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Archived from groups: cakewalk.audio,rec.audio.pro (More info?)
The task manager is actually not a good measure of what is happening here.
A program can request the CPU and utilize it, but be prepared to release it
to other tasks when asked. I'm not familiar with CWP8 specifically, but it
is probably true there as well. It is simply a programming technique that
gives a different impression in a tool like Task Manger.
Now, that is NOT to say that you don't have CPU issues, only that this means
is suspect for determining that. And it would be good to continue looking
for any solutions. You might try this little free tool, Ulysses Performance
Monitor, it is pretty basic but seems to give a more accurate picture of how
hard your system is working. Go here:
http://mark-knutson.com/t3/ and select 'Ulysses' on the left. Just
another tool, may or may not help with this.
Good Luck,
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Sue Morton
"Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> wrote in message
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jwOe.640$FW1.201@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>I think I may have found a major culprit in a problem I've been having
> regarding popping/static during playback of audio tracks in Cakewalk Pro
> Audio 8.
>
> I just found out you can watch a CPU usage graph in the Task Manager in
> XP.
> Playing a stereo 44.1/16 file brings the CPU usage to 100%. Playing the
> exact same file in both Soundforge and Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator Pro
> it
> seems to bounce around from about 2% to 13%.
>
> System is a PIII 933mhz Compaq Deskpro running XP Home, 512 megs RAM.
>
> Something's clearly not right. Any suggestions regarding how to remedy
> this?
>
>
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In newsjwOe.640$FW1.201@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net the killer
robot "Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> grabbed the controls of the
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> I think I may have found a major culprit in a problem I've been having
> regarding popping/static during playback of audio tracks in Cakewalk
> Pro Audio 8.
>
> I just found out you can watch a CPU usage graph in the Task Manager
> in XP. Playing a stereo 44.1/16 file brings the CPU usage to 100%.
> Playing the exact same file in both Soundforge and Voyetra's Digital
> Orchestrator Pro it seems to bounce around from about 2% to 13%.
>
> System is a PIII 933mhz Compaq Deskpro running XP Home, 512 megs RAM.
>
> Something's clearly not right. Any suggestions regarding how to remedy
> this?
I'd try re-profiling the audio card, and check the i/o buffer size. I
don't remember where it is in Cake8, but it's somewhere in the audio
settings, and should be set somewhere between 128 and 256. Seems like Cake
defaults it to something ridiculous like 16. The other very possible thing
is that MME audio is emulated in XP because WDM is the audio standard in
WinXP. Cake8 is so old, it doesn't know how to do anything but MME audio,
which would cause your audio card to have to jump through more software
hoops. Sonar 1, 2, 3, and 4 all have native WDM driver support, and are
made to run on WinXP.
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I'm under the impression that CWPA8 is not supposed to be compatible with
XP. You may want to check the cake web site.
Mikey
Nova Music Productions
"Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> wrote in message
newsjwOe.640$FW1.201@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>I think I may have found a major culprit in a problem I've been having
> regarding popping/static during playback of audio tracks in Cakewalk Pro
> Audio 8.
>
> I just found out you can watch a CPU usage graph in the Task Manager in
> XP.
> Playing a stereo 44.1/16 file brings the CPU usage to 100%. Playing the
> exact same file in both Soundforge and Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator Pro
> it
> seems to bounce around from about 2% to 13%.
>
> System is a PIII 933mhz Compaq Deskpro running XP Home, 512 megs RAM.
>
> Something's clearly not right. Any suggestions regarding how to remedy
> this?
>
>
Archived from groups: cakewalk.audio,rec.audio.pro (More info?)
"Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> wrote in message
newsjwOe.640$FW1.201@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>I think I may have found a major culprit in a problem I've been having
> regarding popping/static during playback of audio tracks in Cakewalk Pro
> Audio 8.
>
> I just found out you can watch a CPU usage graph in the Task Manager in
> XP.
> Playing a stereo 44.1/16 file brings the CPU usage to 100%. Playing the
> exact same file in both Soundforge and Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator Pro
> it
> seems to bounce around from about 2% to 13%.
>
> System is a PIII 933mhz Compaq Deskpro running XP Home, 512 megs RAM.
>
> Something's clearly not right. Any suggestions regarding how to remedy
> this?
Cakewalk products have always been designed to demand the CPU's full
attention. Task Manager (or whatever it used to be called in previous Win
versions) has always shown 100% usage for Cakewalk products, no matter how
much or how little CPU is being used.
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Recently, Steven Myers <tididitYOUknowWHATtoDO@earthlink.net> posted:
> "Doc" <docsavage20@xhotmail.com> wrote in message
> newsjwOe.640$FW1.201@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>> I think I may have found a major culprit in a problem I've been
>> having regarding popping/static during playback of audio tracks in
>> Cakewalk Pro Audio 8.
>>
>> I just found out you can watch a CPU usage graph in the Task Manager
>> in XP.
>> Playing a stereo 44.1/16 file brings the CPU usage to 100%. Playing
>> the exact same file in both Soundforge and Voyetra's Digital
>> Orchestrator Pro it
>> seems to bounce around from about 2% to 13%.
>>
>> System is a PIII 933mhz Compaq Deskpro running XP Home, 512 megs RAM.
>>
>> Something's clearly not right. Any suggestions regarding how to
>> remedy this?
>
> Cakewalk products have always been designed to demand the CPU's full
> attention. Task Manager (or whatever it used to be called in previous
> Win versions) has always shown 100% usage for Cakewalk products, no
> matter how much or how little CPU is being used.
>
I've never seen anything like this in any of the Cakewalk products I've
used since early DOS versions.
When going full-tilt, Sonar typically taxes my CPU with 1% to 3% usage.
;-P
Neil
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