I have a Windows 10 machine that I built for stage and I am now using it for original music production as well. I am using the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB interface (1st and 2nd generation). Using the latest subscription version of Pro Tools, I have a track that is record-enabled with a sound from Kontakt. During the course of arranging a musical part using the S88 keyboard, I am hearing crackles too often for my liking. I have been exchanging e-mails with NI support in an effort to get rid of these crackles. I did a "batch re-save" of the samples, based on their recommendation. I tried lowering the number of voices on the specific sound in Kontakt. I've tried adjusting the samples value from 1024 to 512, 256 and 128. The sample libraries reside on a separate, internal 4TB SSD SATA drive.
Any other ideas what could be causing the crackles?