# Flame audio popping
**URL:** https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483
**Category:** Hardware Questions
**Tags:** audio
**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483 "2023-05-30T17:05:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Rhiltzik](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Rhiltzik)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/1 "2023-05-30T17:05:23Z")
I’m having a problem with audio hardware.
There are severe audio pops whenever I load or change a project.
flame 2023.3 Linux
Thanks in advance for ant insight.
Richard Hiltzik
Warner Bros.
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### Author:  [@hBomb42](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hBomb42)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/2 "2023-05-30T18:29:21Z")
My linux box has done this forever on startup. I just mute the room audio while it’s loading the project.
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### Author:  [@Nick](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Nick)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/3 "2023-05-30T18:51:05Z")
What video card? AJA? Running sync into the system, or free sync? It kinda sounds like a sync issue, but just spitballing here.
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### Author:  [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/4 "2023-05-30T21:37:51Z")
Mine too.
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### Author:  [@hBomb42](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hBomb42)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/5 "2023-05-30T21:52:27Z")
On mine? AJA, with free sync. It’s fine once Flame has launched.
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### Author:  [@Nick](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Nick)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/6 "2023-05-30T22:09:20Z")
Running BMD freesync. Definitely hear it now. But it seems really inconsistent. I hear a faint sound when initializing the project most times. But every once and a while, a big boom.
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### Author:  [@Rhiltzik](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Rhiltzik)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/7 "2023-05-31T00:57:25Z")
Free sync, AJA. Only when initializing a project. Once that is done, all is well.
I’ll have to see if there is some way to add a mute button to my system.
It sounds like I might pop a speaker or 2.
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### Author:  [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/flame-audio-popping/8483/8 "2023-05-31T01:10:46Z")
I’m not sure what kind of audio setup you have, but most systems these days come with built in protection.