#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere software#
#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere Pc#

Neil, what does your system configuration look like? I am running Windows 8.1 and all the latest software versions … Cantabile 3 Build 3160, Omnisphere 2, Komplete 10, Ivory II, EastWest Complete Composers Collection 4 PRO. Is this high page fault count continuous while playing, or does it just spike when first playing, or is it a periodic thing - every N seconds or similar?Īre you using jBridge for any of these plugins? I haven’t had a chance to inspect this but I will tonight.The plugins where you’re having trouble - I think these all have their own buffer sizes (typically the buffers used to stream from disk). My laptop has a total of 32GB HYPERX DDR3 RAM. Just loading one instance of Omnisphere 2 Adagio Strings total system memory usage is around 1.1GB.eg: do you have a lot of other stuff loaded/running at the same time (including programs other than Cantabile) When your song is fully loaded up - what is the total memory usage of your system. Changing this setting made no difference.What happens if you disable Cantabile’s multi-core support - seriously doubt it’ll help, but stranger things have happened.

I appreciate all the input on this topic. Being a systems engineering guy I guess the part that has me baffled is the technical aspects and why some people see very low page faults and others like me are seeing high page faults in some but not all VSTi’s. The sound output quality is extremely high and I am more than pleased with what I hear. After this change I saw the Cantabile load level come down quite a bit however the page faults are still quite high while using Kontakt, Omnisphere 2 and EastWest Hollywood Strings. I’ve changed my audio engine config buffer size from 128 samples to 256 samples 48kHz. Also I am using a MOTU UltraLite-mk3 Hybrid audio processor interface connected by a 3 ft.

#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere Pc#

I bought the laptop from PC Audio Labs and they custom configured the OS to be used specifically with DAW software. The laptop specs are listed out earlier in this thread. So far only 2 software packages give me good results, less than 2 page faults, and those are Ivory II and FM8. If I ever figure that out and it doesn’t impact performance it’d be great to be able to show the number of hard page faults on just audio engine what does your system configuration look like? I am running Windows 8.1 and all the latest software versions … Cantabile 3 Build 3160, Omnisphere 2, Komplete 10, Ivory II, EastWest Complete Composers Collection 4 PRO. I’ve tried several times to understand Windows’ API’s for collecting hard page faults on a per-thread basis but it’s anything but trivial. Secondly, you should look for correlations between playing notes and page faults - this is a better indicator of issues - but still not definitive.įinally, the clearest indicator of problems is when page faults spike at the same time as Cantabile’s load meter and/or and the same time as an audio glitch or drop out. (you’ll need to check page faults in task manager) You can also try minimizing Cantabile’s main window to make sure Cantabile’s screen redrawing isn’t impacting things. If the GUI is page faulting that won’t be on the audio thread and not impact performance. The problem is typically determining whether the page faults are on the audio thread (bad) or not (fine).įirstly, make sure you’ve closed the plugins GUI. Page faulting it a perfectly normal part of Window’s memory management. If the stock library doesn't come with a timbre you need, you gotta go buy it rather than simply programming it.By themselves page faults don’t necessarily indicate a problem, but they can be a clue to a problem. At its most expensive, this works out to a maximum of $0.70 per preset, with less 'fluff'.

Let's assume that you like and regularly use only 100 of these 1000 presets (That's a reasonable expectation, probably a slight overestimation depending on the variety of genres you produce) - In this scenario you'd be paying a whopping $3 per preset.īy comparison, a 'Premium' third-party preset library for a top-of-the-line synth (Z3TA+, Sylenth, Omnisphere, Massive, Absynth, Zebra, Alchemy) usually runs around $15-$35 for 50-75 presets. $299 isn't too expensive relative to some other music production tools, but extremely expensive for a ROMpler with only 1000 presets. They haven't poured any money into new development for about 8 years. I would presume that they earn some sort of royalty from Slayer, which is integrated into FL Studio. They do this by continuing to re-sell the same product lineup they have offered since around 2006. ReFX stays in business by making at least enough money to keep their site up-and-running.