You should be using one of the USB options that limits the audio output level (txprelim=yes or txlimonly=yes) And If you are running composite audio, you need to make sure that the txtone and txvoice settings together do not total more than 1000. Otherwise you will overdrive the sound device and make nasty noises. Ken KE2N From: app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com] On Behalf Of Corey Dean N3FE Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 9:59 PM To: Corey Dean N3FE; app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Subject: [App_rpt-users] One last thing... I am loving the app_rpt node. I am having a blast with it and it is quite powerful, but I have one last thing I just can't figure out. The audio coming from allison and other connect messages, even playing the time with the male voice crackles. It doesn't matter if I lower the audio in the configs or not. I even wired up a powered speaker and have the same result. The audio sounds like it is 5KHZ off. Changes the settings in radio tune only lowers the levels, it doesn't remove the crackles, it just lowers the volume of the crackles. Any ideas on where I should be looking to rememdy this? Is there a setting somewhere where I can lower the built in voice? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Corey N3FE -- This message has been checked and is believed to be clean.