Re: CPU Spikes: Windows 10, Pro Tools 12
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:12 pm
Just to give some perspective on what CPU loads should be running VM as a VST on a Ryzen 7.
My laptop has a Ryzen 7 4800 and I built a moderate sized generative patch with 12 modules including MRB's Tiny Voice using the standalone Voltage Modular and the CPU load was about 2.4%.
I then added a Mini Plug-In Host running another copy of Voltage Modular as a VST plugin. The embedded patch is about 15 modules including four oscillators and two filters. The outer patch controls the gate and pitch CV of the embedded patch and then gets the audio back to produce a nice big phat six oscillator sound.
After adding VM as a VST the CPU load went up to about 3.8% while everything is playing.
So an extra 1.4% of load
Just to repeat - this is with two instances of VM running at the same time, one of them as a VST plugin inside the other.
So there's something badly wrong with your setup. You say that it's OK when running VM in standalone mode so it looks like it must be some strange conflict between ProTools and VM.
My laptop has a Ryzen 7 4800 and I built a moderate sized generative patch with 12 modules including MRB's Tiny Voice using the standalone Voltage Modular and the CPU load was about 2.4%.
I then added a Mini Plug-In Host running another copy of Voltage Modular as a VST plugin. The embedded patch is about 15 modules including four oscillators and two filters. The outer patch controls the gate and pitch CV of the embedded patch and then gets the audio back to produce a nice big phat six oscillator sound.
After adding VM as a VST the CPU load went up to about 3.8% while everything is playing.
So an extra 1.4% of load
Just to repeat - this is with two instances of VM running at the same time, one of them as a VST plugin inside the other.
So there's something badly wrong with your setup. You say that it's OK when running VM in standalone mode so it looks like it must be some strange conflict between ProTools and VM.