More plugs with 128 buffer

[accession]

G4 450MHZ

I definitely scrape up better performance by increasing the buffer setting from 128 to 1024.

Otherwise, it's "out-of-cpu" errors.

Phil

[lwilliam]

G4/400; I run at 128 90% of the time. I also seem to get more plugins that way - no one's ever explained why.

Reason/reFuse doesn't like 128, though. I usually have to kick it up to 512 when I'm running both.

[usd]

g4 800 128 best!

[Christoph1123]

G4 Quicksilver 867, set at 256, except for tracking then it's 128. I just happen to leave it on 256 most of the time. Maybe I'll try keeping it at 128 more often to see how it reacts.

Chris

[CCash]

G4 400. Need the 1024 for running Soft Sample Cell in the background, but that's the only time.

[Trash Man]

G3 450...
No real difference in plugin's for me...However, my damn session wont bounce usually if I have a buffer of 128 or 256. I use to never have this problem w/ 5.0 anyway....Anyone else have the same problem

[cheekypaul]

The higher buffer size helps with higher edit density. higher memory allocation helps with plug ins.

[lwilliam]

Originally posted by Trash Man:
G3 450...
No real difference in plugin's for me...However, my damn session wont bounce usually if I have a buffer of 128 or 256. I use to never have this problem w/ 5.0 anyway....Anyone else have the same problem

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I've never tried adjusting the buffer when I get that dreaded "bounce handler can't keep up" message. I'll give it a whirl.

Changing buffer sizes REALLY messes with midi timing, which is why I always record midi to audio before the mix.

[axmen]

wow,
I've always been using 128 to for the same reason

[Chompers]

I always use 1024 for almost all the sessions.
Im not even sure why I would want to use anything else. Unless , of course, if the lower settings are actually getting better cpu performance.. Hmmm.
I dont think I care enough to try it out. My 867 onlu runs out of juice with about 5% of me sessions. And those are really fat 32 track monsters. A little file management or plugz reworking usually fixes the issue.
Sometimes a restart fixes it with out any other changes.
Ive notices that the ProTools plug usage seems to have a "memory". For example, IF you use a couple sans amps, then take them off, the meter is higher than when you started.