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Old 06-14-2005, 10:49 AM
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Default playback engine settings

g5 2.5 mac, 2.5gb ram, OS 10.4.1 ,PT 6.9.2, HD3 accel, 2x 192


just reinstalling evrything after a glitchy update and am re setting my playback engine
for the first time in over a year
can someone tell me what the best settings should be?
buffer size , cpu usage and so on
i have searched for any threads with no luck

i run reason and LIVE rewired to PT regulary if this makes a difference
i thank eveyone for their advice in advance!
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Old 06-14-2005, 08:18 PM
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Default Re: playback engine settings

I read somewhere, either here or in the manual, that the CPU usage should be set to 99% when using dual-proc machines. Other than that, I think our buffers are set to 256.
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Old 06-16-2005, 08:45 AM
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Old 06-16-2005, 09:27 AM
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Hi,

Here's mine, took a few attempts to get it tuned for mu usage! up to 100 audio tracks and upto 20 midi tracks HD3 accel MAC OSX 10.3.8 PT 6.9 cs1

H/W BUFFER SIZE 256
COU USGAE 99% (ONLY AVAILABLE ON DUAL PROCESSORS USE 85% ON SINGLE PROCESSOR)
NUMBER OF VOICES 96 VOICES (2 DSP'S)
DELAY COMP LONG (4096 SAMPLES PER CHAN)

DAE BUFFER LEVEL 4

The only 2 i occasionally adjust are the HW buffer when playing midi i'll sometimes set it to 128 for a faster responce. and occasionaly adjust the DAE buffer when bouncing lond performances like 90 minute live recordings etc to a higher level 6 or 8 as occasionally i would get an error message when bouncing with the buffer at 2.

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Old 06-16-2005, 11:34 AM
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Default Re: playback engine settings

thanks chris ( hows brighton nowadys?, i remember the zap nights with onu fondly )
that is most useful , i loaded my old multi live/reason template
with the PBE set as you described and everything is back to purring along nicely
( apart from the g5 fans of course...)

oncee again props to all the people here for their help
where would we be without the duc.....
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