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Skipping/Crackling/Extreme Delay - HELP!!
I posted this in the loopy hd support forum as well, but I fear it may be more of a problem with audiobus. Any and all advice I can get is appreciated!
So I've been using Loopy for a few weeks now and I keep running into a recurring problem. Before describing the problem I'm going to give you my set up:
Instrument/effect apps (music studio, tone stack, etc.) running through audiobus into Loopy HD on an Ipad 2
M-Audio Oxygen 49 midi controller as well as M-track audio interface which is connected to a mic and bass guitar, all connected through a powered usb and camera connection kit
So my problem is this: Often times (and more currently almost every time), when I am using Loopy, all of the sudden the sound will become extremely distorted/unusable and delayed and consistently skipping, like the ipad is glitching. The best thing I can compare it to is an extreme buffer, or extreme lagging.
It's not even like I'm running a ridiculous number of apps. Often times this will happen when all I have open is one instrument app running through audiobus directly into Loopy and only have a single mic connected. Everything else is closed and it will still happen. If the following may be an indicator of a problem, most of the time when I open audiobus, I'll get a little thing at the top that says either "512 frames" or "256 frames"
I feel as though this problem may be unique to me, as most of the people I've seen use loopy are running a bunch of apps simultaneously through audiobus into loopy, all the while using multiple midi controllers and multiple mics. This is extraordinarily frustrating so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Does it happen when your hardware add ons are disconnected?
Not that I've found. But sometimes it's fine when everything's connected and out of nowhere it will start
It clearly sounds like latency problem. I'm not knowledgable in this stuff but sounds like one (or more) of the apps gathers and stores data while you play which eventually tips the balance. It's happened to me before but with many apps running. I don't know music studio but tone stack (or any fx apps) is quite resource hungry and often the effects and high 'real time synthesis' synths are the latency culprits. Turning off wifi/bluetooth/location services (all the battery saving measures) might help a little. For you peace of mind though device upgrade may be the best option. Good luck.
Edit: this is a list of apps that have caused me most latency problems in the past:
Animoog, livefx, seekbeats, neosoul keys, impc pro, tabletop.
I've been having similar problems running guitar apps (Bias, AmpKit, ToneStack) via AudioBus to MultiTrack DAW on my iPad 2, iOS 7.1.2. Stuttering, crackling, etc. I also think the latency is more noticable at 256. If I run just the guitar app, I don't notice the latency as much. The OP's output app is Loopy HD and mine is MultiTrack DAW, so it could be a new bug with AudioBus and iPad 2s. I have to squeeze out several more months with my iPad 2.
Erm. You guys are both Supa.