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0009912ardourbugspublic2025-04-06 18:12
ReporterMAVaisanen Assigned To 
PriorityimmediateSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformDebian GNUOSLinuxOS Version(any)
Product Version8.12 
Summary0009912: Recording making cliches
DescriptionWhen recording with updated version of Ubuntu studio recording makes silent - clitches See attached screenshot. Not happened before. DSP was aroung 5% during whole session, no x-runs. Audio interface is XR-18, been used with Ardour for 5 years already and never saw this happen.
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MAVaisanen

2025-04-06 15:40

reporter  

Recording clitch.jpg (73,486 bytes)   
Recording clitch.jpg (73,486 bytes)   

x42

2025-04-06 15:47

administrator   ~0029241

What Audio/MIDI Backend do you use (Menu > Window > Audio/MIDI Setup) and what settings?

MAVaisanen

2025-04-06 16:19

reporter   ~0029242

Jack/Pipewire with 1024 samples.

In fact I have feeling that these clitches are coming when changing view in UI. F.e. Edit / mix window or changing to different app - like mixer application.

x42

2025-04-06 16:43

administrator   ~0029243

These look like dropouts of a period-size. I assume you Ubuntu Studio's pipewire, which is known to have issues. Try Ardour's ALSA backend to test this.

If the GUI has any effect it is a hint that realtime permissions are not correctly setup, and the GUI/graphics card can override audio/USB priority.
Ardour/ALSA will also show a warning in Window > Log "cannot acquire realtime permissions." if that is the case.

MAVaisanen

2025-04-06 18:04

reporter   ~0029244

No logs about realtime permissions. But this comes. [INFO]: Cannot set I/O Priority for disk read/write thread. Partition where I'm writing to is NTFS, cause it's shared drive with windows.

Another thing is when using Jack/Pipewire playback can make clitches too when changing view in GUI - when using Alsa there are no clitches when doing that. If pipewire is the problem, any experience about reverting back to pulseaudio?

MAVaisanen

2025-04-06 18:04

reporter   ~0029245

No logs about realtime permissions. But this comes. [INFO]: Cannot set I/O Priority for disk read/write thread. Partition where I'm writing to is NTFS, cause it's shared drive with windows.

Another thing is when using Jack/Pipewire playback can make clitches too when changing view in GUI - when using Alsa there are no clitches when doing that. If pipewire is the problem, any experience about reverting back to pulseaudio?

x42

2025-04-06 18:12

administrator   ~0029246

Pulseaudio is a desktop system, not usable for pro-audio. so that won't help. Also note that "realtime permissions" will only show up in the Log when you use Ardour/ALSA (not JACK/Pipewire).
As for the Disk I/O priority.. try Ardour Preferences > Performance. set i/O Thread count to 1, and scheduling policy to "No priority".

Other than that... The is likely caused by your system's setup, not Ardour specifically.
Maybe the https://github.com/autostatic/rtcqs quick-config scan can help.

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2025-04-06 15:40 MAVaisanen New Issue
2025-04-06 15:40 MAVaisanen File Added: Recording clitch.jpg
2025-04-06 15:47 x42 Note Added: 0029241
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2025-04-06 18:04 MAVaisanen Note Added: 0029244
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2025-04-06 18:12 x42 Note Added: 0029246