Sonar and Waves plugin (graphic engine) !?

I've been using multiple instances of Waves Kramer Master Tape, NLS, Helios, and PAZ Analyzer with X3 Producer with no problems on an older Q9550 2.83GHz Core 2 Quad machine. Is it possible that something else is going on Zo? I don't know a bunch about computers, so that's why I'm asking.

Sonar X1 and X2 is supported by Waves - but not X3, yet or not at all, I don't know.
 
So Cake has probably been in contact with Waves for X1 and X2 at least.
 
Your description is really vague - and no computer specs or anything.
I think a specific project setup would help to compare - and give Cake a chance to look at it.
 
I have not fiddled with X3 settings so much yet, but in 8.5 I added some stuff when I got my i7 machine to run more smooth. It was settings in AUD.INI as I remember.
 
I also changed many BIOS settings in computer to allow all cores running all the time, not allow dynamic overclocking etc. Different software is a different builld and will be affected more or less with these settings and most likely are having different default settings.
 
I know Reaper is very low on resources but there are big differences between plugins as well. The Marroquin bundle is really high on any daw.
 
And Reaper is using a different graphics library it seems - some plugins like Dorroughs meters does not even draw on screen to be usable at all in Reaper.
 
And finally - don't rely on cpu meters in either daw - look at system level what is used. How you do it on the daw may differ a lot.

All waves plugs working as expected in X3b here!

There were some issues with Waves plugins and their GUI's in Sonar in X1/X2, but these issues appear to be fixed in X3b. I've never noticed them consuming more CPU than other plugs. 

brconflict
Some do suck up some CPU, but for good reason. Such as the IR-1, for example, the convolution reverb is pretty heavy if used abundantly across tracks. The Waves Tape plug-ins can be heavy as well, but if you use it frequently, turn off the Monitoring button, and don't use flux, delay, wow and Flutter on every track. You don't need those unless you're specifically looking for character of that magnitude. There, I would only use the Tape Sims on busses, which is where I use them specifically, anyway. Hope this helps!
 

may i ask you a screen shot of the cPU hit of 30 instance of J37 my friend please ...

Just as a thought, did you compare Sonar to Reaper using VST3 plugs in both programs? I didn't think Reaper supported VST3 or is that a recent thing? Just saying, there could be a performance difference between VST2 and 3 since the latter is a way more extended protocol.

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brconflict</p> <p>Some do suck up some CPU, but for good reason. Such as the IR-1, for example, the convolution reverb is pretty heavy if used abundantly across tracks. The Waves Tape plug-ins can be heavy as well, but if you use it frequently, turn off the Monitoring button, and don't use flux, delay, wow and Flutter on every track. You don't need those unless you're specifically looking for character of that magnitude. There, I would only use the Tape Sims on busses, which is where I use them specifically, anyway. Hope this helps!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br />

 
may i ask you a screen shot of the cPU hit of 30 (stereo) instances of J37 my friend please ..

Zo

brconflict
Some do suck up some CPU, but for good reason. Such as the IR-1, for example, the convolution reverb is pretty heavy if used abundantly across tracks. The Waves Tape plug-ins can be heavy as well, but if you use it frequently, turn off the Monitoring button, and don't use flux, delay, wow and Flutter on every track. You don't need those unless you're specifically looking for character of that magnitude. There, I would only use the Tape Sims on busses, which is where I use them specifically, anyway. Hope this helps!
 

may i ask you a screen shot of the cPU hit of 30 instance of J37 my friend please ...

Zo, You're previous posted specs indicate that all your PC OS's are 32 bit.
Maybe you're maxing out your resources...

Zo
ok guyz have a look here :
 
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-product-alert/876717-waves-abbey-road-studios-present-j37-tape-saturation-plugin-4.html#post9511363
 
the thing is simple ....waves plugins (some of them) are ultra light on some daw and cpu hogg in sonar , witch make them unsuable ...
 
Bakers , are you in touch with Waves iiin any way to check this out (to see at least if it's waves or sonar or both)
 
even my VTM cpu hog is less consumming than waves MPX ....i don't even talk about the last Waves J37

If you want to pass a project along, I can surely dive head first into this on our machine here at HQ to check out any specifics. I have VTM here as well. PM me and we can set that up.
-DG