SMPTE timecode stops

[Digi]

Seems jack to jack with 2 towers works fine too. Seems just my laptops sound card is just not high enough quality to transmit the exactness required in the sound. So moving forward if I use my laptop I'll use a dac or other usb to 3.5mm jack device. Thx for the help

[drazkers]

Joris's suggestion shed some light on whats going on. Btw I didn't doubt Resolume this time.
The phone method works and plays back very smooth. Also just to test I cranked the crap out of the volume on it and it didn't effect the time code. At low volume yeah it stops working but the margin for error was what I was expecting and hoping for.


So now I need to figure out why the heck my laptop is putting out dirty sound. If I can get a cable to reach I'll try tower to tower next in attempt make sure its not a problem with all my pc's.

Laptops being charged typically hum in professional environments, try unplugging your laptop from its power source for testing. If i'm not on the same power as the media server then there is a background hum. You may be having a problem with phase. A ground lift would help.

Typically in tour timecode solutions I make sure all my media servers are on the same power distro as FOH source and have external soundcards.

[Oaktown]

How about using a stereo DI?

[livpas]

it's probably some sound effect/enhancement that's by the driver/manufacturer. I'd look for surround/room virtualization, bass boost, or any equalizer setting in control panel of your output machine.

[cvanhoose]

I had the same issue, it turned out to be the buffer rate. Installed Asio driver and works great now with the scarlett i2i cards.

[Digi]

it's probably some sound effect/enhancement that's by the driver/manufacturer. I'd look for surround/room virtualization, bass boost, or any equalizer setting in control panel of your output machine.

That was debunked the moment I plugged a usb dac in and it started working. I also checked all that stuff in the realtek audio ap.

[Digi]

Joris's suggestion shed some light on whats going on. Btw I didn't doubt Resolume this time.
The phone method works and plays back very smooth. Also just to test I cranked the crap out of the volume on it and it didn't effect the time code. At low volume yeah it stops working but the margin for error was what I was expecting and hoping for.


So now I need to figure out why the heck my laptop is putting out dirty sound. If I can get a cable to reach I'll try tower to tower next in attempt make sure its not a problem with all my pc's.

Laptops being charged typically hum in professional environments, try unplugging your laptop from its power source for testing. If i'm not on the same power as the media server then there is a background hum. You may be having a problem with phase. A ground lift would help.

Typically in tour timecode solutions I make sure all my media servers are on the same power distro as FOH source and have external soundcards.

It was unplugged when I started to have the problem. I just think the sound card is where corners were cut. It's a 1k usd asus gaming laptop I picked up for its video card, cpu and ram. Everything else is average.

The learning experience for me is, I can't hear the imperfections of the signal and I feel my hearing is pretty good. So when I have this issue in the future I'll need to keep in mind the quality of the sound cards, on board or discreet from now on.