High CPU

[sirio]

Hi, excuse me but i don't speak english very well.

My PC is this : Pentium 4 - 3Ghz - HT ; 4 Gbyte RAM; 3 HardDisk (2 are in
RAID 0), EMU0404, WINXP PRO SP3 Optimized for DAW, etc etc

I have tried Cantabile 2 Demo and i have 2 problem :

1) The CPU metter is more high than the "WinXP TaskManager CPU Meter",
i haven't this prolem with "Brainspawn forte Ensemble".
Can be the problem the Hyper Threading ? I don't want disable it

2) When i change subsession it is very fast,but when i change subsession
from SessionList it is slow. Why ?

[lallis]

That is normal for this program. Cantabile calculates CPU usage in a different way from the Task Manager.

When the proprietor Brad Robinson returns from holidays, I imagine he will be willing to explain that calculation for all of us again.

[aMUSEd]

The CPU meter seems to vary drastically depending on whether you enable "Aggressive" or "Compatibility" mode as well

[TiUser]

I've been told that Cantabile shows "timing loads" and is therefore much more accurate in indicating system bottlenecks concerning audio processing than the allover CPU meter of windows which shows a more averaged load. Windows is no realtime OS... You will also find that Cantabile sometimes shows more than 100% load which is impossible referring just to system resources but when you refer to the needs audio has in a peaking moment.

Just to add... My test machine for Cantabile is even weaker than yours and Cantabile is really one of the rare programs that satisfies me on that platform.