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Re: Audio distortion after several hours?
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Re: Audio distortion after several hours?


  • Subject: Re: Audio distortion after several hours?
  • From: Daniel Mack <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:20:17 +0200

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:52:26PM +0200, Peter Lang wrote:
> I've got a similar problem with my MacBook Pro, C2D 2.16, 3GB. I use an
> RME Multiface as my main sound device, connected via express card.
>
> After starting the system, everything is fine for a while. Then, from
> time to time, audio starts to sound like short buffers played with a very
> high volume (therefore sounding distorted).
>
> Reconnecting the audio device does not help.

Ahaa, here we go :) This is exactly what I was hoping for - someone with
a similar problem but different hardware. Thanks for speaking up!

> This behavior occurred the first time with 10.5.7. It never happened with
> 10.5.6 or earlier.

Which hardware model is that? How much RAM is installed?

> What I've also seen is kernel_task consuming a lot of CPU at the moment
> of the audio failure - together with a short mouse cursor hang.
>
> At the moment, I see no possibility to give a reproducible scenario to
> get these results, but maybe this information helps for further
> investigation.

Let's see - I'll check the kernel_task thing as soon as I am presented a
machine with that error.

Thanks,
Daniel
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