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J River MJ12 Pops/Clicks-Effects help needed?

I just started using this player and love it. When i first used this player I applied some minimal effects to add some nice ambience to some live shows i have. Now when i go back to use the effects (to aid some recordings just a tad) i am getting these pops and clicks and it is even happening on the same file that i wasn't having these problems with prior? Does anyone have any advice or help to get rid of this problem so i can start using the effects again. I did switch from direct sound to the ASIO driver. I tried to go back to direct sound thinking that may have had something to do with it but those clicks are still there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i was really enjoying using the effects in a subtle manner and now can't as it is to annoying now. And it is happening even if i am using the clip protection feature in either direct or ASIO settings. I don't understand what would have caused this all of a sudden when it seemed to be working fine when i first was running the program and now it is not?
It is even clicking when the level is reading way below 100% and i am only adding 1 notch of effect and it is doing this.

thanks!
seekburk

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audioengr
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There are a lot of PC USB deficiencies, both hardware and software that can cause these pops due to high latencies or interrupt conflicts. Usually custom drivers have higher latency. Non-Windows ASIO can cause higher latency. Upsampling or decompressing Flac etc. also causes more latency. Dell laptops are notorious for having poor USB interfaces. It is almost impossible to get rid of the pops on these Dells. All USB ports on computers are not equal, even on Macbooks. Macs are the most trouble-free I have found.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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