acousmodAre you feeding the M2 absolute silence?
Empty arrangement with to tracks : one for the master out, one for the plugin, with no audio file, no audio input (not activated in the setup) and not playing.
The Roomverb M2 is an extreme case since happily most plugins take less resources, but when there are several tracks in use, it ends by a high percentage of CPU use, even when not needed most of the time.
This is not special to Podium, the behaviour is the same in Cubase and others, but at least we can use the automation of the Mute.
Such automation of the Track Mute or, even better in this case, the Track FX Bypass, will definetely help a lot in Podium.
So, if you don’t know what to do during the summer (!), a new Audio Parameter “Audio Mute” will be very appreciated.
Cheers.
acousmodOf course !
It is a very low priority topic…
Even in 2008 it would be OK !
acousmodAre you sure you have erased all events at the end of the arrangement, including markers?
Yes, there is 20 minutes absolutely blank, and impossible to have a full zoom out on only the used part.
acousmodOk, I thought you meant the audio processing.
Yes, I really meant audio processing.
For example, if I insert a RoomVerb M2 on a track in my laptop, the CPU indicator can show 10 or 20 % depending on the Preset, even if there is no sound played on this track. Bypass it when not in use will preserve CPU for other tasks. (I think that Logic audio made automatically something similar, which resulted in an average lower CPU usage than other hosts).
I think that the constant rate refresh prevents the audio processing to go to sleep mode ?
I’ve managed to improve the responsiveness of plugin editors at high CPU load
Very well, I’m impatient to test it !
Also appearing in 1.35 is an option to unload plugins from memory when the bounce track is activated
Excellent !
acousmodYes, but I would prefer to choose it in a menu instead of having to put / remove a file in a folder…
acousmodIn fact it was the 1.21 version…
I remember that you have change something to prevent the plugins to use too much CPU, by fixing some default value (the refresh rate ?).
The result is that for some plugins like those made with Synthedit in which the components can go to sleep mode when there is no input signal, they use since this version a fix amount of CPU.
The difference is not wide, about 2 % average CPU for me (Podium’s indicator) in general, but on ten tracks it makes 20 % for nothing !
Most plugins take some CPU when idle, so, if there were a way to turn a plugin completely off when it is not needed, it would be very very nice.
acousmodThat includes adding a disk bandwidth indicator next to or combined with the CPU indicator.
Perfect !
Thanks.
acousmodHi,
I thought that the “recent files” menu was already in the Future Developpment List.
So add my vote to it ! (together with the option to NOT load the last project at startup)
acousmodI hope that percentage is from the Task Manager and not the CPU indicator in Podium.
No, it is the one of Podium…
But a strange thing is that withe the same files in an empty arrangement the CPU in lower, between 10 and 20 % (my current arrange has 60 or 80 files opend).
Perhaps that my problem is related to the slow graphic thing ? (causes by the 16 channel files and the number of them ?).
If I play without making any editing the CPU stays in its average value (with no virtual memory as said before). The spikes, holes in sound and clicks appear for example after adding a point on a volume curve (in the separate editor). The passage was good and when I replay, the CPU indicator has red bursts etc. I must wait 10 seconds or more to be able to play normally (sometimes it doesn’t change anything).
You’ll be happy to know that I’m currently working on optimizing this.
Very !!! 😛
You know, I’m always requesting some improvements, but this is because the actual version of Podium has a so huge potential, and I’m a bit frustrated and impatient because I’ve no doubt about you (and also because now I work only with it !). It’s only a matter of time for Podium being the best multitrack software (from my point of view…).
It is like when we are young and waiting for Christmas, when we know the gift that we will have, and we count all the days !
The “rather inefficient drawing of audio” was one of these days…
Thanks.
acousmodExcelllllent !
But opening a project in the same config as it was saved will be also, in all cases, a great pleasure…
acousmod😀
acousmodThanks !
acousmodThanks !
acousmodAn alternative solution could be: with focus on the track that contains the event, cut the event, move track focus to the destination track, and paste.
yes….. 😥
acousmodTest made with Nuendo with the same setup :
10 tracks at once with the same 16 channels files (I can hear only the 12 first channels due to the bus limit of Nuendo) = CPU 5% stable / HD between 30 and 60 % (logical !), no drop out, no clic, no CPU variation…
My config : P4 3.2 GHz HT, RAM 1 Go, 2 RME Multiface
The swap file is turned off since when it is on, Podium makes “pauses” (a few seconds silences) when the screen scrolls.
Why is the average CPU so high in Podium (20 to 30%) with only two or three files playing and no plugin ?