Recently I've been having problems with my pc performance whilst working on a project. It's causing the busiest parts of the track to be nearly inaudible as the audio lags and distorts. I have tried upgrading my memory but this hasn't made much difference. I am using Cubase SX3 and the VSTs that are using the most CPU in the project are Omnisphere and Vanguard. Below are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800 2.51 GHz processor
4 GB Corsair XMS2 DHX 6400C4 DDR2 memory
Asus M2N SLI-Deluxe motherboard
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT graphics card
160 GB Seagate Maxtor STM3160215AS 7200 RPM C drive (internal)
120 GB Seagate ST3120827AS 7200 RPM D drive (internal)
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent 7200 RPM F drive (external)
Windows XP Home
Does anyone have any ideas as to what needs upgrading the most?
Thanks in advance,
Phil
Sep-27-2009 17:02
Zak McKracken
Trance
Registered: Jun 2003
Location:
think id upgrade the soundcard.
Sep-27-2009 17:06
Beatflux
Rising Star in training
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Planet Alf
Did you pirate Cubase?
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change your avatar for fucks sake.
Sep-27-2009 17:08
Kysora
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Hampshire, IL
I was about to suggest more RAM but 4 gigs is more than enough.
No clue what could be causing it. My projects do the exact same thing, I've learned to work through it.
Sep-27-2009 17:49
itsamemario
Divine Angel
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Mushroom Kingdom
have you tried adjusting the buffersize on the soundcard?
i have tried increasing the buffer size to no avail, and i am using one instance of omnisphere with a single patch loaded (not a multi)
thanks for the link Morvan, some helpful info in there
Sep-27-2009 18:35
Hobson
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2008
Location:
i tried bouncing some parts to audio but for some reason i'm getting a very noticeable click at the end of the file - any idea what's causing this?
Sep-27-2009 18:40
winston
ultraviolet catastrophe
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Yggdrasill
Re: What's slowing me down?
quote:
Originally posted by Hobson
Hi guys,
Recently I've been having problems with my pc performance whilst working on a project. It's causing the busiest parts of the track to be nearly inaudible as the audio lags and distorts. I have tried upgrading my memory but this hasn't made much difference. I am using Cubase SX3 and the VSTs that are using the most CPU in the project are Omnisphere and Vanguard. Below are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800 2.51 GHz processor
4 GB Corsair XMS2 DHX 6400C4 DDR2 memory
Asus M2N SLI-Deluxe motherboard
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card
Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT graphics card
160 GB Seagate Maxtor STM3160215AS 7200 RPM C drive (internal)
120 GB Seagate ST3120827AS 7200 RPM D drive (internal)
500 GB Seagate FreeAgent 7200 RPM F drive (external)
Windows XP Home
Does anyone have any ideas as to what needs upgrading the most?
Thanks in advance,
Phil
more RAM and two hard drives if it's in your budget. or make one yourself (clone). Or get yourself a Corsair XMS2