We load a large project, 24 miditracks, 4 audiotracks (vocals and effects). Multiple instances of VSTi's on the miditracks, among them Halion Sonic 3, Magix Independence, Korg Triton Collection, Cakewalk SI drums. Cakewalk VST-efx on a couple of tracks.
After loading - and no start - the Late Buffers counting begins. Wait 15 minutes and we read 400 or more late buffers.
Playing the project, Late Buffers behaves in the same way. Sometimes Cakewalk's audio engine stops, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes Cakewalk crashes.
Experimenting with buffer settings in Cakewalk and/or Asio Panel does not solve the problem.
By removing some tracks, one by one, at a certain point the Late Buffer counting stops. Playing the left-overs of the project: zero Late Buffers.
All plug-ins, VSTi's and VST's, are 64 bit.
System (April 2021): Windows 10 Pro, ASUS Rog mainboard, Intel i9-9900 (not overclocked), 32 GB Ram, 2x SSD 1TB, Motu 624 audio interface on ASUS Thunderbolt EX3, Motu Asio driver. No reports of devices not working properly or missing/outdated drivers.
Loaded the project in our second system: same behaviour.
System (September 2021): Windows 10 Pro, ASUS Rog mainboard, Intel i9-11900F (not overclocked), 32 GB Ram, 2x SSD 1TB, Behringer UMC404HD audio interface on USB. Behringer Asio driver.
Loaded another large project, following same procedure as with the other project: same behaviour.
The tests on our second system rule out that there is a problem with the computer system(s) and connected devices. So it seems that Cakewalk by Bandlab is not capable of handling large projects with multiple instances of VSTi's and VST's, which we find hard to believe.
Though we are longtime satisfied and experienced users of Cakewalk, there might be a chance we overlook something in the Preference Settings, but that's also hard to believe.
Anyone an idea?