Many Bugs and I'm at my wit's end...
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:43 am
I've been working with DP9 for a little over a year on my PC (specs below), I like the program and the workflow but I've had so many issues that I'm considering abandoning it completely.
Every time I get it working somewhat close to well, I try something stupid like installing a new set of plug ins or buying a new soft synth and all hell breaks loose. Usually in the form of my playback and processing usage going insane on the meters in the DP GUI, but the resource monitor in windows task manager doesn't seem to showing any much activity at all.
I've learned to live with the usual bugs, not being able to undo a recording or not having numerical values showing in the parameter windows of the MOTU MAS plugins. (I know there is a fix for this but I haven't reinstalled yet.) I've gotten used to having to save A LOT because of crashing when bouncing or adding multiple tracks and just having inconsistent performance.
I've increased the priority of DP9 in Windows from Normal to High. I've increased the buffer size of both my audio and systems drives.
I even wiped my computers system drive and started from scratch with a fresh Windows 10 install and I have only installed my most vital audio programs. I'm still having issues.
Is DP9 for windows ready for prime time or is it just a "we can do that too" effort?
Here are my system specs as presently installed.
I7-4770@3.4 mhx(8 core)
Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Motherboard
16 meg ram
RME HDSP 9652 Lightpipe interface
Win 10 64 Professional
Samsung EVO 850 500Gig HHD System
Samsung EVO 850 250Gig Audio Drive
Multiple internal and external 1TB storage drives
Plug In Packages (other than MOTU)
Waves Gold
Kush Complete
Soft Synths (other than MOTU)
Loop Loft/Native Instruments Drum Direktor
Steven Slate Drums
Cakewalk Dimension Pro
EZ Keys Grand Piano and Mellotron
Every time I get it working somewhat close to well, I try something stupid like installing a new set of plug ins or buying a new soft synth and all hell breaks loose. Usually in the form of my playback and processing usage going insane on the meters in the DP GUI, but the resource monitor in windows task manager doesn't seem to showing any much activity at all.
I've learned to live with the usual bugs, not being able to undo a recording or not having numerical values showing in the parameter windows of the MOTU MAS plugins. (I know there is a fix for this but I haven't reinstalled yet.) I've gotten used to having to save A LOT because of crashing when bouncing or adding multiple tracks and just having inconsistent performance.
I've increased the priority of DP9 in Windows from Normal to High. I've increased the buffer size of both my audio and systems drives.
I even wiped my computers system drive and started from scratch with a fresh Windows 10 install and I have only installed my most vital audio programs. I'm still having issues.
Is DP9 for windows ready for prime time or is it just a "we can do that too" effort?
Here are my system specs as presently installed.
I7-4770@3.4 mhx(8 core)
Gigabyte B85M-HD3 Motherboard
16 meg ram
RME HDSP 9652 Lightpipe interface
Win 10 64 Professional
Samsung EVO 850 500Gig HHD System
Samsung EVO 850 250Gig Audio Drive
Multiple internal and external 1TB storage drives
Plug In Packages (other than MOTU)
Waves Gold
Kush Complete
Soft Synths (other than MOTU)
Loop Loft/Native Instruments Drum Direktor
Steven Slate Drums
Cakewalk Dimension Pro
EZ Keys Grand Piano and Mellotron