Cut Monark CPU in half with sample rate adjustment
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Echoes in the Attic Echoes in the Attic https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=180417
- KVRAF
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- 11054 posts since 12 May, 2008
Has anyone noticed that by default Monark is set to 88200 Hz sample rate? Setting this to 44.1 lowers the CPU by half and honestly I haven't heard much difference for most sounds. I was expecting it to be worse but I've been pushing the filters and driving it and really not hearing any difference accept for some really high notes on sharp patches with the faintest aliasing. Personally I wouldn't normally use this range where it's barely noticeable anyways.
Anyways there's a tip - Try lowering the sample rate to save cpu.
Anyways there's a tip - Try lowering the sample rate to save cpu.
- KVRAF
- 1908 posts since 7 Jan, 2004 from Earth
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Echoes in the Attic Echoes in the Attic https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=180417
- KVRAF
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- 11054 posts since 12 May, 2008
All Reaktor ensembles let you adjust the sample rate in the top right corner. You should see 88200 or 882. Just click that and change to Fixed 44.1 or Host (44.1) if you're host is set at that.Totolitoto wrote:Care to tell us how we do that?
You get a warning box that best quality is at 88.2 but like I said, you'll probably never notice a difference.
- KVRAF
- 1908 posts since 7 Jan, 2004 from Earth
Oh ok, I thought it was some internal settings
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- KVRAF
- 12522 posts since 21 Mar, 2008 from Hannover, Germany
Thanks for the tip, will try that.
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- KVRAF
- 23103 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Lower sample rate = more aliasing. If you're fine with that, go ahead. I'm not, personally, so I just leave it at 88200.
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Echoes in the Attic Echoes in the Attic https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=180417
- KVRAF
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- 11054 posts since 12 May, 2008
Yes of course but my point is that it is FAR less noticeable than I expected in Monark for most situations. For 95% of sounds there is NO discernible difference so why waste the CPU. If you haven't compared, you might want to.EvilDragon wrote:Lower sample rate = more aliasing. If you're fine with that, go ahead. I'm not, personally, so I just leave it at 88200.
- KVRAF
- 23103 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Higher resonance and filter FM sounds will indeed benefit from higher SR. I did compare, that's why I'm keeping it at 88.2k, well at least that's my 2c
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penguinfromdeep penguinfromdeep https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=193898
- KVRAF
- 1993 posts since 18 Nov, 2008
Can you actually put it higher if you want super extra mega quality?
circuit modeling and 0-dfb filters are cool
- KVRAF
- 23103 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
You won't gain much by going above 96k is what I gather. The structure is finetuned for 88.2/96k.
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Echoes in the Attic Echoes in the Attic https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=180417
- KVRAF
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- 11054 posts since 12 May, 2008
Yeah in the rare instances that I could get a bit of aliasing at 44.1, it was totally gone at 88.2 so no point in anything higher.
Maybe stupid question but why is it 44100/48k or 88200/96k? What's with the two values?
Maybe stupid question but why is it 44100/48k or 88200/96k? What's with the two values?
- KVRAF
- 23103 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Audio CDs are 44.1k, but when working with video, it's usually 48k.