Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!unmvax!nmt.edu!eahsnsr From: eahsnsr@nmt.edu (Eric A. Hobbs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: MEGA STE trouble Message-ID: <1991Apr5.013627.16876@nmt.edu> Date: 5 Apr 91 01:36:27 GMT References: Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Lines: 23 In article larserio@ifi.uio.no writes: >I have two problems with my new MEGA STE, and wondered if anyone out there >hadany good ideas for fixing them: > >1) When using STEREO DMA sound (not normal ST sound) I get "static" (small > clicks kind of) in the sound. Sounds almost like a spark. Occurs even > when there is no sound (as long as the voulume is on). It has has no > strict pattern and occurs every now and then. Anyone have an idea ?? I don't have an STE so I am assuming that you are playing samples. If the sample is recorded so that when you look at it on a sample editing program, the sample is not vertically centered over the "zero" output line, you will almost invariably hear a "pop" at the beginning and end of the sample. This is because the player is trying to jump from zero output to a higher output. In which case, any computer will pop while trying to make the sound. Of course, this is all assuming that you in fact _are_ playing samples. If any of this makes any sense to you, then good for you! :-) ------------------- Eric A. HOBBS! eahsnsr@JUPITER.nmt.edu