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Subject:Studio One High CPU usage.
KMGuitarSlinger Prenoob Joined: 04/08/2011 04:06:56 Messages: 5 Offline	Hello, I was just curious if anyone else has experienced high CPU usage in Studio One Version Two Professional? Even idle it uses more than my previous DAW but, when I burn a CD - Or mix down wav. I will get a High CPU usage warning.... I have never gotten that ever in my previous DAW. I am running a Quad Core Processor with plently of memory.... (And yes, my system is totally optimized for Recording). Now, I know Studio One will do the HYPER Speed mixdowns - which is what really taxes the CPU ... When doing a Digital release - you can actually choose to do it REAL time when in wav but, it does not give you that option when burning a CD - So, I will get the High CPU usage warning. I also noticed when doing a comparison with my previous DAW - Studio One seems to use more resources both memory wise and especially CPU. Anyone else see this? This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 22/04/2012 16:49:38
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LMike Baconator Joined: 19/02/2011 12:02:34 Messages: 8233 Offline	Well, since you asked... I haven't seen that personally but (granted) I rarely bother looking at the cpu meter much unless something stops playing right, starts dropping out, whatever. I just keep making music until my system can't take any more load and then I deal with it in one way or another (freeze, whatever) then I go back to making music. The threshold for that (maximum cpu or core load) varies across multiple software and in the same software with different projects and different instrument arrangements. As long as everything is working, playing, I pretty much ignore it. I do know (not saying you) that some people do kinda freak out when they see a single instrument cause the meter to register 20%... and compare it to X and say 'It only shows 5% there... is it broken?'... when the two meters may not even be reading the same thing. I don't really bother with such minutia anymore, used to. Now I just work until I can't work anymore, then I bounce. Surprisingly, the work always gets done, in all of them. My $0.02. This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 22/04/2012 17:32:58
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	Subject:Re:Studio One High CPU usage.
KMGuitarSlinger Prenoob Joined: 04/08/2011 04:06:56 Messages: 5 Offline	Hey LMike, thanks for the reply - Yea, I hear what you are saying - My CPU usage rarely even got up to 20% before (previous DAW) and so I have never had any reason to even worry about it. .... However, what made me take notice while using Studio One was while doing some publishing (taking already mixed down wav and doing the spacing ect... for a CD project in Studio Ones publishing suite). When mixing down the wav for the digital release and burning a CD in Studio One I actually had a notice pop up saying HIGH CPU usage and when I checked it said atleast one of four cores was at 100% usage.... Now that makes you go hmmm.....
	Subject:Re:Studio One High CPU usage.
LMike Baconator Joined: 19/02/2011 12:02:34 Messages: 8233 Offline	KMGuitarSlinger wrote:My CPU usage rarely even got up to 20% before (previous DAW) and so I have never had any reason to even worry about it. .... Well, yeah... that's what I was getting at. One of the FL Studio devs talked about that in some detail, why it's potentially problematic to move between various software and assume that what's called a cpu usage meter in various places are actually measuring and displaying the exact same thing the same way in all of them. He (being way more technically savy than I about such things) strongly suggests that this isn't the case. But that's how most people compare it, perceive it, by what the meters say, as if they're all identical, which (according to him, and I tend to defer / agree) maybe isn't the best way to make that comparison. Anyway, I hope it all works out for you. At the end of the day, you shouldn't use anything that doesn't allow completing the work without issue so if cpu (or anything else really) becomes problematic, yeah, I'd be looking elsewhere. This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 22/04/2012 18:02:12
	Subject:Studio One High CPU usage.
tyacko Presonic Joined: 19/10/2011 13:49:58 Messages: 152 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Offline	Can you provide a bit of detail as to what you have going on (effects/tracks/VSTi's etc...) in the project where you experience this? Are you using 64-bit or 32-bit OS? Are you using 64-bit or 32-bit S1v2? If using 64-bit S1v2 are you bridging any 32-bit stuff (VST/VSTi's)? Have you looked at the performance window in S1v2 and see which effects/instruments are using the most CPU? Lastly, what is your audio buffers set to? Let us know. Thanks, Tom
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	Subject:Studio One High CPU usage.
CPhoenix Presonoid Joined: 13/03/2011 00:11:38 Messages: 1993 Location: North Jersey Offline	I believe that S1's 'CPU meter' actually doesn't measure CPU performance. I believe it moreso measures the ASIO buffer and how that's performing. In my experience, it's been on par with Cubase. I haven't used many other DAWs. I noticed that since S1 breaks down the CPU meter to the specific VST, I started paying attention to it a lot more. But in Cubase 5, since it didn't break it out... I never really looked at it too long. Now.. in S1, it/s like I start analyzing the damn thing lol. I find myself getting too wrapped up in it, so I have to pull away and focus on the fact that I haven't even had a pop in audio yet... kind of like LMike referred to in his post. Also... I haven't noticed anything crazy in regards to mixdown & CD burning. I know that you can't really do anything in S1, and it looks like it's going to hang... but it never actually hangs. It's almost like it's giving it all its got to render the audio lol. I'm fine with that.. b/c it doesn't crash. In version 1.6, I noticed that the audio engine was s

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