A few months ago I posted an enquiry about tickig noises that appeared
during periods of silence when making recordings with a Tascam DR-05.
These were only noticeable when the files were played back but couldn't
be heard in the monitoring 'phones during the recording session - which
was particularly worrying because it meant that I never knew when a
recording was going to be ruined until it was too late.

It now appears that I unfairly maligned the DR-05. I have just
discovered that if the files are played back on the DR-05, the ticking
noises do not occur. This means that 'ruined' recordings are perfectly
satisfactory as long as they are played out through the analogue
monitoring socket and re-digitised by the computer for editing.

The problem seems to be coming from the editing software (Peak L.E.)
which converts the Tascam's .wav files to .aiff before editing them. I
thought the differences between the two formats were just in the
headers, with the actual data bits being the same - but it appears that
something is being done to the data which trips up during periods of
silence.

Any ideas?

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