[miraclewhale]

I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

[Don Pearce]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:19 -0000, miraclewhale
wrote:

I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Sample please. About ten seconds will do.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

[miraclewhale]

On Oct 16, 8:31 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:19 -0000, miraclewhale

wrote:
I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Sample please. About ten seconds will do.

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

Im not sure how to post a sample. I can tell you that it sounds like
I am singing into a fan.

[Don Pearce]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:45:14 -0000, miraclewhale
wrote:

On Oct 16, 8:31 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:19 -0000, miraclewhale

wrote:
I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Sample please. About ten seconds will do.

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

Im not sure how to post a sample. I can tell you that it sounds like
I am singing into a fan.

That's probably even less helpful than your first description. What
are the mic and preamp, for a start? Do you have the mic solidly
mounted on a stand? When you record "just the room" are you no longer
standing near the mic?

You must have some free web space with your internet account. Just put
a chunk there and give us a link.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

[miraclewhale]

On Oct 16, 8:59 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:45:14 -0000, miraclewhale



wrote:
On Oct 16, 8:31 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:19 -0000, miraclewhale

wrote:
I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Sample please. About ten seconds will do.

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

Im not sure how to post a sample. I can tell you that it sounds like
I am singing into a fan.

That's probably even less helpful than your first description. What
are the mic and preamp, for a start? Do you have the mic solidly
mounted on a stand? When you record "just the room" are you no longer
standing near the mic?

You must have some free web space with your internet account. Just put
a chunk there and give us a link.

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

I've used both a Shure SM57 and a Rode NT1a. They are connected to a
M-audio Mobilepre USB. Both have been solidly mounted to a stand.
There seems to be some correlation between how near/far I am from the
mic and the clicks/vibrations...as I approach you can sense it in the
recording because the vibrations start to pick up and get intense when
I begin singing/talking into the mic.

I'll try and figure out how to post a clip. I'm not too tech-savy.

[Earl Kiosterud]

"miraclewhale" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Whale,

You can rule out the microphone by recording something else, like a CD player plugged into
the line input.

There should be some audio settings in Sonar for your soundcard. And a test routine to run
for your particular soundcard. Run that. Set Sonar for a fairly high latency (high number
of milliseconds, like over 100). If you can select more than two buffers, try that. Don't
worry about I/O buffers. If it has a selection for MME versus WDM or ASIO, use MME.
--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com

[miraclewhale]

On Oct 16, 10:13 pm, "Earl Kiosterud" wrote:
"miraclewhale" wrote in message

ups.com...

I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Whale,

You can rule out the microphone by recording something else, like a CD player plugged into
the line input.

There should be some audio settings in Sonar for your soundcard. And a test routine to run
for your particular soundcard. Run that. Set Sonar for a fairly high latency (high number
of milliseconds, like over 100). If you can select more than two buffers, try that. Don't
worry about I/O buffers. If it has a selection for MME versus WDM or ASIO, use MME.
--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterudwww.smokeylake.com

Adjusted the latency and it seems to be helping...will attempt the
other adjustments tomorrow...thanks so much for the advice.

[miraclewhale]

On Oct 16, 8:31 pm, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:06:19 -0000, miraclewhale

wrote:
I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Sample please. About ten seconds will do.

d

--
Pearce Consultinghttp://www.pearce.uk.com

Not sure how to post a sample.

[Earl Kiosterud]

"miraclewhale" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Oct 16, 10:13 pm, "Earl Kiosterud" wrote:
"miraclewhale" wrote in message

ups.com...

I'm new to digital recording and have just begun learning Sonar 6.
I'm basically at day two and I'm noticing that when I record I am
getting a series of vibrations/clicks. If i just let the mic record
the room, these are not there, but when I begin to talk into the mic
the clicks/vibrations start happening. Any ideas/suggestions?

Whale,

You can rule out the microphone by recording something else, like a CD player plugged
into
the line input.

There should be some audio settings in Sonar for your soundcard. And a test routine to
run
for your particular soundcard. Run that. Set Sonar for a fairly high latency (high
number
of milliseconds, like over 100). If you can select more than two buffers, try that.
Don't
worry about I/O buffers. If it has a selection for MME versus WDM or ASIO, use MME.
--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterudwww.smokeylake.com

Adjusted the latency and it seems to be helping...will attempt the
other adjustments tomorrow...thanks so much for the advice.

Whale,

Back in the early days when Sonar was Cakewalk, the test routine I mentioned was called the
Wave Profiler. It may have the same name still now. Run it. It will set the parameters it
needs for your sound card. You can still set the latency, and you should stick with high
values -- they're more reliable than low values.
--
Regards from Virginia Beach,

Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com