DP 11.31/Sonoma/Softube GUI sluggishness issues and workaround!
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:24 pm
I may have been complaining about this in other topics, but there's an issue affecting some users (myself included) who are running DP 1.1.31 on Sonoma and using Softube plugs including but not limited to Console 1.
What is happening is that if you open the Console 1 On-Screen Display, as your sequence is playing, after about 9-11 seconds, the RTA on the EQ and and the level meters will start to get very sluggish and not graphically update quickly. This will also affect how quickly you see feedback from adjustments made on the hardware controller. The EQ curve you are adjusting may suddenly jump, etc.
This doesn't just affect Console 1. I have several Softube plugins and I just tested nine of them until i got bored because they ALL exhibited this issue. Some require you to open the left and right side panels to reveal the input/output level meters to see the issue.
The plugins I test before I got bored:
• Active Equalizer
• American Class A
• Atlantis Dual Chambers (open the EQ + Dynamics panel to see meters)
• British Class A
• Dirty Tape
• Empirical Labs Lil Freq
• Empirical Labs Mike-E
• FET Compressor
• FET Compressor Mark II
• and of course, Console 1.
The workaround for now is to go into DPs Settings to the Scrolling and Zooming options and turn off the wiper for the Sequence Editor. That will alleviate the issue until there's a solution. Not clear if it's an Apple, Softube, or MOTU thing as Sonoma has introduced many issues.
What is happening is that if you open the Console 1 On-Screen Display, as your sequence is playing, after about 9-11 seconds, the RTA on the EQ and and the level meters will start to get very sluggish and not graphically update quickly. This will also affect how quickly you see feedback from adjustments made on the hardware controller. The EQ curve you are adjusting may suddenly jump, etc.
This doesn't just affect Console 1. I have several Softube plugins and I just tested nine of them until i got bored because they ALL exhibited this issue. Some require you to open the left and right side panels to reveal the input/output level meters to see the issue.
The plugins I test before I got bored:
• Active Equalizer
• American Class A
• Atlantis Dual Chambers (open the EQ + Dynamics panel to see meters)
• British Class A
• Dirty Tape
• Empirical Labs Lil Freq
• Empirical Labs Mike-E
• FET Compressor
• FET Compressor Mark II
• and of course, Console 1.
The workaround for now is to go into DPs Settings to the Scrolling and Zooming options and turn off the wiper for the Sequence Editor. That will alleviate the issue until there's a solution. Not clear if it's an Apple, Softube, or MOTU thing as Sonoma has introduced many issues.