Has anyone experienced digital noise (pops/clicks) in audio recorded using STP that wasn't heard at the time of recording?
I just recorded a VO track from our booth (thru Mackie Onyx 1220 Firewire to Mac G4 Dual 800- Tiger 10.4.2, Soundtrack 1.0.1; 16bit, 48k), just like I do a few times a week- nothing unusual, nothing recently added or upgraded or removed. Have done similar session with STP a hundred times.
As usual, everything sounded great- client happy- say goodbye to VO after scan checking playback and then.... pops and clicks appear in one portion that were not there during the recording. By this, I mean they weren't noises the mic heard- they are digital garbage type noises.
The affected portion was roughly 10% of the session; 1 minute out of 10 minutes recorded narration. In some clips, it occurs throughout- in others in mysteriously starts and stops happening in mid-clip.
Anyway, I used Pop/Click repair and it did wonders, saved the day but....
I am now nervous though of future sessions. There were no errors, no hint of a problem. I have gone back to the original AIFF files and played thru QT- yes the pops and clicks are there, on the source and not using STP for playback.
Has anyone encountered mysterious pops/clicks- digital noise with STP and, if so, any advice. Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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