# choppy playback?

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/choppy-playback/11246>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [December 25, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/choppy-playback/11246 "2013-12-25T13:25:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rockpocket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@rockpocket](https://qa.fmod.com/u/rockpocket)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/choppy-playback/11246/1 "2013-12-25T13:25:49Z")

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Spoiler alert: I’m a newbie.  
Anyway. The playhead seems to be going in a choppy and unsmooth manner. Automation sounds affected by this, as if the fade has a an interval of 5db. Any ideas?

macbook pro  
2,3 GHz Intel Core i7  
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3  
Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB  
OS X 10.9.1