASIO the same results

But found working sidechaining method in tutorials subforum.
Re: crackles on volume automation
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:48 am
by AncientMind
Hi. I had very similar problems (perhaps my ears are too 'sensitive' for LMMS...

). See
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7& ... ling#p6157 and especially the following reply:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7& ... ling#p6157.
I'm very astonished to see musicbear's replies here... musicbear, you should remember my postings and your replies too - I do at least. I told I'll wait for LMMS 1.2 (as this was told to be the first working version which solve the posted crackles). My latest test of 1.1.3 shown me, that diiz was right (what I expected) and ... the crackle still exists.