a new soundcard wont do anything to aleviate the cpu load. so dont even bother buying one unless you want more inputs/outputs.

what synth plugins are you using? some synth plugins eat cpu for breakfast, especially when you run several instances of them with high polphony. z3ta+ is a big offender. vanguard can sometimes get ridiculuous if you make pads/leads with high polyphony. some synths like dirtbag are just badly programmed and take a huge cpu hit when you simply add them.

Sounds strange for those system specs. I can run about 4 instances of z3ta and all the fx i need without a whole lot of trouble. Maybe try a different set of drivers. My latency is set to 25 ms. Try disabling some of the more useless functions in fruity. turn off all the visual feedback, they are inaccurate and thus pointless anyways.

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Someone else pointed this tip out earlier to improve performance in FL. Click on the menu box on the mixer and select "switch smart disable for all". It reduced CPU load on one of my tracks by over 20%.

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Crackling? Wouldn't that usually just be a soundcard problem? I mean, his computer is fast, and the only thing not up to speed is his sound card.. soooo.. maybe, just maybe, thats the problem

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

I experience the same thing and my computer runs off of a 3ghz processor, and tons of memory, plus I use a Extigy so the sound card shouldn't be the problem.

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Creative sound cards aren't good... Theyre for gamers

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

True, but it does me justice.

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Yes, but you said you experience the same thing... hence a common similarity between the two systems is creative cards. Speaks for itself?

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

set your latency to as high as it can go and itll fix the problem or set your asio to half duplex instead of full duplex which will allow it to manage it better in my experience with creative cards

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I see the general consensus is a new sound card! Like I said above I have been checking out M-Audio Audiophile 192. Is this a wise choice?

Many thanks to all that replied!

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Crackling? Wouldn't that usually just be a soundcard problem? I mean, his computer is fast, and the only thing not up to speed is his sound card.. soooo.. maybe, just maybe, thats the problem

once again. a new soundcard wont alleviate cpu load which causes sound to skip and crackle. audigys have rubbish ASIO drivers though so take it off ASIO and use normal latency. thats whats probably causing the problem. render all audio tracks to loops and reassemble when it gets unbearable. i had an on board intel soundcard before i bought an m-audio delta 1010. i can and have switched between them whilst producing and there is no noticable difference in pops and cracks, no noticeable difference in cpu load and no noticeable difference in sound reproduction. the only thing i do notice when i siwtch to the delta 1010 is that i now have 8 ins/outs, SPDIF connectivity and midi connectivity instead of a headphone jack on the back of my pc. which is very useful. you can buy a new soundcard if you really want to but it really wont make that much difference. even the ASIO on my delta isnt fantastic since im maxing out the ASIO latency and most of my productions still become crackled when my CPU loads hits the upper 90s.