Ant Chapman
scissorkicks.bsky.social
Ant Chapman
@scissorkicks.bsky.social
Music, production, mixing, mastering, vinyl cutting. Video games. #SAFC

Member of @collapsedlung, Super Burner, Arndales.

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Haha I wish I could take any credit at all, but they are good eggs for sure
June 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fingers crossed that does it for you.
June 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In that case I'm going with it being Voicemeeter being incomprehensibly screwy.
June 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hm honestly not sure. Is Focusrite Control running? Maybe that ties up the ASIO for the Scarlett?
June 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm primarily a Mac guy so apologies for vagueness
June 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
VM is to blame I'm sure. Essentially, for pro audio you should only ever need to use ASIO. WDM and other drivers are ancient and don't perform well for low latency audio. Have you installed the Focusrite Control software? Can't remember if that also installs a specific ASIO driver for Scarlett
June 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Check out my other replies. It *may* be possible to use Wavelink, if you've got the WaveXLR plugged in. For me, the ultimate solution was switching to a hardware mixer, which obviously is the nuclear option somewhat.
June 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is a video using the Stream Deck+ but I *think* if you've got the WaveXLR plugged in you can do the same. www.youtube.com/watch?v=diGI...
The Stream Deck Plus setup with an Audio Interface and Wavelink.
YouTube video by Coffee Talk & Tech
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just did a cursory google and I think in Wavelink you can choose "Add Audio Input" and include the Scarlett in the Wavelink mixer... hope so
June 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Re the crackles - if you're just recording the mic, which DAW are you recording into? You should be able to increase the buffer size, but use the direct monitoring on board the 2i2 for your monitoring. Should stop the crackles and you'll have latency-free monitoring.
June 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Am I remembering right that if you have a Wavelink enabling device plugged in, you can use other inputs / devices in Wavelink? I'm sure I did that with my old Elgato USB mic.
June 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Omg I love that album so much. 20,000 HARDCORE MEMBERS.

Any chance of a rip to wav?
April 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Ah lovely stuff, cheers!
April 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Same. Any attempt to do so just makes me feel like a short circuiting robot
March 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sorry for going on
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
... Thanks to the clipping/limiting that's often applied.

Another culprit is plugins which add "analogue" noise, which gets inadvertently pumped up in mixing and mastering. Compression and limiting have one guaranteed outcome if you level match - quiet stuff will get louder.
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
During mixing this may well be compressed and pushed up in the mix, which combine to put the noise and the vocal closer together in level, which means the noise will be even more noticeable especially in quieter sections. Once mastered, it can be even more noticeable...
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I think it often is a modern production choice. But it can also be an oversight in production and/or mixing that gets worse as it moves into mastering. For example recording a quiet-ish vocal at a fairly low level on perhaps a slightly noisy pre - this will have some low level noise baked in...
February 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM