Laptop recording issue...

[Bob Romano]

This is weird. I bought a new laptop and tried to use it to do some recording at a friend's house. I was trying to record 4 channels of 96/24 audio which, on my old laptop was a breeze. While recording everything was fine but then it all became distorted. The link below has a short 15-20 second clip as an example. It is only the front channels, but all four channels had the same problem.

HP ENVY
Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700H 2.40 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch Touch support with 10 touch points
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 23H2
Installed on ‎3/‎3/‎2024
OS build 22635.3720
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1021.0

My SSD
https://www.amazon.com/Kioxia-KXG60...6e022bbe7fe435d0a7d9458838de2d3d&gad_source=1

I am using a Focusrite 2nd Gen 18i20 as my interface which worked beautifully with my old laptop. I also have a 3rd gen 18i20 which did the same thing in testing.

https://mega.nz/file/9d51VCbC#UA_PbxTU5qT5VJaalUfKTeH5r8rH978-V4aGLVOVAio

Any ideas?? Suggestions? Thank you!

 

[jamoke]

While I do not have any direct experience with your eq, it does sound to me like one of your bit buckets is overflowing. Not a sync issue for sure, but it sounds like something can't keep up.
My 1st thought was a virus scanner or some such process in the way.
Have you verified your antivirus is disabled?

 

[kap'n krunch]

Whenever my Mac Mini starts making weird noises, especially white noise in the audio I go for the sure fire proven method of turning it off and then on again…always works with me…

 

[Bob Romano]

The buffers were set too low. They were set at 192. I turned them up to 1024 and that seems to have fixed the issue.