I get distortion when I play several instruments at once

j6pmc wrote on 11/15/2009, 4:50 PM

I am getting distortion when I play all the instruments in a demo track. If I deselect a few the distortion stops. All instruments play ok individually i.e. when I mute the rest. I have a soundblaster x-fi soundcard. Any tips?

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Procyon wrote on 11/15/2009, 6:59 PM

Could you be a little more specific?

Which version of MMM are you using?

When you say "distortion", do you mean a clipping type of distortion, or is the playback hanging up like it's skipping?

We need more info about your computer like CPU speed, amount of RAM memory, what is the operating system you're using, etc.

XXMerosticXX wrote on 11/16/2009, 5:12 AM

As Procyon said, we'll need some further information.

What I can imagine is, that you put the volume of some instruments way too high. If some instruments reach the red area in your volume level, they will sound a bit distorted.

Try to pull down the volume of the tracks. This may help

NoTurning wrote on 11/16/2009, 8:38 AM

Hi,
You need to change your sound card, this is a common problem with the Creative line. Get a good external interface and forget the home user PC sound card, they're not capable of pro audio. You're exceeding it's capacity.

Depending on whether you have Firewire or just USB, there are many interfaces out there for not a lot of money.

Justin

Procyon wrote on 11/16/2009, 12:31 PM

NT - Just so I understand exactly what you are saying....

Are you saying there is a limit on how many instruments or tracks these Creative sound cards are able to play from the MMM arranger alone?

Or , do you mean that includes external instruments being fed into the sound card?

Thanks