

I'm at my wit's end trying to figure out what I missed, though. Instead of system resources, I feel like there must be something to configure that I haven't configured properly. The CPU usage monitor in Cakewalk never gets above 28% (in my single mono audio track tests). I have a Win10 64-bit Dell, with a 3.40GHz i7 and 16GB RAM, with about 120GB free on the main SDD. I honestly don't think system resources are the issue. None of this helps it's still unable to handle even a single mono audio track without crackle. Basically, everything in the TASCAM manual's "troubleshooting" page AND everything I could find in other threads on the Cakewalk support forums. I did all the Windows system performance optimization stuff in the system control panel ("Visual Effects" and so on). I have tried all the usual performance-optimization things that get suggested: tried a variety of buffer sizes in the 4x4's custom panel, from 128 to 2048 (the largest possible setting).

And while the system recognizes all four inputs, I can't record on even one at a time without the same pops and crackles ending up in the recording. but in this case, even with just a single, mono audio track, the playback through the US-HD4x4 has lots of little pops and crackles. I keep hearing that a good interface with a custom ASIO driver is the best solution. I could record on its L and R inputs flawlessly, and I had no trouble with playback even with 20+ tracks of multiple VSTi synths.īut, I wanted to record on three channels at once (vocals + stereo hardware synth), so I 'upgraded' to the US-HD 4x4, which has its own custom ASIO driver. I've read all the other threads about optimizing latency and system settings to reduce this, nothing works.įor years I've used a TASCAM US-122 it's too old to support ASIO but it ran well with ASIO4ALL.
#Focusrite asio driver popping drivers#
Recently bought a TASCAM US-HD 4x4, and using the custom ASIO drivers it comes with, it can't record or play back without pops/crackles/dropouts.
