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[Tim Jenkins <TimJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all, 

I am having real problems lately with popping and crackling noises. 
This happens when I get to busy (I think)
Basically when laying down a tune once I start added all affects and using
the event editor its as if its to much for the pc or program to handle. 

I even tried exporting the whole drum track and bass track as a wav and then
imported them back with the idea that not as much would be processed at
once. This seem to make no difference???

It's not as though I am running hundreds of samples I am only talking about
10 or so each with say 3 effects on. Surely it should be able to handle
this? 

I do hope this is simple to solve as I am starting to get frustrated. 
I am just mastering the program and am getting decent loops created but I
can't finish a song ??

Anybody had anything like this before ???


Oh and just in case you need to know I have 

0.8GHz processor 
20GHz hard drive 
128K ram 
soundblaster live ( I must get rid of this at some point ?!?! ) 

Cheers in advance 
JimmiJ