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I’ve never had dropouts listening to music until today, with the Scarlett. I actually have 3 audio cards connected to the PC at the moment: So make sure to try your best USB ports. Video card audio drivers are known to cause problems. If I buy a USB PCI card or find one in my closet , then do any of the following choices matter in terms of the minimizing the likelihood of dropouts when using the Scarlett with Sonar? What do you use for AntiVirus instead?

Simply connect your Scarlett to your computer using the USB cable and you’ll be able to select it as the input and output device for your system (System Preferences Sound) and as the input and output device in your recording software.

The should have allowed for the option of wall power like the Tascam us2x2, same price point.

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You could try a higher setting but this should not have any effect on playing music outside Sonar. Try disconnecting from the internet if you asik already done so. I thought the same This sometimes caused issues if you have Sonar open and tried to play in other software.

So make sure to try your best USB ports. Anyway, I’ll keep using the Scarlett today and see if it gives me any dropouts. I tried yet another USB port which is not one of the blue ones and was able to go more than 27 minutes without a dropout, before I had to go. If I buy a USB PCI card or find one in my closetthen do any of the following choices matter in terms of the minimizing the likelihood of dropouts when using the Scarlett with Sonar?

And I avoid installing a lot of apps. Well you are doing lots of stuff I avoid with my DAW. Windows can be updating and all sorts of stuff. I’ve had a Scarlett 2i4 for about a year now, and apart from it occasionally getting ‘missed’ by the PC’s fast start-up unplug and replug sorts thatit’s been rock solid with W You definitely want ASIO. What do you use for AntiVirus instead? So it could be that I’ve picked a “lucky” USB port. Because, in fairness, the PCI card would solve the problem, it’s just that he probably doesn’t need it since one of the other USB2 ports would likely work fine.

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Every few minutes, the sound will cut out for a fraction of a second and then resume. I can’t disconnect from the Internet because I work from home, and am always online. That’s not surprising, since I wasn’t having dropouts with my other sound cards, and the latency monitors don’t seem to be checking specific audio devices.

I work with them in the middle I don’t think the port you picked is “lucky.

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I think that the Scarlett is a device made for working with Audio inside professional software and was never intended to be used for PC chores. So do I think it’s a good idea? Essentials Only Full Version.

Cactus Music My antivirus is AVG Free and it hasn’t given my audio-related problems in the past, so I don’t suspect it of causing problems now. I use my Scarlett for both DAW use and windows general use.

Anyway I’ll see how things go tomorrow on the potentially “lucky” USB port. I am currently having dropouts while listening to music. And finally, are there ways of improving the performance and stability of the Scarlett or any USB audio interface by somehow increasing the power to it?

Note that I am not trying to use Sonar; I’m simply trying to play music in the background using foobar like I’ve done for years with PCI cards. I’ve never had dropouts listening to music until today, with the Scarlett. As for anti-virus, I know AVG gets rough reviews at times, but so do all anti-virus programs.

When I am uploading files to my web site, however, I get drop-outs every minute or so. Disable them in Device manager.

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