Noel - so was arm recording monitoring during playback performance issues fixed in latest update? We had a number of threads here recently where turning this off improved performance from people complaining they had specific issues with Ipswitch . Ta..

Doktor Avalanche
Noel - so was arm recording monitoring during playback performance issues fixed in latest update? We had a number of threads here recently where turning this off improved performance from people complaining they had specific issues with Ipswitch . Ta..

Is this what you're looking for? From the eZine:
 
DYNAMIC ARM DURING PLAYBACK/RECORD
 
Dynamic Arm for inputs now performs record pre-roll only for inputs actually present in the project, resulting in more responsive transport startup and stop when pressing play (especially for projects with synth inputs). This option also skips processing for archived tracks, saving additional CPU consumption.
 
EXCLUDE SYNTH INPUTS FROM ALLOW ARM CHANGES
 
In Preferences > Project > Record, checking the boxes under “Allow Arm Changes” (they default to checked) improves transport performance on start and stop with large projects containing hundreds of synth tracks. When checked, you can arm tracks only when the transport is stopped. This avoids record pre-roll overhead caused by needing to pre-create record files for synth inputs.
 

Crap I obviously read that and forgot... Need a RAM upgrade, and need to reset/scan my plugs.. apols... So good news here.

Interestingly, I have “Allow Arm Changes” turned off and my track clone time is astronomical. 

morganfm71
Interestingly, I have “Allow Arm Changes” turned off and my track clone time is astronomical. 

It doesn't affect track clone times.
 
What I need to figure out is why I don't have long clone times...I do a lot of cloning. You seem to have a well-spec'ed system, so I assume that's not the difference.

Yeah. My system is very good. There must be some explanation for it. If it bothers me, I'll try to figure it out. Right now, it's not at the top of my list. Compared to the way we used to record back in the 80's and 90's...Sonar is incredible. See how long it takes to "clone" a track on a tape machine. :) 

I just installed the D'yer Mak'er Plain update and my track clone times are now lightening fast. 

To the OP:
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Benchmark-testing-SONAR-X3-vs-SONAR-Kingston-m3318331.aspx
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sneak-Preview-SONAR-Kingston-Update-m3318298.aspx
 
Ta.

Yeah, thank you, I'm aware of it. Waiting for release to test :)

Yes, this bug is fixed now.