Traveler Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I don't know if we're allowed to post from other forums but this optimization process worked for my new DAW: https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=16176610&postcount=295 I'll use this process anytime I update NVIDIA drivers and I've had no issues with graphics to date. (System details in signature below) Hopefully this will help even if you don't need to follow the entire process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 @scook, re: Anti-Virus software: Good thought, I'll investigate @mettelus, re: Wireless Mouse: don't use them. Wired all the way. @promidi, re: Disabling C-States/Speedstep: I thought this was related to Core Parking which I've definitely altered. I'll do some more research on this although it seems to me that "here be dragons" Also, it bugs me to mess with something that should work in our favor: Parking on Idle = good Looking at the performance monitor module, I wonder... does Cakewalk have an upper core/thread limit? Lots of good information here:https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/34270-how-to-assign-cakewalk-to-use-all-the-cpu-cores/ @Traveler, re: optimization guide Thanks! I'll review, and post if something makes a difference. This forum is the best, have I said that recently? Onward! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 In Cakewalk's AUD.INI, is "ThreadSchedulingModel" set to "2"? "1" is the default value, but "2" is recommended for multiprocessing systems with quad core or higher processors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Klaus said: In Cakewalk's AUD.INI, is "ThreadSchedulingModel" set to "2"? It was set to "1" . I have set it to "2". It did not appear to make a difference. Good thinking, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 I have updated the top post with a link to a LiceCap screen capture of the issue. More comments up top 2023_Video_Freeze.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Jonesey Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I know you said in your first post that you've checked you haven't pressed the Pause/Break key inadvertently, but have you checked the Scroll Lock Key? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Bristol_Jonesey said: I know you said in your first post that you've checked you haven't pressed the Pause/Break key inadvertently, but have you checked the Scroll Lock Key? Haha good suggestion but my clips pane is scrolling okay, just the UI response is being jerked around. The screen grab doesn't do a great job of showing this but there's four places I've noticed the periodic momentary UI freeze behavior now: Rearranging Control Bar modules Aim Assist tracking the mouse Now Time playback Vertical scrolling the Track Pane I think there must be a common root cause here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 What happens if you try this. In preferences | Audio | Configuration File try adjusting the following: EnableSetThreadIdealProcessor = False MixThreadCount = {number of cores minus 1} You might like to exit Cakewalk by Bandlab, go to the following folder and make a copy of the AUD.INI file before doing this: %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 It does look like something is interrupting processing somewhere. I'd start by disabling all antivirus & cloud-sync apps, disable your network adapter, make sure plugin scanning in Cakewalk is set to manual, and auto-save is off. If none of those make a difference, start looking at other things running in the background. If you can get to the place where it's no longer happening, start switching things back on until you find the culprit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Nicholls Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 I think I have found the root cause. After all the above, I was more convinced it was due to a specific plug-in, probably one i used a lot, that was misbehaving. I opened the Synth Rack and opened each VSTi properties window in turn, until Modartt Pianoteq 4 informed me that it was not activated. (I'd previously activated v.5,6,7, and 8, but this project - and many others - still used v.4). Once I'd cleared the activation prompt, the UI now responds as expected - smooth and un-interrupted. I am relieved. Given how consistent this visual thing was, and how it went away as soon as I cleared the activation prompt, I'm thinking this must be it. (98% sure) I would love to ask Modartt exactly how and why this happens, though. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED ADVICE TO THIS THREAD. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Borthwick Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 It's almost always plugins isn't it lol. A plugin should never block the UI that long for seconds at a time or it will block the UI from updating since Windows messages will be backed up. All UI drawing occurs on a single thread so performance issues like this result in choppy UI. if a plugin needs to do an activation check it should be doing it asynchronously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson white Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 On 7/6/2023 at 9:32 PM, Noel said: It's almost always plugins good candidate for a sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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