Hi folks
I'm struggling to get any kind of performance whilst trying to record audio tracks with a buffer of under 256. I often record live events and would love to use DP but can't get the buffer low enough to make it feasible. One thing that stangely does seem to help is if I instantiate a virtual instrument before recording audio. This often drops the readout on the performance meter by fifty percent or more. Weird eh?
Hope this makes some sense Brian
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gravity
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mikehalloran
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Re: Performance Issues
Yes, Weird.
256 isn't the end of the world but I'm able to record at 128 over Catalina on a very slow 2012 MacBook Pro and 32 on my iMac Pro.
We need more info: How many simultaneous tracks? Any plugins active during tracking?
256 isn't the end of the world but I'm able to record at 128 over Catalina on a very slow 2012 MacBook Pro and 32 on my iMac Pro.
We need more info: How many simultaneous tracks? Any plugins active during tracking?
DP 11.34; 828mkII FW, micro lite, M4, MTP/AV USB Firmware 2.0.1
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2023 Mac Studio M2 8TB, 192GB RAM, OS Sequoia 15.4, USB4 8TB externals, Neumann MT48, M-Audio AIR 192|14, Mackie ProFxv3, Zoom F3 & UAC 232 32bit float recorder & interface; 2012 MBPs (x2) Catalina, Mojave
IK-NI-Izotope-PSP-Garritan-Antares, LogicPro X, Finale 27.4, Dorico 5, Notion 6, Overture 5, TwistedWave, DSP-Q 5, SmartScore64 NE Pro, Toast 20 Pro
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HCMarkus
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Re: Performance Issues
I'm wondering why one would need to use a small buffer while recording live events... in your situation are performers and/or audience members going to be hearing the throughput?
Unless DP is actually a part of the performance, buffer shouldn't matter.
Unless DP is actually a part of the performance, buffer shouldn't matter.