Low Buffer CPU Optimization

[weezul]

Originally Posted by Daveporter33765

In my experience Macs were capable of very low latency and very efficient performance with every DAW but Pro Tools for a very long time. Now that Pro Tools audio engine has been optimized, it’s the same as all the other DAWs. So it wasn’t a Mac problem, but a Pro Tools problem.

This 100%.

[ZoeMusic]

Originally Posted by arche3

OMG. it is actually working at low buffer.... I cannot believe it.

Yep! Awesome! Working great here!

[stevedresser83]

18 core, 64gb ram, 3 SSD drives top of the line, w10 pro with all the tweaks you could possible imagine for smooth running machine. Computer is a beast with any other application but the moment I get in protools the whole computer feels like a pentium 3. Lag with any click. Small mix sessions are almost unbearable. Crashes etc. So over this program, its a joke. I've built probably 5 computers in the last 10 years or so, always careful to check the forums and recommended hardware and its always the same. 64 buffer size maybe will work if I have like 3 tracks in the session with only a few plugins but even then still bound to get cpu errors. I've said it for many years that I was gonna switch from this DAW and I think for real I am now.

[EGS]

Originally Posted by stevedresser83

18 core, 64gb ram, 3 SSD drives top of the line, w10 pro with all the tweaks you could possible imagine for smooth running machine. Computer is a beast with any other application but the moment I get in protools the whole computer feels like a pentium 3. Lag with any click. Small mix sessions are almost unbearable. Crashes etc. So over this program, its a joke. I've built probably 5 computers in the last 10 years or so, always careful to check the forums and recommended hardware and its always the same. 64 buffer size maybe will work if I have like 3 tracks in the session with only a few plugins but even then still bound to get cpu errors. I've said it for many years that I was gonna switch from this DAW and I think for real I am now.

Win 10 desktop runs well @ 64 for me. A large session might sometimes throw a CPU spike. If that happens, I set processor affinity/priority to fix it.

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by JingleDjango

I would expect to see similar low buffer optimization on Windows if and when Carbon is qualified for that OS.

Avid is likely not going to develop their own AVB driver so once Windows has universal support then you can start expecting Windows support. For now, don't hold your breath.

[ZEUSS]

This doesn't seem to be doing anything on my system. It only spikes worse when that box is checked. 64 samples.

[JFreak]

Sorry to sound like a broken record but why would you just ise 256 buffer and give plugins some time to breathe? TDM had some plugins that could to 2 sample delay but that was not thw norm (usual TDM mixer had about 350 samples of plugin delay and still everyone was happy)

512 is too much for monitoring, 256 is usable and 128 is great (TDM default)


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[daeron80]

Originally Posted by stevedresser83

18 core, 64gb ram, 3 SSD drives top of the line, w10 pro with all the tweaks you could possible imagine for smooth running machine. Computer is a beast with any other application but the moment I get in protools the whole computer feels like a pentium 3.

Might be your interface driver. You didn't say what you were using, but I had similar problems when I had a Digidesign interface. Once I got a Focusrite, all was golden. My current machine is five years old, early i7 with only 4 cores, 16GB RAM. The past two versions have run great with the Focusrite interface as long as I did the priority/affinity tweak. No problems tracking at 64, even with dozens of plugin-laden tracks. Will install .11 this weekend.

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by stevedresser83

18 core, 64gb ram, 3 SSD drives top of the line, w10 pro with all the tweaks you could possible imagine for smooth running machine. Computer is a beast with any other application but the moment I get in protools the whole computer feels like a pentium 3. Lag with any click. Small mix sessions are almost unbearable. Crashes etc. So over this program, its a joke. I've built probably 5 computers in the last 10 years or so, always careful to check the forums and recommended hardware and its always the same. 64 buffer size maybe will work if I have like 3 tracks in the session with only a few plugins but even then still bound to get cpu errors. I've said it for many years that I was gonna switch from this DAW and I think for real I am now.

If hardware is a beast, lag comes from the software. Takes half a second to understand that.


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[Carl Lie]

Originally Posted by daeron80

Might be your interface driver. You didn't say what you were using, but I had similar problems when I had a Digidesign interface. Once I got a Focusrite, all was golden. My current machine is five years old, early i7 with only 4 cores, 16GB RAM. The past two versions have run great with the Focusrite interface as long as I did the priority/affinity tweak. No problems tracking at 64, even with dozens of plugin-laden tracks. Will install .11 this weekend.

Solid reply. RME makes great drivers as well. Worth checking into.