Ludicrous DSP issues, Please Help Me!!!

[jimmydeer]

I can confirm same experience–across multiple machines including a 12 core trash can over several months. cpu showing 20-30% but choking. Plugin Alliance Acme, Softube console (the worst), but also Slate, Kush, and others. I'm on apollo 8 quad tb2. I may have had better performance using my Dangerous Source usb out, could be thunderbolt issue. Also not having chrome open may have helped, though there was no sure remedy. On most of these projects I wouldn't have more than 8 tracks.

I move between daws a lot so I've given bws a rest until performance improves

[Taika-Kim]

Does that happen on a freshly loaded, empty project too? Can the equivalent of a DPC latency test me made on a MAC? Maybe some driver update you did keeps requesting the CPU causing those spikes?

[malgre]

fwiw, another discussion of CPU spikes here: viewtopic.php?f=259&t=488046

The behavior has largely cleared up for me by avoiding certain VSTs (especially VST3s), but it has been extremely frustrating, and I use Logic when I want something stable. That said, I am in the middle of trying to compose a song with Bitwig and everything is behaving so far (well, except for trying to use Antares Auto Tune EFX just now, that VST causes the spiking for me EDIT - reinstalled (new version?) and this VST3 works now.).

[incubus]

That's too bad. Everyone we can wain off auto tune makes the world a better place.

[malgre]

For vocals, sure, you might have a point, but it can be an interesting effect if used in other ways.

[incubus]

just joking man!

[polishbroadcast]

I have CPU spikes as well with just 20-30% CPU load on a new 2017 15" Macbook PRO.

same here: 2.4ghz i7, 8gb ram, 2016, 13" = random spikes with only a few VI's.

[Cyoon]

Wich vsts?