[Ardour-Users] Wiggling the sidebar: crackling noise

[Axel 'the C.L.A.' Müller]

On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:30:04 -0400
"jonetsu at teksavvy.com" <jonetsu at teksavvy.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:15:15 -0500
> Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> 
> > That is definitely the most likely cause. Sometimes it can actually be
> > electrical noise too (RF between video and audio interfaces)
> 
> Is it recommended to have a dedicated graphic processor instead of
> using the one provided on the mobo ?  Are professional setups using a
> distinct graphics card ?

I think it would be important to determine where the crackle stems from.

Is it caused by xruns or possibly RF like Paul suggested.

I sometimes tend to get a little bit of RF noise with my external USB
soundcard as well - need to experiment with grounding, possibly.

Other than that I have less trouble with the Intel onboard graphics on
the laptop than the dedicated Radeon graphics (with open source
drivers) on the desktop.