is there a list for any little tweaks as per the subject line.  Inquiring minds want to know.
 
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One well known tweak/trick is to use the Task Manager to end as many unnecessary processes as you can and that would include any Web browsers if they're not needed. You can also try stopping any unnecessary services. You can also try disabling your anti-virus program if you're not doing any Net work while using SONAR. Basically you're trying to free more memory and not have processes/services running that could potentially interfere with SONAR's audio engine.

http://www.focusrite.com/...en/article.php?id=1071

Thanks.  Just what I was looking for.

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I thought the Bakers had said setting to Background Services was redundant in the modern world ?

Also, is the Disable Visual Effeçts talking about the use of Aero ? If si, its the GPU that handles all that, not the processor. Better to keep drivers upto date methinks.

Personally i haven't tweaked W7, except for turning off a few services and of course the dreaded system sounds.

Cheers,
Jerry

I'm getting some synth engine shut offs.  I don't know if it is my FW card w/ TC interface or some little glitch somewhere along the line.  4 X the power, but I'm getting about as many shut offs as before.  That is the main problem - not killer, just annoying.

First thing I would do is set up a separate user account for your audio work. That way you can optimize Windows for your DAW without necessarily having to upset things for your "other" computer use (unless of course you have a dedicated box just for your DAW). 

When I was fine tuning X1/Win7 last year, I kept log of what I did and after each tuning, I would reboot/test it, if the setting does improves the round trip latency. Tedious process.

I ended up not tuning many setting as I do not see any improvement.

Here are a few settings that I ended up tuning :

- Aero used to cause drop out when I move my mouse over the task-bar, and I have to set Windows to plain/classic theme. But I believe this may be due to display driver issue. I have not reverted back. If Aero is not giving you any problem, there is no tuning necessary.

- Disable wireless networking (spike can be seen if turned on using Centrance Latency Checker tool).

- One of the setting that gives measurable result (lower a little of the latency further without clicks/pops) for me is to un-check files indexing.
- select C drive (my computer), right click property
- at the bottom of the pie chart, there is an option "Allow files on this drive to have contents indexed..."  <- un-check this.


- My log is not too clear on this next tuning, so you may have to test it before/after :
- System Protection : Turn off C: system restore

One more Sonar setting that I pick up from this forum :

Thread balancing for multi-core processore
To edit inside Sonar->Preference->Configuration file (field : ThreadSchedulingModel)

0 = Same as previous versions of SONAR. 
1 = (default) Better thread balance. Model is more efficient and can provide cycles for other tasks. 
2 = Additional worker thread is created. This may result in improvement with Quad processor systems or higher. Not recommended for Dual processor systems. 


I have mine set to 2.

Some tips here:
http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/847/Windows+7+Tuning+Tips+for+Audio+Processing

Some general optimisation tips:
http://www.blackviper.com/2009/10/01/black-vipers-windows-7-super-tweaks/

I didn't think about the wireless thing.  My previous computer didn't have it.  And yea, this computer is music only.  I have a dsl cable I can hook up if necessary, although the wife complains when I snake it to the box.  So it never stays connected any longer than needed for updating and registering and such.

Thanks for all the ideas and links.

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