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#179027 11/14/12 04:30 PM
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Can anyone help out my friend Carolan in France who has a problem with RealTrack 1593.

After the track has generated he says he has an artifact which translates literally as a "noise from the bottom" which appears at intervals and makes the track unusable. If anyone has this track, could you give it a listen and see if you have the same problem?

You can post the answer here and I'll translate as best I can, or if your French is better than mine (Bupper?) the original post is on the French forum.

Thanks guys.

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Hi ROG,

My Realtracks picker identifies RT 1593 as, "Fiddle, Background Pop16ths Ev 065"

Looking in the Realtracks Folder under the above yields 12 "raw" Realtrack files.

I'm playing those one at a time, listening for any recorded noises, will let you know if I hear any.

But that might not be the cause, just the first thing to rule out.

It would really help if you could get a copy of their frozen songfile and post a link to it here or at least email it via a PM message.


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Many thanks, Mac.

If you don't find the same problem I'll do as you suggest with the songfile.

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Hi Rog
it actually translates as "background noise" & he explains the noise as being like a distant kick drum

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Bupper - I was hoping you might pick up on this one, thanks. I'd got the distant drums as a "box" in the distance. I obviously need to keep working on the French!

Background noise is certainly preferable to what I thought it sounded like.

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no probs Rog, glad to be of assistance

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The user could possibly have a hot computer mic that is re-recording. Especially important with use of laptop, all of which have a built in mic and most of which default to it as the selection.

Have them check the Record Properties of the sound device, and if the MIC is selected and on, turn it off and try making the file again.

Did not hear anything amiss in all 12 of those raw realtrack files, but may be mentally damaged from having to listen to all that lone fiddle...


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Thanks, Mac. I'll get back to him and get him to check that.

Hope the mental scarring isn't permanent!

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