Jacques Boileau

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No, just @InstrEd! ?

Yes and I will have to upgrade at some point because I intend to take Peter up on his great offer of free X-Gear! ?

Thanks, we needed that! Makes us fell like we are in the old thread! ?

Thanks for the input! I know my PC is aging fast, but I will live with it for a while. I own AT4 and still have it installed. It is 1/4 the cpu load than the current version of AT5, so yes it's a good solution. The other solution is to freeze tracks when I am done tweaking them. But for now, I am still using the versions prior to the cpu increase. For LMC that is quite fine. For AT5, I have the drawaback of not being able to use X-Gear, so I will upgrade AT5 at the end of the GB since I intend to get these. I just think it's in IK's best interest for them to check if there is something that can be optimised or not. The more efficient the plugins are the less support calls they get and the more satisfied their customers are. Not a waste of time. Remember that noting really fancy was added to these two products between the version that saw the increase in cpu. The fancy graphics and great sound was already there! I am not dissatisfied, I just feel something can probably be done about it and felt giving my input and findings was important.

AT5 5.0.3 sounds as fine as the newer versions of AT5 for half the cpu load. But let's give IK some time to look into this.

Nice interface indeed. Make sure your levels are set correctly in Cakewalk. If your master meter does not show audio in the at least-12db or upwards range, you may need to gain stage so that you have enough volume coming out of cakewalk into your interface.

Are you using an external interface or the PC's sound card?

X-Gear for sure, especially if you'r a guitar player. You will get more mileage than the tapes in my opinion. Plus X-Gear is worth $150 each, tapes only $100. I am also waiting till the end for my next few choices. I already have enough toys to play with for now. But X-Gear are 9n my short list. Thanks to Peter for getting those onboard. ? I did get a couple of the tapes and, although I am sure they are very authentic sounding, I am a bit at a loss trying to tweak them. I guess I am not knowledgeable enough in tape machines. I have had better success with the easier to use Saturation-X. Slamming one of the tape on my master bus and trying out presets did not create a wow effect for me. Putting Saturation-X with default settings on my master bus instantly made it clearer and added dimension. It probably depends on what type of music it is applied to. YMMV.

Change fingers! We need you! ?

I agree! Giving information that may help developers is one thing, judging them is another. After a long carreer in software development I know things are not as simple as they appear. Constructive feedback can help both the users and IK. If this is something that can be fixed, it reduces support calls, makes for a better user experience and increase sales. Everybody wins. Support has answered that they are looking into it, which is just fine by me. Let us just be patient. BTW, you are welcomed this side of the border anytime! ?

Finally made it, after cranking the headphones volume high enough! Thanks guys!

High frequency or low frequency noise?

Yes you can! First create an account at FileSilo (https://www.filesilo.co.uk/), that is where the Computer Music mag download are hosted. Then you will have to unlock each issue using a word from a page of the mag to prove you own the mag before accessing all the goodies. Just make sure you bring a lot of patience when doing this. FileSilo is excruciatingly slow to respond!

No, none of them do Larry justice! Irreplaceable! ?

See how good my memory is? ? Thanks for the reminder though. ? It does show that it happens on newer machines too.

947! I'll get my coat straight jacket!

For me it is higher cpu usage than you, probably because my PC is less capable than yours. But, even at 11%, just think if you are doing multi guitar layering. For example, two rhythm guitars pan left and right, a bass and a two lead guitars playing harmonies all with their on instance of AT5, along with all the rest of the plugins. It might start to matter at some point too. If you have a bit of time, install 5.0.3 and compare the cpu usage. It does not take very long and I would be very curious to see your numbers. My guess is that on your machine 5.0.3 should run at about 5% cpu. But I would really like to know if it's machine dependent or not. Meaning it does that on some PC configurations and not others.

I miss Larry... ? Freebies are just not the same without him! ?

Oh, I didn't know about the meme, that explains why I didn't understand that post. But honestly, it can't be easy moderating a thread and guessing where to draw the line. I am just glad they are not closing thread on bad humor, I'd be gone in a jiffy!

I did check this afternoon, and no the CPU usage has not drop on my Windows PC. Support has answered me that they are looking into it with a few users a week ago. But it wouldn't hurt for you to open a ticket. The more information they have the better, and it is also important for them to know how many users are experiencing this. I am still on 5.0.3, which unfortunately does not allow me to use the X gear stuff, for now. Edit: But it does not crash or lock up for me, it just uses a lot more cpu than 5.0.3. Either standalone or as a plugin in Cakewalk.

Well this is it! Another freebie! ? It is now Bapu's turn to be eliminated... from the list, nothing more of course! Well, unless @Bapu would like to stick with his original guess of 42? You would still be in the run and, who knows, maybe @Peter - IK Multimedia would extend this GB until we get to your 42, just to be nice to you! ?Maybe then IK would give us life, the universe and everything! ? As you can see, no one picked 22 or 23! So my next post for this will either be to announce there is no winner, or to proclaim Eusebio as the ultimate GB visionary! Stay tuned... it may take a little while though. ? GroverKen 14 Brian Lawler 15 Fleer 16 DeeringAmps 16 Larry 17 telecode 101 17 InstrEd 17 husker 18 Marc Cormier 18 Doug Rintoul 19 kevin H 20 Peter 20 Bapu 21 Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann 24 Me 24

What foolishness?!?!? Here in this thread!?!?! Where?

@InstrEd: Now I know why you didn't get a free keyboard from @Peter - IK Multimedia: IK doesn't make wave shaped keyboards!

Fixed! ?