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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:08 am Post subject: Cubase SX2 needs more power! |
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Cubase SX2 needs more power!
A lot of folk upgrading to cubase SX 2. will unfortunately find the CPU performance needs increase, resulting in performance glitches and cliks and pops if you have a slower machine! This is due to the (among other things)the new audio engine and 'Plug in delay compensation'(PIDC).
One may ask is this neccesary! the answer is PIDC means that you can be confident providing your processor can handle the extra burden, that your synchronisation can be almost 100 percent sample accurate! ( barring a few issues with soundcards with multiple ins and outs and using 'live recording') In practical use it means You can RELY on a level of 'tightness' between MIDI Audio VSTI's previously unsurpassed!
With a 1ghz Athalon you may find on average that Cubase uses somewhere around 15 to 20 per cent more CPU than Cubase1 this is of course a trade off. If you can afford to upgrade your chip/motherboard/RAM then do so because the result will be worth it! Otherwise, as I have discovered one will have to resort to the good old fashioned techniques of 'Bounce-downs!
This may seem a little 'retro' but there are a few techniques that are used that could actually enhance your production results....watch this space!..... |
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