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2011/04/29 23:17:07 (permalink)

Display slow and skipping

I've got a question.  I've just upgraded from Sonar 8.5 Producer to XI Producer version B and am running into something that I'm sure is just a simple setting.  When loading just a simple vst synth such as Stylus RMX or Easy Drummer, the display seems to skip from bar to bar but the audio is playing just fine.  I've seen stuff like this in some of the older versions of Sonar if you had too many things going and the latency set too low but I'm litterally only running one vst track and nothing else.  I've got a ton of RAM and a quad core processor so I know that's not the problem.  I've noticed also that when you hit the spacebar to stop the track from playing that it takes a second or two to respond.

Any ideas?

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Derek
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    A1MixMan
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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/29 23:29:07 (permalink)
    Which video card are you using? How much video ram does it have, and do you have the lastest drivers for it?

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/29 23:38:02 (permalink)
    im on a laptop and the same thing is happening to me..im wondering if an external video card is the way to go?..ps-mix man how do you find out your video ram?where is that?

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/29 23:40:35 (permalink)
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    I've got a question.  I've just upgraded from Sonar 8.5 Producer to XI Producer version B and am running into something that I'm sure is just a simple setting.  When loading just a simple vst synth such as Stylus RMX or Easy Drummer, the display seems to skip from bar to bar but the audio is playing just fine.  I've seen stuff like this in some of the older versions of Sonar if you had too many things going and the latency set too low but I'm litterally only running one vst track and nothing else.  I've got a ton of RAM and a quad core processor so I know that's not the problem.  I've noticed also that when you hit the spacebar to stop the track from playing that it takes a second or two to respond.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Derek


    as far as your space bar being slow to respond that the buffers in queue..there default is 512..the lower you go the better it will get..but be carefull the lower you go the more your prone to drop outs in sound,choppyness

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/29 23:49:39 (permalink)
    Just google your make and model of card and it should tell you. The recommended amout is 1GB of video ram for X1 with Win7.
    post edited by A1MixMan - 2011/04/29 23:51:03

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/30 07:40:24 (permalink)
    Your problem may be the Pause Playback function:

    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1516825&high=jerky+playback 


    Try hitting the P key and see if that doesn't solve it.


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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/30 10:17:13 (permalink)
    I had the same problem and found if I disable my internet connection and anti-virus program, the problem goes away. 

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/30 10:45:24 (permalink)
    So I powered off the pc overnight and then came back and made sure that it wasn't connected to the internet and it seems to be working fine now.  I'll play with it more over the next few days and if the problem returns, I'll try some of the other ideas posted.  Thank you to everyone for the insight and help!

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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/30 10:59:04 (permalink)
    I see this sometimes under 8.5, too. All of SONAR's video refreshes get very slow, not just the track view scroll but all sliders including VST UIs. It's as if SONAR is intentionally slowing video response in order to maintain smooth audio. Responsiveness to controls returns once playback stops. This seems to happen after bringing up my interface's ASIO dialog to switch the clock source or adjust buffers. This behavior is intermittent and I cannot reproduce it at will. So far I have found no solution except to reboot.


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    Re:Display slow and skipping 2011/04/30 11:03:49 (permalink)
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    Your problem may be the Pause Playback function:

    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=1516825&high=jerky+playback 


    Try hitting the P key and see if that doesn't solve it.


    Regards, lightninrick


    no the p key opens the preference menu..its the pause/break button your talking about...ill give that a try...good idea.

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