Crackling/Popping sounds during legato choir playback

[Skragarooroo]

The playback of the Muse Sounds Choir instruments sometimes makes crackles/pops in weird but reproducable places.

I've marked the places where these crackles occur in the image below.

• When listening to the full choir I could only hear the crackle in the marked soprano part.
• When soloing Tenor and then subsequently Bass I could hear crackles in the marked parts.

I've tried to change the dynamics to see if anything would change but crackles/pops still occurred.

Sleep Test.zip

[abariska]

Hi @Skragarooroo! I can't reproduce this issue. Are you using Muse Sounds or MS Basic soundfont when hear audio issues? And, please, provide info about your computer (specs and OS)

[GabeS573]

Could you try increasing the buffer size in Preferences > IO to see if that helps?

[Skragarooroo]

Increasing the buffer did not do anything to fix the crackling.

My specs are: OS: Windows 10

CPU: I7 6700k GPU: RX 480 RAM: 2x Corsair 2133mhz 8Gb (16Gb) Storage: Kingston 500-ish Gb SSD + 2TB seagate HDD MB: Asus z170-E

Audio interfaces: AXE FX II XL+ & Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 going into Voicemeeter Potato (VB-audio software mixer/interface)

[abariska]

@Skragarooroo Thanks! Would be good to play with combinations of Fractal, Focusrite and Voicemeeter. But first try to reproduce with all them disconnected

[Skragarooroo]

I've now spent the last 20 minutes trying every possible permutation that I could think of with different soundcards plugged in/out and none seem to make the problem go away.

[abariska]

Then, would be great if someone with Win 10 tried to reproduce this issue

[zacjansheski]

I reproduced on the current master on Windows 11. Pops/crackles are pretty subtle, need to listen closely (I'm using headphones)

https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/assets/69917893/8eb0edb0-5911-4c44-b8dd-39f2c1986ffc

[zacjansheski]

I hear the cracks/pops with Muse Sounds, not MS Basic