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I haven't noticed Cherry Audio synths to be resource hogs, compared with other current synths.

I upgraded that way from Strings Micro to Strings Elements, but bought Brass Elements later, with no Micro. I still have the Strings Micro installed on my laptop to conserve space on the single SSD, and the Strings Elements are on my desktop DAW. My laptop is just for messing around, and I was wondering if I could get Brass Micro for that instead of the full Brass Elements library.

If I already own Brass Elements, is the Micro downgrade a freebie?

That's a big LOL!!! ?

^^^ The reason I never switched to Reaper full time.

This theme almost makes Reaper bearable to look at! ?

How to Switch to a Local User Account on Windows 10 https://www.howtogeek.com/451396/how-to-switch-to-a-local-user-account-on-windows-10/

How are you upgrading to Windows 10? Did you download the Windows media creation tool and build a USB installer? If you wish to review that process, access the link below, then hit the "+" sign next to "Using this tool to upgrade this PC to Windows 10". Create Windows 10 installation media https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Note: there are references to needing a Windows 10 license, but it is my understanding that Windows 10 will run without being activated, with a few limitations. You can simply skip past the activation code entry, and continue on. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/using-an-unactivated-windows-10/d7420644-fb2d-4c19-8948-0c7199e90e35

But depending on your current hardware, your existing PC may not be eligible for an upgrade to Windows 11. So you would be stuck with 10 until you get a new PC. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements

Windows 10 is good until 2025. So no rush on Windows 11 yet. Here's the lifecycle FAQ for Windows: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/windows

$149 for update or upgrade? My update was $0.00.

Thankfully!

Keni, good to hear that! I'm sure you will get it sorted out. I picked up the Arturia V Collection 8 last year, and I must say that's one heck of a vintage synth collection! I was never actually lucky enough to own any true analog synth hardware, so that V Collection is enough to keep me busy with for life! Plus, the Korg Collection, which is great too, that's about half analog, half digital. But the Cherry Audio synths are probably the best bang for the buck! I picked up my first synth in 1985, and it was a digital CZ. I had just finished with a store demo of a Roland Juno something or other, and the sales rep pointed out the gee-whiz technology of the CZ, and the price point was a couple hundred lower. So I got sucked in by a couple of extra voices, patch memory, and MIDI connectivity. Looking back, I probably should have grabbed that Juno, ha! But down the road it was digital ROMplers for me from Korg, Roland, and Alesis. Now I am completely amazed at what you can get in the virtual synth world. Not enough hours in the day! And I had to build a new PC last year just to keep up... All the best!

In CW here, the BIAB VST3 plugin is listed under the manufacturer's name: PG Music Inc. in the Instruments category.

I took at look at your first post where you described the soft synths that you were using without issue previously, particularly DimPro and Rapture. As you probably already know, those are older technology soft synths at this point (btw, I have both, and still love the sound). Released around 2006, they were designed for relatively much lower spec machines of years past. And now they hardly even make a blip on the radar of recent PC hardware. Some of the newer soft synths just need more muscle, and it is what it is, but I am bit surprised to see Cherry Audio on that list!

You can just let LatencyMon collect internal Windows data while your computer is idle. No need to be running your DAW. DPC latency is NOT audio latency. A tutorial is not really needed to just get it running and receive a report. It will simply indicate at the very top whether your system is suitable for real-time audio or not. But interpreting the results can be difficult for the non-technical. Just know that if the result is green, then carry on, no worries! But if the result is red, then you may want to start with this article on DPC latency at Sweetwater: https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/solving-dpc-latency-issues/#

Just based on what you shared regarding low CPU usage, yet having to raise buffer size to avoid audio breakup, sounds suspiciously like DPC latency. This is often caused by a poorly executing driver that blocks the CPU from updating the audio buffer in a timely fashion - resulting in audio dropouts. By raising the buffers you are giving the CPU a bit more time to refill the buffer. LatencyMon will give a quick summary that indicates whether or not your computer is properly configured to support real-time audio. It's free, and only takes a minute to check. Well worth ruling out, at any rate. Best of luck!

Have you tried running LatencyMon? https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon

I've never noticed an HQ button on the Cherry synths, as some U-he synths have. What sampling rate are you running at? I typically only use 48KHz. I would think that a modeled synth would have to do more work at higher sampling rates. RAM is not so much as factor here, as CPU single core clock speed is the most important factor in VSTi performance. And per Noel, Cakewalk plugin load balancing only applies to audio FX (VST), and not to virtual instruments (VSTi).

I own those 3 synths from Cherry Audio. They seem to be low resource users here, on Windows 10. Running them standalone at idle, each synth uses approximately 2-3 % CPU, and when playing about 4-6% CPU. Very low RAM use (<100 MB). This is at 48KHz and audio buffers at 256 (5.3 ms) on a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen. But no personal experience with Mac, so don't know what to suggest to improve performance or troubleshoot that. You might want to check in with the Cherry Audio Forum. It appears to be actively monitored by the Cherry developers. > https://forums.cherryaudio.com/ The only other frequent Mac user that I'm aware of here at these forums is @Fleer. Maybe he can provide some Mac oriented tips. I see that these synths are all Apple M1 compatible, so he may have one or more of them. Memorymode macOS Requirements: macOS 10.9 or above (including macOS 12), 64-bit required. Native Apple M1 processor support. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM recommended. Note: until now I do not recall seeing any complaints regarding CPU-hogging performance of Cherry Audio synths, in comparison with everyday gripes about other modern synths such as Arturia Pigments 3 or AAS Chromaphone 3. Depending on how heavy a patch you use on those, you can just about bring any CPU to a screeching halt. Just my 2 cents...

I would speculate that the first iZotope reverb to get Apple M1 support will be Neoverb, their latest, based on Exponential tech. I assume that they probably wouldn't be planning further development for legacy Exponential products. The fact that iZotope hasn't even bothered to update the Exponential reverbs to the current iZotope licensing system tells me that much... Resistance is futile once you have been assimilated. https://www.izotope.com/en/products/neoverb.html#specs

Updated in what way?

Were you still running the original release? I think they may have added the in-app update in a newer version...