This makes it possible to remove Melodyne and/or the software sampler from the original track and even delete the original track entirely, thereby economizing on RAM.' In other DAW's the audio track has to be transported into Melodyne for editing. Melodyne's user manual states 'The 'bounce' function (variously known as 'Render to Disk', 'Mixdown', or 'Print to Track') results in your Melodyne edits or sampler output being finalized in an audio file that can then be played back from a simple and resource-sparing audio track instead of the original track. I'm still confused by why I get identical noise even after bouncing - I thought that converted it to a wave audio clip. I've realized Melodyne is too CPU-intensive to have it on with other tracks while tracking. (Although when I slide mine all the way toward Maximum I only get 960 samples Melodyne user manual suggests 1024 as you note.) But when tracking other vocalists I need a lower setting due to latency. If I set the buffer high there is no issue. (1) How do I get rid of the added noise for tracking additional vocalists? (2) Why is the noise still there even though I've bounced to clips - shouldn't I be back to a simple audio clip at that point that is using minimal resources? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? I think it improved the amount of cracking, but it's still very much present. So I edited by Read Caching and Write Caching (more than doubled Read caching and doubled Write caching) under Synching and Caching. I am STILL getting the cracking and popping unless I set the buffer to Maximum. So I went through one of the edited tracks and bounced each edited clip to removed the Melodyne processing. So I tried Flattening the Comp, assuming that would remove the processing and get rid of the cracking - no go. The cracking is too distracting for the vocalist - plus there is cracking being recorded in the new track. (If I set it to maximum for stability, all the cracking disappears, but there is too much latency for tracking.) Here's where my problem comes in.

(If I Mute all edited clips, the cracking stops.) For tracking, I have my ASIO audio buffer set to Minimum to minimize real-time latency. When I'm tracking additional singers, I get frequent cracking and popping - pretty sure it's at each clip juncture, and I assumed due to the processing of the Melodyne-altered clip. I am recording an a capella piece with several voices I've used Melodyne fairly extensively to tighten timing and to some degree pitch.

Melodyne in cakewalk