Background noise problems

HI,
I’m having numerous background noise problems in Cubase 13.
I use (obviously) Cubase and a Neural DSP Plugin.

If I use the stand alone version of the Neural plugin I NEVER have problems and I hear perfectly without hearing noises, so everything works perfectly.

The problem therefore only occurs with Cubase and not always. Sometimes I play for 30/40 minutes without problems and then at a certain point it starts to give problems. At that point I have to close everything and reopen hoping that it will resolve itself.

I tried to reinstall the software from “steinberg download”, but I don’t know what else to do!

I’ll give you some info:

Audio Interface:
Steinberg UR22C
Input 2 with Hi-Z active with guitar connected directly
Gain 0
Headphone output connected volume 3/4 with wired Marshall headphones

Notebooks:
Dell Inspiron i7-11 64GB RAM; 2GB Video; 1TB SSD; Windows 11
Connected via USB-C to a StarTech.com with 3 monitor. The audio interface USB is connceted to this.

Guitars tested:

  • Gibson Les Paul
  • Fender Stratocaster
  • Duesenberg Starplayer

I leave you a WeTrasnsfer link with two examples to help you understand: https://we.tl/t-zL1dMCXkHH

  1. small test with slight noise
  2. recording test with 3 tracks, the first two work “well” even if not perfectly. the third one that enters at about second 35 makes a noise

Thanks everyone in advance!

Hi,

Could you try to increase the Buffer Size, please?

Hi,
here my settings now:
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The result is the same. Sometimes when recorded you hear that noise and when I listen back the audio skips and it almost seems like I didn’t record anything.
I played about thirty minutes with these settings and no problems until it started like this: WeTransfer - Send Large Files & Share Photos Online - Up to 2GB Free

Hi,

In this case, use the LatencyMon utility to inspect your system, please.

CONCLUSION


Your system seems to be having difficulty handling real-time audio and other tasks. You may experience drop outs, clicks or pops due to buffer underruns. One or more DPC routines that belong to a driver running in your system appear to be executing for too long. At least one detected problem appears to be network related. In case you are using a WLAN adapter, try disabling it to get better results. One problem may be related to power management, disable CPU throttling settings in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates.
LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:09:52 (h:mm:ss) on all processors.


SYSTEM INFORMATION


Computer name: LUCANTB
OS version: Windows 11, 10.0, version 2009, build: 22631 (x64)
Hardware: Inspiron 15 5510, Dell Inc.
BIOS: 2.17.0
CPU: GenuineIntel 11th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz
Logical processors: 8
Processor groups: 1
Processor group size: 8
RAM: 65274 MB total


CPU SPEED


Reported CPU speed (WMI): 2995 MHz
Reported CPU speed (registry): 2995 MHz

Note: reported execution times may be calculated based on a fixed reported CPU speed. Disable variable speed settings like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in the BIOS setup for more accurate results.


MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES


The interrupt to process latency reflects the measured interval that a usermode process needed to respond to a hardware request from the moment the interrupt service routine started execution. This includes the scheduling and execution of a DPC routine, the signaling of an event and the waking up of a usermode thread from an idle wait state in response to that event.

Highest measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 1294,50
Average measured interrupt to process latency (µs): 14,368602

Highest measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 1279,90
Average measured interrupt to DPC latency (µs): 6,016223


REPORTED ISRs


Interrupt service routines are routines installed by the OS and device drivers that execute in response to a hardware interrupt signal.

Highest ISR routine execution time (µs): 284,569616
Driver with highest ISR routine execution time: ACPI.sys - Driver ACPI per NT, Microsoft Corporation

Highest reported total ISR routine time (%): 0,011528
Driver with highest ISR total time: Wdf01000.sys - Runtime framework driver modalità kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0,020425

ISR count (execution time <250 µs): 341938
ISR count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 500-1000 µs): 1
ISR count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
ISR count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


REPORTED DPCs


DPC routines are part of the interrupt servicing dispatch mechanism and disable the possibility for a process to utilize the CPU while it is interrupted until the DPC has finished execution.

Highest DPC routine execution time (µs): 1635,314190
Driver with highest DPC routine execution time: nvlddmkm.sys - NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 546.09 , NVIDIA Corporation

Highest reported total DPC routine time (%): 0,270132
Driver with highest DPC total execution time: Wdf01000.sys - Runtime framework driver modalità kernel, Microsoft Corporation

Total time spent in DPCs (%) 0,561359

DPC count (execution time <250 µs): 1270549
DPC count (execution time 250-500 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time 500-10000 µs): 4298
DPC count (execution time 1000-2000 µs): 7
DPC count (execution time 2000-4000 µs): 0
DPC count (execution time >=4000 µs): 0


REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS


Hard pagefaults are events that get triggered by making use of virtual memory that is not resident in RAM but backed by a memory mapped file on disk. The process of resolving the hard pagefault requires reading in the memory from disk while the process is interrupted and blocked from execution.

NOTE: some processes were hit by hard pagefaults. If these were programs producing audio, they are likely to interrupt the audio stream resulting in dropouts, clicks and pops. Check the Processes tab to see which programs were hit.

Process with highest pagefault count: cubase le ai elements 13.exe

Total number of hard pagefaults 24079
Hard pagefault count of hardest hit process: 19020
Number of processes hit: 51


PER CPU DATA


CPU 0 Interrupt cycle time (s): 44,192740
CPU 0 ISR highest execution time (µs): 284,569616
CPU 0 ISR total execution time (s): 0,908657
CPU 0 ISR count: 310649
CPU 0 DPC highest execution time (µs): 1635,314190
CPU 0 DPC total execution time (s): 20,764512
CPU 0 DPC count: 939993


CPU 1 Interrupt cycle time (s): 10,769816
CPU 1 ISR highest execution time (µs): 47,320868
CPU 1 ISR total execution time (s): 0,058788
CPU 1 ISR count: 31145
CPU 1 DPC highest execution time (µs): 803,919866
CPU 1 DPC total execution time (s): 2,073387
CPU 1 DPC count: 68544


CPU 2 Interrupt cycle time (s): 7,463766
CPU 2 ISR highest execution time (µs): 6,534891
CPU 2 ISR total execution time (s): 0,000313
CPU 2 ISR count: 145
CPU 2 DPC highest execution time (µs): 375,087145
CPU 2 DPC total execution time (s): 0,423437
CPU 2 DPC count: 33830


CPU 3 Interrupt cycle time (s): 6,789235
CPU 3 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 3 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 3 ISR count: 0
CPU 3 DPC highest execution time (µs): 453,636728
CPU 3 DPC total execution time (s): 0,347144
CPU 3 DPC count: 27270


CPU 4 Interrupt cycle time (s): 34,320567
CPU 4 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 4 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 4 ISR count: 0
CPU 4 DPC highest execution time (µs): 706,517529
CPU 4 DPC total execution time (s): 1,597359
CPU 4 DPC count: 121673


CPU 5 Interrupt cycle time (s): 9,625568
CPU 5 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 5 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 5 ISR count: 0
CPU 5 DPC highest execution time (µs): 367,356928
CPU 5 DPC total execution time (s): 0,542298
CPU 5 DPC count: 29896


CPU 6 Interrupt cycle time (s): 8,886399
CPU 6 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 6 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 6 ISR count: 0
CPU 6 DPC highest execution time (µs): 362,663105
CPU 6 DPC total execution time (s): 0,503363
CPU 6 DPC count: 32025


CPU 7 Interrupt cycle time (s): 7,924850
CPU 7 ISR highest execution time (µs): 0,0
CPU 7 ISR total execution time (s): 0,0
CPU 7 ISR count: 0
CPU 7 DPC highest execution time (µs): 419,141903
CPU 7 DPC total execution time (s): 0,345702
CPU 7 DPC count: 21623


Now i set my pc like:
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Wich Buffer Size and Sample Rate do you recommend?