KVR Audio

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:38 pm

FIXED!!

DESPERATE!!

All right I’m posting this on all mediums I can think of. I’m as desperate as one can be.

I’ve been having increasing performance issues with Cubase. It started with some minor audio dropouts, but now I just have full days of not being able to work because the average load just maxes out at a buffer size of 2048 and it just skips over all the audio. Then there are some days where out of nowhere the same session works perfectly at a buffer size of 128. And I just can’t figure out what the problem is.

I tried absolutely anything I could find. Turning of power saving options, updating all my drivers, using the Sweetwater performance guide, upgrading my pc, switching out my graphics card for another, turning off my antivirus, turning off my internet, turning off core 0 in task manager, turning off plugins to see if there is a bad plugin. The list goes on and nothing works.

I have posted this before on multiple forums but people just don’t answer.
Please I need some help. I’m willing to try anything at this point.

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel i7-7820X 3.60 GHz
COOLER: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
MOBO: MSI X299 Raider
RAM: Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 2666 C16
NEW GPU: MSI Geforce 1060
OLD GPU: XFX R9 280X Black Edition
PSU: Seasonic M12II 620W
OS: Windows 10
Audio Interface: Focusrite Saffire Pro 40

SSD 1: Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB
SSD 2: WD Blue WDS100T2B0A 1TB
HDD 1: WD Black WD3003 FZEX 3TB
HDD 2: WD Black WD4005FZBX 4TB

EDIT:

Tried switching audio interface.
CPU temperature stays within 30 C on all cores (measured with Core Temp).
Tried the onboard sound driver and ASIO4ALL driver.
Graphics card was just put in today so the problem isn't related to the graphics card.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:42 pm

Did you try with your mainboard's onboard sound chip, and the ASIO4ALL driver? I'd test how low you can set the buffer size there, and see if you get dropouts, like you do with your audio interface.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:45 pm

The first thing I would try is a different audio interface, maybe someone can lend you one?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:47 pm

Can you try a different audio interface? Might be worth a go ...

[edit] rod_zero beat me to it.

Steve Bolivar · Post by **Steve Bolivar** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:54 pm

Google "nvidia audio dropouts". I have a 1050ti and get them but not as bad as you. It was pretty bad with Cakewalk Sonar but rarely happens with Tracktion Waveform. This thread may help:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=503585
Good luck.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:57 pm

I have a 1060 as well, but, never noticed any dropouts. Surely host dependant?

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:25 pm

chk071 wrote:Did you try with your mainboard's onboard sound chip, and the ASIO4ALL driver? I'd test how low you can set the buffer size there, and see if you get dropouts, like you do with your audio interface.

Just tried my onboard sound chip and the ASIO4ALL driver. Both show the same problem of maxing out the average load and having major audio drop outs.

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:27 pm

rod_zero wrote:The first thing I would try is a different audio interface, maybe someone can lend you one?

Already tried switching out my Saffire Pro 40 for a Scarlett 2i4. It doesn't seem to help.

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:27 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:Can you try a different audio interface? Might be worth a go ...

[edit] rod_zero beat me to it.

Hahaha. Great minds thing alike

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:29 pm

Steve Bolivar wrote:Google "nvidia audio dropouts". I have a 1050ti and get them but not as bad as you. It was pretty bad with Cakewalk Sonar but rarely happens with Tracktion Waveform. This thread may help:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=503585
Good luck.

I installed the 1060 just today, because my old graphics card was showing problems. Hoped it would solve my problems but they remain the same.

BasUitermark · Post by **BasUitermark** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:30 pm

chk071 wrote:I have a 1060 as well, but, never noticed any dropouts. Surely host dependant?

I don't think it is the 1060. Just installed it today and the problems I'm having have been going on for months.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:38 pm

Have you recently ran a DPC Latency checker like http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon ?
That will stop the guessing and will pinpoint the real culprit.

jabe · Post by **jabe** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:43 pm

Sysinternals (aquired by Microsoft some years ago) have various utilities, including one called ProcExp. Might be worth running that at the same time as your DAW to see if anything else is hogging resources.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:45 pm

BasUitermark wrote:
chk071 wrote:Did you try with your mainboard's onboard sound chip, and the ASIO4ALL driver? I'd test how low you can set the buffer size there, and see if you get dropouts, like you do with your audio interface.
Just tried my onboard sound chip and the ASIO4ALL driver. Both show the same problem of maxing out the average load and having major audio drop outs.

Ae. That, alongside the installation of a new graphics card at least rules out that it's an issue with the audio interface, or with the graphics card/driver.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:47 pm

BertKoor wrote:Have you recently ran a DPC Latency checker like http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon ?
That will stop the guessing and will pinpoint the real culprit.

I was going to suggest the same thing, this happened to me on a different machine than I have now...turned out to be my video card was acting up

FIXED!! DESPERATE!! Increasing Audio Dropouts