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| lowski |
Hey, I', having the old problem again with Reason maxing out. The DPU is going into the double red zone causing crackling sounds or like a cd skipping. I had my computer adjusted so that it could handle more by turning of a bunch of processes that I wasn't using, even the graphics. I looked in the task manager/process and there is only 4% CPU being used other then Reason. Reason is taking up about 50% CPU when the song's DPU is maxed out into the red. In Reason's preferances i have it so the CPU reason can use has no limit. So why isn't it using the computers full CPU instead of just 50%?.
My comp has 2GB RAM, can't remember what kind of processor though. It's driving me nuts. In one song i started deleting tracks and merging tracks to free up some space but it actually did the opposite. |
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| pwnage1 |
| Most likely a sound card problem. Check your drivers, your buffer length. i am not to knowledgable on the topic. |
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| lowski |
| i have an M-Audio sound card, and the buffer length (that's like the latency of when you hit the keys right?) is kind of delayed already. |
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| atxbigballer1 |
| Okay I had a M-audio firewire 410 and it was junk! Did not Let me run Live or Reason in stand alone mode! But For some reason it worked Fine rewired in to protools! so i got rid of it! |
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| atxbigballer1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by lowski
Hey, I', having the old problem again with Reason maxing out. The DPU is going into the double red zone causing crackling sounds or like a cd skipping. I had my computer adjusted so that it could handle more by turning of a bunch of processes that I wasn't using, even the graphics. I looked in the task manager/process and there is only 4% CPU being used other then Reason. Reason is taking up about 50% CPU when the song's DPU is maxed out into the red. In Reason's preferances i have it so the CPU reason can use has no limit. So why isn't it using the computers full CPU instead of just 50%?.
My comp has 2GB RAM, can't remember what kind of processor though. It's driving me nuts. In one song i started deleting tracks and merging tracks to free up some space but it actually did the opposite. |
Get a new Sound card I been there! |
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| lowski |
the only soundcard that is running anymore is the m-audio one. you think that will solve the problems huh?. i meen it's ed that the dpu is full in reason but the computers actual cpu still has almost 50% free. can anyone suggest a good soundcard then?. one that will let me us 100% of my comps cpu?
this is what i have now , M-audio fast track
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB.html |
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| Darkarbiter |
| Erm if reason says 100% but your computer says 50%... are you running a dual core cpu? It makes sense that maybe reason is just running on one core. |
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| lowski |
yeah the computer processor is a AMD dual core i believe, maybe more but i doubt it.
i remember someone at best buy said that reason can only do so much becuase it uses it's own processor and that getting a crazy mac computer wouldn't solve my problem. not too sure how much i believe him though
i think this is it, or pretty similar, i remember the processor being 9000, or 6000 something. not too sure though
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8398511&type=product&id=1179877252949 |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by lowski
i remember someone at best buy said that reason can only do so much becuase it uses it's own processor and that getting a crazy mac computer wouldn't solve my problem. not too sure how much i believe him though |
Reason "uses its own processor?" Sounds like the dude from Best Buy was talking crap... |
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| lowski |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Reason "uses its own processor?" Sounds like the dude from Best Buy was talking crap... |
hahah yeah something along that line , but don't quote me. basicly he said that reason can only do so much even on the best computer |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by lowski
hahah yeah something along that line , but don't quote me. basicly he said that reason can only do so much even on the best computer |
no, move your buffer up on your soundcard. try like 512 or higher |
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| Darkarbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by lowski
yeah the computer processor is a AMD dual core i believe, maybe more but i doubt it.
i remember someone at best buy said that reason can only do so much becuase it uses it's own processor and that getting a crazy mac computer wouldn't solve my problem. not too sure how much i believe him though
i think this is it, or pretty similar, i remember the processor being 9000, or 6000 something. not too sure though
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...d=1179877252949 |
Eye, sounds like reason is only using one core then. Hence the 50% in task manager and it saying it's maxing out.
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
no, move your buffer up on your soundcard. try like 512 or higher |
Remember also a higher sample rate=lower latency but the same buffer size so the same cpu use(or maybe not quite, but it's better overall). Try setting the buffer higher, and if the latency is too high set the sample rate higher. |
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