After many frustrating months and many dead ends (e.g., virus scanner,
Quicktime updates, testing with Foobar, etc.) I finally have found what
caused intermittent (~every 30 sec.) playback dropouts on my PC. It's
the "Power Save Mode" setting for my Broadcom WiFi chipset. I had it set
to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts disappeared. It's
now been two days, and I've not heard a single one.

If whoever maintains the appropriate FAQ reads this message, please
consider adding this solution.

All the best.

"nospam" wrote ...
After many frustrating months and many dead ends (e.g., virus scanner,
Quicktime updates, testing with Foobar, etc.) I finally have found
what caused intermittent (~every 30 sec.) playback dropouts on my PC.
It's the "Power Save Mode" setting for my Broadcom WiFi chipset. I had
it set to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts
disappeared. It's now been two days, and I've not heard a single one.

If whoever maintains the appropriate FAQ reads this message, please
consider adding this solution.

The FAQ was last updated long before the advent of
wireless networking, (and practically before wired
networking, for that matter.)

"nospam" wrote in message
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to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts disappeared. It's now
been two days, and I've not heard a single one.


time to get some sleep!

;o

nospam wrote in news:e24b9q02c2
@enews3.newsguy.com:

After many frustrating months and many dead ends (e.g., virus scanner,
Quicktime updates, testing with Foobar, etc.) I finally have found what
caused intermittent (~every 30 sec.) playback dropouts on my PC. It's
the "Power Save Mode" setting for my Broadcom WiFi chipset. I had it set
to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts disappeared. It's
now been two days, and I've not heard a single one.

If whoever maintains the appropriate FAQ reads this message, please
consider adding this solution.

All the best.


THAT took you 2 days?....
It's the first suggestion on every audio FAQ out there.
Disable all ethernet cards for a DAW.

"Pro-ducer" wrote in message
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nospam wrote in news:e24b9q02c2
@enews3.newsguy.com:

After many frustrating months and many dead ends (e.g., virus scanner,
Quicktime updates, testing with Foobar, etc.) I finally have found what
caused intermittent (~every 30 sec.) playback dropouts on my PC. It's
the "Power Save Mode" setting for my Broadcom WiFi chipset. I had it set
to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts disappeared. It's
now been two days, and I've not heard a single one.

If whoever maintains the appropriate FAQ reads this message, please
consider adding this solution.

All the best.


THAT took you 2 days?....
It's the first suggestion on every audio FAQ out there.
Disable all ethernet cards for a DAW.

Or more generally, disable everything that isn't crucial to audio... if it
works at that point then slowly add things back in until you come across
whatever the problem is.

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:37:31 -0700, nospam
wrote:

After many frustrating months and many dead ends (e.g., virus scanner,
Quicktime updates, testing with Foobar, etc.) I finally have found what
caused intermittent (~every 30 sec.) playback dropouts on my PC. It's
the "Power Save Mode" setting for my Broadcom WiFi chipset. I had it set
to "fast". When I set it to "disabled", the dropouts disappeared. It's
now been two days, and I've not heard a single one.

If whoever maintains the appropriate FAQ reads this message, please
consider adding this solution.

It's covered by Rule #1. Disable all functions not directly required
for making music while performing critical music recording/playback.
On today's powerful machines this rule can often be ignored. But
remember it exists, and try it first if problems DO occur.