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Good Day Brad and Hello from Canada. Recently purchased my ART Tube MPC Project Series and am still learning about it. I am using Cakewalk Music Creator 4 as my program on a brand new Toshiba laptop. No other "crap" is installed and I shut down my wireless connection prior to use. My problem, regardless of insrument used, ie Keyboards, Bass etc., I get a non-rythmic, interference type "noise" on playback. My gain is set low and there is no "clipping" and the waveform graphic confirms this. My man at the music store thinks it might be PC related, ie cache or RAM memory. All very frustrating. Any ideas?

Thanking you in advance

Doug Carey
Quesnel BC

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What audio interface are you using?  Are you using an approved firewire hard-drive for audio instead of the internal drive?  Honestly, Toshiba laptop computers are far from ideal---but if you have it, you need to make it work. If you're using the internal soundcard, that is a huge contributor to the problems.

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Anything related to studio recording either home or professional level, live sound, television broadcast, MIDI and Keyboards, Drums, Studio and Live gear of all levels. I'm a real-world audio engineer for both studio and tv broadcast, as well as live sound production. Visit my personal website @ www.theaudioprofessional.com for further background information.

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I'm a Sr. Sales Engineer for Sweetwater, the world's leader in professional and experienced sales consultants. I have over 20-years experience in everything audio-related from large-scale touring and recording to church production and tv broadcast. It is my career to know and understand ALL audio gear.

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Sr Audio Engineer for UPAF

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several, contact for information

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Studied Music Composition and Theory @ Bowling Green State University and Spring Arbor University, toured as the lead keyboardist for Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "South Pacific" and a few other shows.

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Let's just say I work with some of the biggest names in this business, as well s those just startin out.

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