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Q: Audio popping and crackling problems across the board with Mavericks

I have a mid-2012 Macbook air. 

 

Is anyone else having popping and crackling issues with Audio after upgrading to Mavericks? (I have read through various discussions but haven't seen this particular issue)  Note: popping and crackling is not present when playing audio with Quicktime.

 

Audio is popping and crackling.  I'm a musician and DJ and this is terribly impacting my business . . . This includes when played on Youtube, in iTunes, on Djay, Serato DJ, flash, any audio.

 

It doesn't matter is I am playing audio through a USB mixer, through headphones, internal speakers, audio jack to speakers, DJ console.  All of the above snap crackle and pop.  I have tried the following:

 

1. Turing off wifi

2. Restarting

3. removing playlist files (.plst) from /Library/Preferences/Audio

4. shutting down all unused applications

 

I sure hope there's a new update coming out soon . . . any ideas?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9), DJay, Serato, iTunes

Posted on Nov 5, 2013 10:55 AM

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  • by robbennion,

    robbennion robbennion Nov 5, 2013 11:12 AM in response to robbennion
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    Nov 5, 2013 11:12 AM in response to robbennion

    Tried the following, didn't work:

     


    I tried this and it did not work. The audio static was a system-wide issue for me. I solved it another way! If this did NOT work for you, please try my solution:

     

    Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup

     

    Go to Built-In Output in the pannel on the left-hand-side of the window.

     

    1. Click "Output"
    2. Set format to "2ch-24bit Integer"
    3. Set format to "96000.00 Hz"

     

    That's it! Hope that helped.

  • by robbennion,

    robbennion robbennion Nov 10, 2013 12:18 PM in response to robbennion
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    Nov 10, 2013 12:18 PM in response to robbennion

    The latest update took care of it.  Whew!!!!

  • by kmleong,

    kmleong kmleong Nov 23, 2013 8:20 AM in response to robbennion
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    Nov 23, 2013 8:20 AM in response to robbennion

    Hi Robbennion,

     

    I'm facing the same audio issue as well through my USB headset.

     

    Audio starts out fine, but after 1 - 5 minutes, static and crackles start to creep into the audio and increase until it completely drowns out the audio.

     

    Which update did you apply to solve the issue?

     

    Thanks

  • by Bakmaind,

    Bakmaind Bakmaind Dec 3, 2013 2:20 PM in response to robbennion
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    Dec 3, 2013 2:20 PM in response to robbennion

    I’m sound designer and I’ve the same problem! I'm using Ensemble Apoge audio interface and since I’ve my new macbook pro has become impossible to watch a movie or listen to the end of a song without having sound problems (crackling). I'm having problems with VLC, iTunes and QuikTime 10. Terrible to spend more than $ 3,000 and have the problems that had computers of the eighties. Luckily I do not have these problems with Logic Pro!

    I'm hoping for an update that puts in place a high number of problems!!

     

    Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013, 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, OS X 10.9 (13A3017)

  • by AlexGowers,

    AlexGowers AlexGowers Dec 14, 2013 2:42 AM in response to robbennion
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    Dec 14, 2013 2:42 AM in response to robbennion

    What update? there i no update that I can see that resolves this issue, it occurs when recordings no matter the buffer size.

  • by rhjph,

    rhjph rhjph Dec 18, 2013 3:34 PM in response to robbennion
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    Dec 18, 2013 3:34 PM in response to robbennion

    Yes, just moved to Mavericks with a Saffire PRO 24 DSP on my Mac Pro 12-core.  Sound plays fine in iTunes and Spotify, but after 30 secs or so any file played in Quicktime suddenly deteriorates into rythmic crackling/clicking, as if played through a helicopter. The Saffire says it is sync-locked OK. Any ideas welcome.

  • by rhjph,

    rhjph rhjph Dec 18, 2013 3:44 PM in response to rhjph
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    Dec 18, 2013 3:44 PM in response to rhjph

    OK, if I use QT7, the problem does not occcur - it is only QT 10, so that seems to be the workaround.

  • by Bakmaind,

    Bakmaind Bakmaind Feb 7, 2014 12:19 AM in response to AlexGowers
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    Feb 7, 2014 12:19 AM in response to AlexGowers

    It's not a question of wrong recordings or bit rate and of course there are trillions of workarounds. For me it's a a shame buying a 3500$ machine that have this kind of problmems.

  • by Dan-o ™,

    Dan-o ™ Dan-o ™ Feb 26, 2014 2:04 PM in response to robbennion
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    Feb 26, 2014 2:04 PM in response to robbennion

    Seeing this on Mac Pro under 10.9.2. Was not present on under 10.9.1.

  • by jimzz,

    jimzz jimzz Mar 7, 2014 12:34 AM in response to Dan-o ™
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    Mar 7, 2014 12:34 AM in response to Dan-o ™

    same here, happened after update to 10.9.2

  • by stray_kat,

    stray_kat stray_kat Mar 8, 2014 6:48 PM in response to jimzz
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    Mar 8, 2014 6:48 PM in response to jimzz

    same problem for me here too. audio was fine until the 10.9.2 update. anyone have any fixes? or are we just stuck waiting for yet another update from apple?

  • by MovPix,

    MovPix MovPix Mar 18, 2014 7:31 AM in response to robbennion
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    Mar 18, 2014 7:31 AM in response to robbennion

    Hello, all - not sure if this is an option for any of you, but for those using an external audio device/interface, I found that by being sure the clock source was set to "Mac" as opposed to the device itself helped.  Internal Mac resources tend to want to be clocked by the Mac, not an outboard device.  So slaving the device to the Mac - not the other way around - can often get timings aligned. And glitches - I have found - are often caused by synch issues.

     

    FYI, you can toggle this option under Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup > Output/Input - "clock source"

     

    Might be a solution for some of you.

  • by Questionable Sanity,

    Questionable Sanity Questionable Sanity Mar 27, 2014 10:46 AM in response to MovPix
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    Mar 27, 2014 10:46 AM in response to MovPix

    I was unable to change the clock source - it's just greyed out, even as an admin.

     

    Anyone find a solution to this issue yet? Still experienceing in 10.9.2

  • by bennyrobs,

    bennyrobs bennyrobs Mar 28, 2014 9:05 PM in response to robbennion
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