2.0 beta 9 - FX CPU @ 116.78%

[Pantagruel]

Hi,

I have been attempting to try out beta 9, but have the following issues to report:

Fist, my test system is an Athlon XP1900+, 1Gig ram and an EMU 1820 Soundcard. Not the most modern system in the world!

Anyway, I installed the beta and loaded up the Brad Sucks project. And that's as far I could go! Just loading took some 2 minutes. Once loaded, CPU use was at 24.4% and the FX CPU was at, wait for it, 116.78%. The song would not play and crashed the system.

I loaded the song again, but this time I was able to disable all the FX: this took ages, too, as all mouse movements were very slow indeed! This brought the CPU down to 20.9%. The project would then play, but output staggered like a drunk at closing time. I then messed about with the latency and set it to 50ms (!). It was better, but output still suffered from major drop-outs and staggered playback.

So, at this point in time, I cannot use Reaper at all.
For the hell of it, I fired up the same project in 1.888 and it runs beautifully, with all manner of FX plugged in.

Any thoughts on this?

--
Steven

[stodge]

Which version of the beta did you use? The one built using the Intel compiler or the other version?

[Pantagruel]

Originally Posted by stodge

Which version of the beta did you use? The one built using the Intel compiler or the other version?

Hi,

There seems to be only one build listed for beta 9 . . . ?

[Billoon]

The version in the beta has been remixed using a few more plugins...the 1.888 only uses 1 plugin.

Try opening the 1.888 version in the beta and see what happens.

You can have them both installed..just install them into different folders. eg. \REAPER_beta and \REAPER_888

[sebas777]

Here it works without clicks - the load is around 80% CPU (P3, 1.4 Tualatin, RME HDSP).

So it seems the most CPU hungry processes in Reaper are (IThinkYouWill demo still won't play in v2 beta 9) is
1) reading from disk and
2) graphics - especially animating the meters.