Interference with audio data

Question: I hear interference when I read audio data using MakeCD. How do I get rid of this noise?

Answer:

• The majority of people with this problem are using AsimCDFS. Asimware suggest that you update the file system to version 3.9. This problem arises because AsimCDFS keeps communicating with the drive, even though MakeCD has told the file system to leave the drive alone. This is not a problem with Asimware from version 3.9 upwards.
• If you are using a file system other than AsimCDFS, try turning it off to see if the problem disappears.
• If you have another tool running that can affect the CD-ROM drive, turn it off.
• A user of MakeCD traced poor audio data back to CyberPatcher. If you have started CyberPatcher, try turning it off.
• Somebody told us that he had such a problem as soon as a Zip drive is connected to the same SCSI bus. Once the Zip drive is removed, the problem disappears. Another person told us that he experienced more interference when reselection was turned on than when it was turned off. The best method is to save the data into RAM or to use a massive buffer. So try turning off reselection for all drives and remove any SCSI drives that you can from the SCSI bus.
• Check the termination of your SCSI bus.

We cannot think of other reasons why the CDDA data should be of poor quality. That said, it can sometimes be down to a hardware problem with the CD-ROM. A new, modern CD-ROM drive is often the solution.

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