Kim,Jeez wrote:Funny... I have an Atholon 2200+, 1gig RAM.... and Ambience only ever takes up about 10-15% on best quality...
Forever,
Kim.
Try Amoebe - Outdoor preset. What CPU usage do you have then?
Devon
ambience
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- KVRAF
- 7886 posts since 24 Feb, 2003 from Earth, USA
Try Amoebe - Outdoor preset. What CPU usage do you have then?
Devon
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- KVRAF
- 4692 posts since 28 Jan, 2003 from In these very interwebs
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- KVRAF
- 7886 posts since 24 Feb, 2003 from Earth, USA
Actually it made some 'outdoor' sounds really come alive for me. Obviously there is a bug then if it spikes an Intel, but not an AMD. Least this confirms it.Jeez wrote:About 18-19%. But it's a crap preset anyway.DevonB wrote:Kim,
Try Amoebe - Outdoor preset. What CPU usage do you have then?
Devon
Forever,
Kim.
Devon
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- KVRAF
- 5851 posts since 9 Jul, 2002 from Helsinki
Yes, there is obviously a bug... in the Intel CPU.Obviously there is a bug then if it spikes an Intel, but not an AMD. Least this confirms it.
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- KVRAF
- 2217 posts since 15 Jul, 2003
i have a p-4 2.4gHz with 512 m ram. i also love what ambience can do, but i run into a lot of cpu problems. i also use rhino a lot so i bring these cpu problems on myself.
i have two ways i can handle this.
i can turn down the cpu/quality on ambience (often 70 - 80% is enough) and sometimes that gets me by
(and when i render to wav file i can crank it back up to 100%)
OR more and more
i audition ambience to get the sparkle/presence/clarity I like and then pull it from the fx chain and use Ruby Amp, Classic Reverb, the eq limiter that comes with Project 5, Blockfish or endorphin to recreate what i get with ambience. somehow a chain of three of the above is often a lighter load on my cpu than ambience. a lot of times two instances of Ruby Amp -- one in soft limiter mode and one in shaper mode creates the 'presence' effect i want from ambience.
i had high hopes for the SIR reverb, but I don't find that I use it that much. Classic Reverb esp. Drum Room preset really works for me.
this may seem like confusing reverb with a whole lot of other things, but ambience seems to provide much more than reverb.
i have two ways i can handle this.
i can turn down the cpu/quality on ambience (often 70 - 80% is enough) and sometimes that gets me by
(and when i render to wav file i can crank it back up to 100%)
OR more and more
i audition ambience to get the sparkle/presence/clarity I like and then pull it from the fx chain and use Ruby Amp, Classic Reverb, the eq limiter that comes with Project 5, Blockfish or endorphin to recreate what i get with ambience. somehow a chain of three of the above is often a lighter load on my cpu than ambience. a lot of times two instances of Ruby Amp -- one in soft limiter mode and one in shaper mode creates the 'presence' effect i want from ambience.
i had high hopes for the SIR reverb, but I don't find that I use it that much. Classic Reverb esp. Drum Room preset really works for me.
this may seem like confusing reverb with a whole lot of other things, but ambience seems to provide much more than reverb.
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- KVRian
- 1121 posts since 4 Jun, 2003 from Skanky Manc
Just thought I'd add some weight to this:
I've got an Athlon XP2800 - Ambience uses about 10-15% cpu at 100% quality setting. No big increase when using the Outdoor preset.
And.. as an aside. What a great plug-in
I tried it for the first time tonight, and my donation is already on its way to Magnus 
R0zzer
I've got an Athlon XP2800 - Ambience uses about 10-15% cpu at 100% quality setting. No big increase when using the Outdoor preset.
And.. as an aside. What a great plug-in
I tried it for the first time tonight, and my donation is already on its way to Magnus R0zzer