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Hey guys.br
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I have some prob with my computer.br
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On my new work, i have maybe 32 tracks, 20 midi, 5 audio and 5 group (something like that) and my computer is now unable to open my session :s. Totaly bug and cubase crashbr
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My computer is like that :br
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  • Windows : w7 familliale preniumbr
  • Processor : intel core i7-3770 CPU@3,40 GHzbr
  • RAM : 4,00 gobr
  • Système : 64bitbr
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    What i need to make my music easier ?br
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    New one computer ? Or Up my RAM ?br
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    Maybe that i can have an Interface Like HD i/o who are native ? But they are a bit expensive.br
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    Help.
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what makes you think that additional hardware will solve your problem? is there something in the error that makes you think that? the CPU you have is a good one, 4G of RAM is pretty good, you could up that to 8 but I don’t think that will solve this problem. br
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-r

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So what we can do to have a computer who dont lag ? i dont want freeze all my midi tracks…br
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some peaple can work with 50 midi track + 10 effects on all tracks. All that with-out lag…br
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So 1- i add RAMbr
2- I buy an ssd to windows cubasebr
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What u think you ?

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Yeah do both, I have an SSD disk and 16gb ram and i can work pretty decent now. but they are both crucial for working on a lot of tracks

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[quote]lonewolf (17/10/2013)[hr]Yeah do both, I have an SSD disk and 16gb ram and i can work pretty decent now. but they are both crucial for working on a lot of tracks[/quote]br
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Super. In your ssd you make all your vst too ? do you think that the minimum to buy is 240GB ? 120 is a bit low ?

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i dont know when you have a stationary comp. I just have a laptop so i can only have 1 HDD in it so i went for the 500 GB , but in your case i would prob go for something cheaper.

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SSD RAM wont help much if you are still running off the standard motherboard soundcard.br
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ideally something with asio drivers. If its a tower you could get something like M-Audio 2496br
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good basic card with decent latency

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[quote]phil johnston (17/10/2013)[hr]SSD RAM wont help much if you are still running off the standard motherboard soundcard.br
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ideally something with asio drivers. If its a tower you could get something like M-Audio 2496br
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good basic card with decent latency[/quote]br
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Hey Phil ; Love ur vidéo.br
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I ever have a sound card (fast track c400) but i think change for MR from steinberg : http://www.steinberg.net/fr/shop/buy_product/product/mr816-x.htmlbr
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I havent some latency when i use my keybord, but more, when i open a big project… and more when, i’m sure you see, some new tracks coming for the first time. But it creat some Crash ! So, i open one more time my soft, new tracks coming, and crash again…br
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I have read on a french forum (Fanzine) that when your sequenceurVST are installed in C: you have lot of problems. Anyway i havent extern disk or 2 HDD. Its a a basic computer.br
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So i shear what to do to havent all this lag.br
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All of you arent ok. So i will test all that solutions… and come back to give news.br
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Hum… I think that all stuff increase performance sure. But The RAM Is maybe The bigger stuff cause this probs coming when i have lot of tracks, so look like a RAM problem ?br
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It also can come from the HDD… SSD just better to Big Soft Pro stuff !br
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Edit : You speak about Soundcard include in Motherboard… Sure if you use that you cant do anything :). No no, i have a fast track as i have say. I dont use my standard motherboard soundcard.

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Yeah that soundcard looks good.br
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I think 4gb ram is too small the first thing i would change. at least 16gbbr
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Crashes could also come from plugins that are not the latest version.br
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Latency is unavoidable as when you add more plugins you get plugin delay compensation so buy the end of the session it can be very long.br
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better to do all keyboard playing at the start.

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[quote]phil johnston (17/10/2013)[hr]Yeah that soundcard looks good.br
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I think 4gb ram is too small the first thing i would change. at least 16gbbr
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Crashes could also come from plugins that are not the latest version.br
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Latency is unavoidable as when you add more plugins you get plugin delay compensation so buy the end of the session it can be very long.br
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better to do all keyboard playing at the start.[/quote]br
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Will a ram upgrade help a daw if its in 32 bit?br
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Like phil said, most of my own crashes come from a single plugin bugging out :ermm: I’d probably look into that

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James you are in 32 bit ?

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Yeah I run Ableton 9 in 32 bit…just seemed like sort of a hassle that I didn’t have to deal with yet!

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yeah, it will help some. Your app will still only be addressed in 4Gig space, but the rest of the computer can make use of the RAM making it overall faster.br
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-r