OMG Freddie H is right!

Forgive my gushing, but 64 bit does rock!!!
 
Upgraded to Windows 7 64 this week, and after spending the last couple of days swapping plugin DVDs (luckily I'm on sick leave cause of severe burns on my feet from a spaghetti cooking accident) I finally got X1C (64) fired up and man, it feels so much smoother and snappier!
 
Even on my aging system (Q8200 CPU on p35 mobo, 4 Gb RAM), SONAR feels so much more solid. I didn't have a lot of crashes before, but I always kinda had the feeling that much of the stability came from me having learned to tiptoe around the program and not rush my editing moves. Now, even my large ancient projects with lots of questionable plugin combinations feel like they can take anything I can throw at them.
 
As I'm typing I'm having fun inserting plugins and editing V-vocal clips while playback is running! I'm kicking myself for not making this move before!
 
Any XP32 user who's unhappy with SONAR performance should go 64bit ASAP!
 
I hope I'm never able to use socks and shoes again!
 
Sven
 
 

Now that I have my Focusrite I think an update to windows 7 would be a good idea. 

Hi Mike keep up the X1 Promo!

So when will UAD go native 64 bit? (That's the kind of thing you say in 64-land, right?)

SvenArne


So when will UAD go native 64 bit? (That's the kind of thing you say in 64-land, right?)

Good question I've been 64 bit for a couple of months now, yet they still haven't caught up.

I guess now you're here too they'll get their fingers out once they realise we're both waiting.

btw Freddie's always right, but don't take my word for it you can ask him yourself.

I'm more interested in hearing about the Spaghetti Incident.

SvenArne


So when will UAD go native 64 bit? (That's the kind of thing you say in 64-land, right?)

In my Universal Audio Pro Review on Harmony Central, UA publicy stated they were working on RTAS and 64-bit support. Version 6.0, which was just released, implemented native RTAS support (no wrapper)...so draw your own conclusions. They didn't commit to a date, but they're on it.
 
I agree that 64-bits rocks.

I think you're just feeling the effects of your Placebo injection Sven.

I saw absolutely no difference in performance going from Windows XP/X1 32bit to Windows 7 64bit/X1 32bit on the same PC. I did see a slight CPU Usage decrease of roughly 2% between Win7/X1-32bit and Win7/X1-64bit though ...

Bub


I think you're just feeling the effects of your Placebo injection Sven.

I don't think so, Bub! I've installed many different versions of SONAR on a lot of XP installs and different system hardware over the years, and this one certainly seems different!

I'm thinking the smoothness might be graphics related though. I bought a new graphics card this winter (Geforce 240GT Silent). I didn't see much of a difference back then, but perhaps Win-64/X1 64 is making better use of it's resources!

Jeff: I wouldn't call it gapless, but playback doesn't randomly stop anymore when making edits/operations on the fly, little pops and crackles aside. Haven't tried the loop test.


The "spaghetti incident" was a result of me trying to manouver a pot of boiling spaghetti water through a jungle of dirty dishes. I fumbled and the contents ended up on my feet, giving me 2nd degree burns all over. Painful! I've been on sick leave for a week, but I'm getting there, thanks guys!

Sven

All this talk about spaghetti is making me hungry!