I remember a thread over on the presonus forums a year or so ago similar to this, but here's my theory and I believe this to be related to the hardware. Your mouse sends RF frequencies, this can be picked up by other electrical devices. The graphics card works in combination with the CPU, so there is a possibility the graphics card is picking up these frequencies and affecting it's operation in relation to that of the CPU, resulting in spiking that you encounter within Studio One. I'd suggest switching to a wired mouse and keyboard unless you already have, and perhaps changing USB ports.mholloway wrote:I downloaded the demo to see if this DAW still has the unresolved issue on my Macs that Version 3 always had (to the point of where I finally just sold my license).
Sure enough, the problem still exists, as ever.
- Load a plugin onto a track, anything really.
- Click on the track -- the CPU spikes, flashes red for a second.
- Click on ANY track -- the CPU spikes
- Resize a window -- the CPU spikes
- Resize a window while a track is playing MIDI notes of any kind -- horrible crackling sounds / popping throughout the duration of resizing
- Click a track while anything is playing -- likely to hear a pop or click when the inevitable CPU spike occurs
.... you get the idea. Doing just about ANYTHING results in the CPU spiking momentarily, the meter flashing red, and causing a pop or click. If the thing you do is done while music is playing from the DAW, and is a thing that takes a little time to do, e.g. resizing a window such as the Mixer or the MIDI editing area, you'll get clicks and pops throughout the whole time.
I brought this up on KVR and was told by half the people in the thread that it was "just my system and nobody else" and the other half that "yep, S1 sucks on their Mac as well and indeed has these issues."
I brought it up with Presonus and after a bit of back and forth they gave up and said they didn't know what was going on -- no joke.
So, demo'd 4 out of curiosity and little else -- YEP, EXACT SAME BEHAVIOR.
Bye!
-M
I don't want to derail this thread away from Studio One 4.0 and turn it into a technical help thread about your technical issues, so...if you have not completely given up, give those ideas a shot and PM me, to see if there is anything that can be done to resolve it..if you like
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When 3 came out, I bought it during a sale and haven't looked back. As extensive as Logic is, I much prefer S1 as it's just a pleasure to work in, with features that I just don't want to give up. I still use Logic for a few things once in a while (mostly for special MIDI requirements), but I move them to S1 to finish.