Hey all,
 
How far do you all see your processor get pushed in most projects on the CPU monitor in Sonar?  Anyone do any adjustments on processor priority for Sonar in Windows?
 
I've got this:
Intel Quad core from about 2009
ASUS P5KE motherboard
4 GB DDR2
Win 7 64 bit
Sonar X1 64 bit
All 64 bit drivers and plugs
System, samples, audio HD's, all on SATA 2
RME Multiface II on PCIe at 128 buffers, and all projects are 24 bit 44.1 or 48 K.
 
My projects are pretty small.  4-5 VST instruments and a handful of VST effects, then 4-5 audio tracks.  Usually core 1 may peak around 40% occasionally and the other three barely peak 10%.  All this with no tracks frozen.
 
My system feels very responsive and quick.  Just curious how that compares to what you all see on your rigs.
 
 
Thanks,
 
Donny

AMD 6 core phenom 2 w/8 gigs of ram.
most project consist of 5-7 vst-I
30-50 audio track / 20-30 vst plug ins prochannel on 60-70% of those tracks.
 
all cores being used and distributed properly, inbetween 40-60%
ive yet had a drop out problem or too many tracks/had to freeze.
but around 70% performance my now time has a small delay when engaging the play button.

windows 7/64, 12ram,AMD8core,2tb drive
starting pc, before opening windows, went to setup & took processor out of energy saving mode.
also software running like virus scanners, maybe unwanted searchmachines etc....can affect performance.
your gear is fine for Sonar I think
 
good luck
 

Does anyone overclock? Does it help?
 
I have made no adjustments for Sonar's priority in Windows. When mixing, I often have a web browser open for browsing while I bounce tracks. Otherwise, there isn't much competing with Sonar.

I've never seen a single core go above about 5% on my system.

chuckebaby
AMD 6 core phenom 2 w/8 gigs of ram.most project consist of 5-7 vst-I30-50 audio track / 20-30 vst plug ins prochannel on 60-70% of those tracks. all cores being used and distributed properly, inbetween 40-60%ive yet had a drop out problem or too many tracks/had to freeze.but around 70% performance my now time has a small delay when engaging the play button.

Wow, if my phenom 2 worked half that well I would be happy. I seem to be in the minority of 1st core overload without doing much at all despite the usual 'fixes' being applied. X1d on win 7 worked much better for me than X2a on win 8. Should be the other way round I know.

Bibs

On my old duo core laptop I could run 50% or better w/o issues. Usually when I got into the 80% range on the lappy the old girl would throw a fit every now and then.
 
On the new quad core, I haven't bothered to look. no problems so far.

I also have a 6 core AMD Phenom and what I've found is that if I'm just working on audio tracks with plugs, the load is fairly evenly distributed across the cores. If (as is usually the case) I'm working on something with a lot of VSTi's, and especially Native Instruments stuff and especially their "Drummer" libraries in Kontakt (with the onboard mixing), then the first core will very easily spike into the red if I'm not careful.

Bristol_Jonesey
I've never seen a single core go above about 5% on my system.

I'd say mine might get to 7%...maybe.
rafone

No issues in X2, distributed and generally under 10%, oddly in Live I've been noticing upwards to around 30-35%
 
My understanding on the NI stuff is it is not capable of running on anything other than the first core.
 
Regards,