KVR Audio

Autobot · Post by **Autobot** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:01 pm

woodsdenis wrote:Wouldn't it be great if a developer made a plugin that just used up CPU in a measurable way and nothing else. Made it free, in that way a real measurement of different DAWs and CPU power would be possible.There are so many variables out there.

Something like Process Explorer https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sys ... 96653.aspx should be fine to show the used capacity or?

woodsdenis · Post by **woodsdenis** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:16 pm

Autobot wrote:
woodsdenis wrote:Wouldn't it be great if a developer made a plugin that just used up CPU in a measurable way and nothing else. Made it free, in that way a real measurement of different DAWs and CPU power would be possible.There are so many variables out there.
Something like Process Explorer https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sys ... 96653.aspx should be fine to show the used capacity or?

I am not super technically minded, I assume it would have to be something that was hosted inside the DAW to give a reading ? The bone of contention always is X is more efficient than Y. In its most basic sense it would be how many of the "TEST" plugin can you load.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:18 pm

I'm not sure why the CPU usage information per application provided by the operation system would not be a reliable measure.

LawrenceF · Post by **LawrenceF** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:22 pm

Anyway, back on topic. No idea. The only way to find out is to use them and see what happens I guess.

If you dig around the web you'll probably see different people saying both things at various times so, you probably won't know what group you'll belong to until you try them on your system. Obviously, not possible for Cubase 9 yet since there is no demo yet.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:31 pm

That I fully agree with- testing on your own machine, with your plugins in a project relevant to your intended use is definitely the most accurate method for reaching a reliable conclusion.

That's the reason I originally tested, I read that Bitwig is heavier on CPU than other DAWs, well, best way to check interwebs rumours like this is to test yourself.

Zexila · Post by **Zexila** » Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:45 pm

Encourage anyone to do stress test, see how DAW behaves on higher loads and close to reaching system limits, it's all dandy for someone who isn't reaching 50% of his system potential opposed to other who is hitting 90-100%. Think majority of people complaining are ones hitting the limits, not ones not having to think about such things.

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:08 am

I encourage anyone to grow a brain.

If they were all the same, there wouldn't be but a smattering of people discussing it. However, there are certain hosts that are discussed AD NAUSEAM about the subject. They CAN'T all be wrong.

The details are no longer important because people having problems are dismissed (entirely) even if it's a large percentage for a certain host.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:05 am

Holy shit, do you even realize that you're literally advising to blindly believe every internet rumour based purely on your arbitrary popularity rating over a simple, repeatable test that actually gives concrete answers?

Do you even know what a brain is

incubus · Post by **incubus** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:07 am

Do you? Probably not. I've actually used hosts, have you? Do you even know that they are coded different?

Probably not. You're response dictates that

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:26 am

Really.

Different vst CPU consumption in different DAW ?