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Skogkatt: Clicks when starting playback
lhwidget:
Interesting...
I don't know if this helps anyone, but I thought I'd throw it out there just in case.
I'm the same way about audio playback, no clicks, burps, or digital noise wanted when playing music.
I use the analog outputs of an EMU 1212 PCIe card and its native ASIO driver. Running MC 16.0.181 on XP Pro, SP3.
Specifically, when stopping a playing song and playing another song, I have no noise (even when going to a 44.1 Hz mp3 to a 96 MHz wave file)...
My card is currently set for a 48 MS/sec session and drops to 44.1 for material encoded at that rate, then back up to 48 for anything higher.
Skogkatt:
Hi lhwidget,
many thanks for sharing your experience.
The fact you aren't hearing noise/pop/clicks when stopping a song and playing another one has a plausible explanation:
your card has muting at the analog output that is used to cut sound for a fraction of second after SPIDF synchronization.
As you can see from the attached pic, the tiny transistors (Q2-Q3-Q4-Q5) in the upper left of the EMU1212 image are very likely the electronic "relays" that mute the outputs.
Not all DACs in the market implement that muting function as many audiophiles believe that those circuits might cause sound degradation.
Now, I don't want to enter in the merit of the choices behind muting implementation but the fact is, if no muting is adopted, everything that comes out from the PC is converted to sound, glitches included.
The fact that some DACs implement mute and some not might explain why the "click" problem isn't so widespread (beside the fact that some people may not consider it a problem).
I am almost convinced that MC is doing what it is supposed to do and does it properly. However, although not causing it directly, MC could help circumventing the problem by implementing the simple measure I've proposed earlier and my reasoning is simple: if clicks are proportional to intensity of sound before stop is pressed, allowing through an option to stream a user selectable duration of silence just after stop button is pressed should eliminate the problem before it is generated. :)
lhwidget:
Thanks for the info.
I hope you get the click to disappear. I think all of these have been mentioned, but does Play silence
or any of the track change options
or the do not play silence
help?
Skogkatt:
Thanks for the suggestions.
Unfortunately the settings you proposed did not solve the problem as clicks are still there.
A couple of things:
1) from the pics you posted, "play files from memory instead of disk" appears unchecked: checking this option provides a small sound quality (subjective, I know...) improvement and it is certainly worth to try.
2) In my system "stop: fade (slow/normal/fast)" doesn't fade sound when pressing stop (when music is still playing) and sound is always cut immediately: please, it would be nice if you and others would take a moment to try this and report your findings.
Thanks
JimH:
Have you tried this thread?
http://tinyurl.com/ck9svg
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