• Registered: 2011-11-08
  • Posts: 33

Topic: What are your best RME Optimization Settings? Getting Pops at 512 buff

Just curious. What do you guys do when optimizing your pc? I'm getting pops when playing my samples fast at a 512 buffer. It really kills my inspiration

I'm trying to optimize my system. I turned off all my C-States, EIST, HPET, TurboMode, Bluetooth, and Virtualization. LatencyMon has me at ~3-12 us latency, but I'm having issues when playing samples.

My buffer is set at 512 and when I play a fast staccato rythm, my audio pops. I do have 8-9 patches loaded. Screenshot attached bellow.

Is this normal for this amount of instruments loaded? Or is there something I can do to take away the pops. (Theres a 31,64,128, and 256 buffer that I cannot even think I would use...). Seems like a waste. Especially considering how much I paid for the RME ^-^

Screenshot of Play:
[img align=C]http://i.imgur.com/SEHaXam.png[/img]

Screenshot of my averages in LatencyMon:
[img align=C]http://i.imgur.com/cNE4iug.png[/img]

-What would you guys have to set your buffer at to run the instruments I have selected? (Playing a fast staccato tune)
-Or What would you suggest doing to optimize my pc?

-i3770k processor
-Samples on a Samsung 830 SSD
-64GB Memory

Setup:
i7-3930K / Rampage IV Extreme / 32GBMem / Win8.1 64-bit
Cubase 7.5
RME HDSPe AIO - A4IS&A4OS
  • Registered: 2008-01-01
  • Posts: 3,025

Re: What are your best RME Optimization Settings? Getting Pops at 512 buff

I don't know how EastWest works. Is this a stand-alone application or a VST plugin running in a host DAW application? Does it make use of multiple CPU cores or does it run on a single core? If it runs on a single core than your "optimizations" are a likely source of your issues.

What I would try:

Turn everything back on in your BIOS, (EIST, C-states and Turbo Boost)! Then use the "High Performance" Windows power profile, instead of the default "Balanced" one.