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Originally Posted by starscream2010  Hi Scott.
Too many plugins might be a possibility, but, wouldn't my CPU meter be maxing out too? Right now it's holding at like 60% and I have the buffer size maxed out.
Yes you are correct, I am recording and playing back on the same Sata drive.... should I not be doing that? I just need to get this fixed because it seems like alot of the newer projects I am mixing, have higher track counts.
Do you think that I might need to upgrade my mobo and chip or interface? I have been looking at the FF800. Also, will the "Sandra Lite" work ok or do I need to purchase one of the other versions?
Thanks for all of your help.
Nick |
HI Nick,
with 60% cpu usage on AMD it should be fine but i suspect your hitting a wall.
up you buffers and see what happens.
yes you should be recording and playback from the Sata drive, just making sure you were not doing it with the OS drive.
yes Sandra lite is fine. you want the free one!
i would try other things before jumping into a new interface.
yes your system is getting long in the tooth but still it should not be peaking with what youur doing (depending on the amount of plugins)
and again RAID WILL NOT fix your issue.
a single Sata drive is good for over 100 tracks 48k or 40 @96k
Raid is a complete waste unless high track counts of 96K or 192.
and depending on your software its better to split tracks than fool with Raid.
with Nuendo i can do 96 tracks 96k split between 3 drives with no risk of Raid failure.
Scott
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