Observation on Plug-ins
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This forum is for seeking solutions to technical problems involving Digital Performer and/or plug-ins on MacOS, as well as feature requests, criticisms, comparison to other DAWs.
This forum is for seeking solutions to technical problems involving Digital Performer and/or plug-ins on MacOS, as well as feature requests, criticisms, comparison to other DAWs.
Observation on Plug-ins
This is purely anecdotal, but I have noticed that once I stripped out TC Sparks AU adapter, Waves AU adapter and Pluggo AU adapter from my components folder, everthing seems better in DP land. Just having the MOTU native plugs and some other native AU plugs that use the MOTU AU adapter seems to me to have really made a big difference in the program stability and general responsiveness. Anyone else observed this?
Giga Designs Dual 1.33
1.5 RAM, ATI 9600, OSX.44
ATTO UL3D RAID
Metric Halo 2882+DSP
MOTU Micro Express USB
DP 4.61, Tracktion 2.1
1.5 RAM, ATI 9600, OSX.44
ATTO UL3D RAID
Metric Halo 2882+DSP
MOTU Micro Express USB
DP 4.61, Tracktion 2.1
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sdfalk
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Re: Observation on Plug-ins
Sure have..
I've kept pluggo though..
Just love a few of there crazier processors.
I've kept pluggo though..
Just love a few of there crazier processors.
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My OS is The amazingly gratuitous 10.14
HUGE bunch o' AU instruments/fx...
A Metric Halo ULN8-3D…mmmmmmm
Remember to eat all your fruits and vegetables!
My OS is The amazingly gratuitous 10.14
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csiaudio
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Re: Observation on Plug-ins
I have also noticed a difference. Even taking out a bunch of those 'free' VST plugs seems to have helped.
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Mac Mini M1 2020 -- DP 11.2 -- Universal Audio Apollo Quad -- Apollo Twin -- SPL Kultube Compressor -- Slate Virtual Mic -- Eve SC207's w/KRK Sub
Mac Mini M1 2020 -- DP 11.2 -- Universal Audio Apollo Quad -- Apollo Twin -- SPL Kultube Compressor -- Slate Virtual Mic -- Eve SC207's w/KRK Sub
Re: Observation on Plug-ins
Even though it's discontinued, I find Spark plugins quite indispensable -- simple yet better-sounding than MOTU's bread-and-butter plugs (except for Plate).
Instead of removing Spark, a better way is to custom install just the TCAU component from the PowerCore 1.9.3 installer. FXmachine doesn't play too nicely, but all other Spark plugins work just fine here that way on 4.5 (not .1 or .2) and OS 10.3.5.
No experience with Waves or Pluggo, so can't comment there...
Instead of removing Spark, a better way is to custom install just the TCAU component from the PowerCore 1.9.3 installer. FXmachine doesn't play too nicely, but all other Spark plugins work just fine here that way on 4.5 (not .1 or .2) and OS 10.3.5.
No experience with Waves or Pluggo, so can't comment there...
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nannygrimshaw
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Re: Observation on Plug-ins
the pluggo debate seems to have dried up..
i've been v happy with dp 4.52 & pluggo 3.5.1 until today. suddenly, even running 'stereo faker', not a high-load plug, causes a thread crash 'bad kernel exception' or something. i notice that the report refers to 'disk fragment not found' or something.
i hate to say it, but this is after running DiskWarrior 3.0.3 on my mac in target disk mode. hmmm. to others out there; think hard before you do that! it may have moved vital files. although i'm not completely sure; pluggo is always risky.
dual 2.0 G5, 2.5 GB, 2 x 160GB HD, os 10.4.1
i've been v happy with dp 4.52 & pluggo 3.5.1 until today. suddenly, even running 'stereo faker', not a high-load plug, causes a thread crash 'bad kernel exception' or something. i notice that the report refers to 'disk fragment not found' or something.
i hate to say it, but this is after running DiskWarrior 3.0.3 on my mac in target disk mode. hmmm. to others out there; think hard before you do that! it may have moved vital files. although i'm not completely sure; pluggo is always risky.
dual 2.0 G5, 2.5 GB, 2 x 160GB HD, os 10.4.1
Dual 2.0 G5, 6.5GB RAM, 2 x HDD, 10.5.4, DP5.13, Pluggo 3.6.1, VstWrapper, Altiverb 6.2