Fast for some things, slow for others.

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2018/08/11 22:45:40 (permalink)

Fast for some things, slow for others.

I have been having a problem for a while.  My DAW machine has decent specs, but there are some cases where it seems to perform very poorly.  For example, I can run projects which have a lot of CPU intensive plugins at moderate to low latency without problems.  On the other hand, sometimes I get the "spinning blue ring of wtf is taking so long" saving patches in certain programs or even instantiating plugins.
 
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    abacab
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    Re: Fast for some things, slow for others. 2018/08/12 02:03:09 (permalink)
    I would start with a general checkup of your PC health.
     
    Disk health.  A drive could be getting errors. >  https://www.passmark.com/products/diskcheckup.htm
     
    Memory test.  > https://www.memtest86.com/
     
    Startup tasks and background processes.  These things can accumulate.  You can selectively shut them down with Autoruns by Microsoft Sysinternals >  https://docs.microsoft.co...als/downloads/autoruns
     
    I also recently found an interesting utility from Resplendence, the developer of "LatencyMon", called "WhySoSlow". >
    http://www.resplendence.com/whysoslow
     
    It opens up with a live status page, but you can also click on the "Analyze" tab and get a detailed report.
     
     

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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re: Fast for some things, slow for others. 2018/08/13 12:28:40 (permalink)
    If you see the spinner pop up when your browser is open, check for Malware.
     
    Slow loading/saving could be caused by a slow drive.
     
    Some plugins (HALion 6) tend to load slower than others.
    My solution for this is to put the HALion 6 sample libraries on a M.2 Ultra (PCIe x4) SSD.

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    abacab
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    Re: Fast for some things, slow for others. 2018/08/13 14:58:59 (permalink)
    And at least put the system drive on a SATA SSD.  I put Windows, all applications, and all VST plugin .dll files on my SSD.
     
    That has made a huge difference for me in the launch times for everything except samples.
     
    So everything except plugins that load sample libraries open in a couple of seconds for me.  All my sample content is stored in a secondary SATA HDD at 7200rpm.  I'm sure upgrading that drive to SSD would make an improvement, but once the samples are loaded, everything runs fast again.

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    Jim Roseberry
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    Re: Fast for some things, slow for others. 2018/08/13 18:13:25 (permalink)
    Yep, replace the (slow) 5400RPM conventional HD with a 2.5" SATA SSD.

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