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Crackling Noise
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Good Evening

I've been using JKZ since last August but since upgrading to the silver plan I get an horrendous crackling noise to the point that JKZ is unusable for me.

My setup is:
AT2020 mic + Stagg XLR cable
Behringer UMC22 + USB 2.0
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)  2.7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5  8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
MacOS Big Sur 11.2.3

Instrument is a Hammer Dulcimer, so High attack and long sustain

I originally used a SM57 mic and older lead, but bought the new mic & lead when I started having this crackling sound issue, thinking they might be the cause as both were quite old.  However this changed nothing.

I noticed that the crackling seemed to pulsate in volume so wondered if this was something to do with the audio processing.  I found if I connected my earphones to the laptop rather than the interface (setting up the audio profile accordingly) the crackling reduced considerably, but I now cannot find a combination of gain and output volume which enables me to play along with anyone - if I turn myself up so that they can hear me, then I am deafened.

I have very little technical knowledge of audio matters, but if anyone can suggest where I might be going wrong it would be much appreciated.
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Crackling Noise - by ARMCL - 04-25-2021, 08:25 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by Dimitri Muskens - 04-25-2021, 09:04 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by ARMCL - 05-07-2021, 08:53 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by Dimitri Muskens - 05-10-2021, 10:50 AM
RE: Crackling Noise - by ARMCL - 04-25-2021, 10:20 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by Dimitri Muskens - 04-26-2021, 11:09 AM
RE: Crackling Noise - by Sticks - 05-10-2021, 09:35 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by ARMCL - 05-10-2021, 10:47 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by B.J. van Hoek - 06-26-2023, 07:51 PM
RE: Crackling Noise - by B.J. van Hoek - 01-12-2024, 09:25 PM

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