The CPU almost certainly is not a problem. So also the RAM, although my i5 iMac had beach balls after updating to High Sierra until I added 4 GB RAM to make it 8.

Still, I doubt that causes any sound problem.

Can you record the sound and post a snippet of it here?

My first guess is audio buffers. We need to know about your sound card. Can you increase the buffer size if it’s ASIO? Or decrease it?

I have other guesses, but I’ll wait until you give more information.

Last edited by Matt Finley; 03/06/18 11:28 AM.

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