Maximizing Track Count & Saving CPU in Cubase

[@dalekotler7538]

Excellent video! Great solutions to restoring proper sound to a large project. THANK YOU!

[@fchild221]

Sometimes you learn more from someone's imperfect execution of a technique. Thanks for the tips!

[@EllencyOfficial]

That audio performance meter I was completely unaware of!! thank you!!! just added into my monitoring window, along with insight 2, voxengo span, and reference 4.

[@redshift7831]

What really helps a lot under Windows 10, go to Power and Sleep settings > Additional power settings > High Performance., because Windows 10 default is: Balanced!

[@HARIHQ]

yeah, I second this!

[@janilgner8439]

Cubase also has it's own Windows Power Plan that you can activate in the Studio Settings under "VST-Audio-System" > "Activate Steinberg Power Scheme".

[@MauroGuedes]

@@janilgner8439 Hey, thanks for your tip! I tried it and unfortunately, a spike became a permanent full bar...lol something must be wring with my laptop

[@tam_ryan1036]

Excellent. Credit to you for not editing out the muted track render :-) Happens to all of us...

[@CubaseAcademy]

thanks. Humans vs. machines. :)

[@HM-qw7qh]

56 full stems loaded in the Cubase It says Disk Catch Overload.. 56 full stems loaded in the Fl Studio It runs smoothly... Tell me what should i do with Cubase?

[@johnarnis7340]

I had the same problem exactly today , thanks a lot for this video . I was looking for about half an hour to find a video related to this :( I didn’t even know the terminology to look for .

[@dharrisofficial2101]

Thank you very much ! This problem was pain in the ass! With this tricks problem solve.

[@migomistiaque5062]

It helped me a lot sir. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@CubaseAcademy]

You are welcome. Thanks for your comment, and watching the video. Make music, and be happy.

[@eljinete666]

You save my live dude,thx a lot

[@billcino9968]

Thanks , made issues very clear and visibly accessible. Snap, Crackle, Pop GONE !

[@CubaseAcademy]

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback. :) Hate those crackles.

[@kevrochlin4544]

I have huge problems with noise. This has been a great video tutorial and hopefully once I get the hang of what you have shown. Will actually be able to record music. As it is I've been thinking my motherboard if broke !! Thank you. Will subscribe and see what other goodies you have posted. Where would dummies be without you guys ;-)

[@CubaseAcademy]

Hey Kev. glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you are able to get back to making music!

[@LilCrayzer]

Thank You mate ! it was pretty helpful cause I always activated a lot of audio-channels for my guitar. like a rhythm, lead1 and lead2 guitar and sometimes even a midi aswell. now it's working better without that annoying audio artifacts. (greetings from germany hope my english isn't too bad haha)

[@oledahl.]

Your English is fine. :) Greetings from Oslo.

[@nomorebushz]

Excellent thank you. I have discovered many of the same things. I know of freezing a track. Once the track is frozen you cannot adjust or edit any parameters. However, you still have volume control in the mix.

[@matiaslanzi9969]

Buffer vs latency, the never ending nightmare. I've never been able to work comfortably with plugins, it is now when little by little computers are fast enough to really make this happen.

[@atticprojectstudio9082]

Thank you....you added new thought to CPU hassels

[@LOVERGEIST777]

dopeness... been bingewatching these kind of videos

[@Wendel_Kos]

Thats a great looking studio!! Looks so underground lol

[@milenadeltorto7158]

Thanks!

[@dextrip25]

Great video. You made it nice and easy for me to get a better grasp on this subject.

[@CubaseAcademy]

dextrip thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you found it useful. 😊

[@BernardMercado]

Very helpful video. Thanks for uploading.

[@CubaseAcademy]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad you found the video helpful.

[@lowellp7275]

Thanks much! Didn't know about the freeze function. That'll help on my laptop on which I can't do anything about the hardware, but can still work with it a lot more now due to freezing tracks!

[@CubaseAcademy]

Excellent! Glad your found the video useful, and thank for watching.

[@HolgerH1967]

One thing that made a big difference at least on my PC was activating the Steinberg Power scheme. This prevents the processor from wildly stepping between different speeds and brought the performance way up. And at least when I tried last, activiating the ASIO guard brought the performance down, so I have it disabled. I have a powerful machine, so usually I don't need to look into these settings, but with certain instruments or effects (Movement from Output in version 1 - really bad!) they eat all your processor time.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Holger Hansen I have had the same results with ASIO guard. That's why I left it turned off in my video, but I didn't want to get into a discussion about whether it was a good or a bad thing. I really do think it's system dependent. Thanks for your comment!

[@djRoyalTee]

Definitely system dependent. I've had crashes with it engaged. Sometimes it works other times it's a no go so I only engage it if I really need it... like maybe 2% of the time... lol

[@thebarrylurveshow5530]

Hello, thank you. You saved me spending cash on a new system just to get over (maybe) the problem. My 'puter was running at 512 and I've increased to 1024 without problems. btw, leave in your mistakes! Without that "going off script moment" I wouldn't have learnt about reneder in place. Cheers, stay safe

[@nomorebushz]

Oh yeah, I've exported muted tracks before, more than once :-) And this was very helpful. Rendering in place, excellent. Comprehensive. Don't know why we don't get a Freeze option to render an audio track at that time.

[@kevinsturges6957]

Thank you so much for making this.

[@CubaseAcademy]

My pleasure!

[@lukezeven1941]

Thank you for this ! I got the crackles and dropouts when I upgraded to cubase 10. It was really frustrating. The problem went away with the 10.5 upgrade but now I know what I can do if the problem comes up again. Cheers

[@HinzRafael]

Thank you so much. This was really helpful 👍🏽

[@soumendrabanerjee1993]

You are a life saver.. It helped me a lot.. Thanks a lot Sir❤😍

[@vspa]

so that explains another useful topic ? low buffer for recording & high buffer for mixing ?

[@abvijaykumar]

Great video - finally got a hang of all these various parameters, I was blindly changing things for better performance..now I know what I am doing..thanks - But I wish Cubase makes better optimization of these parameters, based on what I am doing, instead of me going around changing parameters, while playing, while monitoring etc

[@thehitter2708]

There’s got to be something else going on for you to max out with that little going on. It shouldn’t be like that. For me when it messed up it was the kernel task in my MacBook but you deserve a lot more room to work with this would drive me insane. Lol thanks for the video

[@krishnamohan7615]

thanks for the sharing of your knowledge really helpfull

[@shrek7859]

Omg I was looking for exactly that

[@skylightmusicshowree]

Great video, ta! I love the fact that you recorded this as a stream of consciousness and, rather than editing out the mistakes, you laughed it off and put text comments on in the edit :-) Having overlapping functions in Cubase is what makes it such a brilliant DAW....For one problem, here's three solutions!!

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thanks for your comment, and for watching the video! You're right, I don't edit these unless they *really * go off the rails. I never even thought this channel would get visitors, so it was just a way for me to get better a Cubase and remember the tips and tricks I learned. But here I am at 2k+. Still won't edit the vids though. :)

[@skylightmusicshowree]

Thanks for your reply and I've now subscribed to your channel. I've been using Cubase since 1996 and I'm still learning new stuff....and that's before the upgrades! A friend once said to me that he liked to watch others work away at Cubase so that he learned something new. That was twenty years ago and it still holds true today! The great thing is that with KZbin, you can tap this resource any time you need to. As for the editing, it beats watching too many jump cuts any day of the week :-)

[@mahaprabhudasa4262]

Very well explained.

[@ljthalken]

thank you, very helpful

[@CubaseAcademy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@edwin_art_studio414]

Muy bien... Gracias

[@only4posting]

Just subscribed. Thanks for your video. Edit: previous comment way to long

[@28rwags]

If you are done recording and just going to be mixing you can turn your buffer setting all the way up and you will have full use of your cpu's and you will hear no glitches and you can also freeze tracks.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Yes you can. Thanks for watching the video!

[@fiddlydee776]

Thanks for posting this @

[@CubaseAcademy]

You are very welcome. I hope you found it useful.

[@philwhelan3854]

Thanks problem solved set Activate AsIO guard and it better now . Only happens several VST instruments together

[@norbutvstheworld]

Regardless of Processor, Cache is everything.. And ur CPU only has L1-256kb, L2-1mb, L3-8mb.. Ur Cache is what transfers the data between and from HD ur CPU and RAM.. So the more Cache per CPU core the better, if you where to disable 2 cores in the BIOS software you will see a big improvement in audio performance... The recording and playback buffer size you are able too set in Cubase is governed by how large ur Level 3 cache is....

[@enochsouza_onthebeat]

Hello !! I am Enoch Souza Inge Son & Beatmaker from Congo Brazzaville !! I have a problem with my Cubase, when I take it bugs and gives me a message saying (Recording Error: Too many tracks in recording) I would like to know what is the cause and the solution to fix it. Thanks in advance !!!!!

[@danielpuccio9908]

Nice Video! Congrats!

[@CubaseAcademy]

Daniel Puccio thank you!

[@perkunas7]

To drop CPU overload and crackling FIRST go to your BIOS find TURBO BOOST and DISSABLE it. save and reboot. Only increasing buffer size helps just a little but it's far from normal workflow.

[@kpb13]

Very helpful... thanks!

[@CubaseAcademy]

You're welcome!

[@NiceTrade]

so weird, my system is an AMD Ryzen 7 - 1700 .. i have around 122 channels, alot of Groove Agent, Retrologue & Massive parts, CPU load hovers around 30%

[@thomasyoung5680]

great i just have ryzen 5 1400 after bending up my pins on a ryzen 5 2600 that was brAND NEW but i get a high rack count i use halion sonic 3 , waves effects with reverb (abby rhodes a cpu HOG) and my GOLD standard keyboard yamaha motif xs6 i love it and it all works flawless steinberg ur-44 interface and mackie monitors and i only use the system for music and nothing else i know you didn't ask for info just sharing one small studio owner owner to another well you may not be small keep it up

[@jjjuhg]

@@thomasyoung5680 - when you have your project full of plugins the cpu shows how ? How much memory you have. Thanks. I m still at i7 with 16 gb ram and uhe repro kills my cpu. I can have 6 omnisphere open at the same time and play the midi parts with plugins and goes on yellow. Omni is not as consuming.

[@urbannpa]

Same here...I layer soft synths and barely see see my cpu meter stressing running 24 channels.

[@HM-qw7qh]

56 full stems loaded in the Cubase It says Disk Catch Overload.. 56 full stems loaded in the Fl Studio It runs smoothly... Tell me what should i do with Cubase?

[@datamasked623]

If you have a UAD Apollo interface you can set your buffer size to 2048 and record live instruments and you’ll get no latency. Just monitor what’s happening in the Apollo, not in the software. But yeah, if you use native software instruments this is pretty much how you gotta get around it.

[@karan35fdk]

Thinks bro

[@markuskoelble]

Hi, thx for the bunch of great tips! I'm using a Steinberg UR 22 mkII, so somewhere the same as you but with less channels. I didn't think the size of the buffer would affect the MIDI latency? Isn't the buffer just for the audio signal? Of course, when you run your system busy, the processing of the MIDI events will be delayed. I don't have a keyboard with a classic MIDI-Connector, so I can't check it out. I'm a guitar player and I use only a cheap USB to MIDI keyboard (Nektar Impact LX 49+). It's only because of my poor English and the google translator when I appear rude. Best regards Markus from Germany

[@ivannikolaev2293]

If you have a decent CPU (not the top, but okay) and a good interface and may only work with like 4-5 tracks with freezing, then what kind of a beast do you need to work with full cinematic session? Asking for a friend

[@DenizBilginhost]

Very helpful.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thank you!

[@tsidifari1693]

Thank you so much. You are a problem solver

[@CubaseAcademy]

Happy to help. (Sorry for the slow response!)

[@egoadsr]

That time lap that the brain begin to perceive as a repetition is somewhere around 20ms

[@tredfxman]

Makes you kinda wonder: Why doesen´t Steinberg just make a single Button for switching between huge buffer or great latency: So you easily just could swap from MIDI Keyboard to Mixing without annoying scratches. You may think: Well why coulden´t it just do it Automatically in Realtime then? Well i think that would be bad, coz then it would probably steal valuable CPU time all the time.

[@rolandgerard6064]

There a button to switch off cpu intensive jobs for the recording.

[@tommyandtammy1]

Thanks and God bless.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thanks for watching! Be happy and well.

[@knuckles1006]

I have been playing keyboards for over 30 years but have been thinking about switching over to computer based music recording.I have watched dozens and dozens of videos on KZbin over the past week but this video has got me a little scared.I am a ground zero on the learning curve on how to use CUBASE 9.5 so are there some really good tutorials on how to use CUBASE 9.5.I mainly want to get into scoring orchestral music and so I have a few questions.Is Cubase 9.5 actually designed to use more than a dual core processor.From what I have read about Cubase, a processor with more than 2 cores actually slows the system down. And as far as RAM goes, would going to 32gb or even 64gb of RAM handle the demand on the system that you created for this instructional video? Thanks in advance for your answers. Adding you to my watch list.

[@brjboyce]

Awesome video

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thanks Ryan, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@acmebrandinc]

Thanx 4 taking the Time to make this...Twas greatly educational and appreciated. I was praying you'd use the Focusrite driver. as thats what i have(scarlett 18i20) using the mixcontrol software.... evertime i try and change the Asio buffer size..the software (focusrite mix control) hangs..i have to turn everything off AND change usb ports otherwise i get a "NO HARDWARE CONNECTED"..and sometimes it gets so bad that i have to uninstall/reinstall... Drives me freakin crazy!!!

[@CubaseAcademy]

That sounds very frustrating. My Focusrite is pre Mix Control, but what you are experiencing seems to be a known, and maybe common issue. I read this KB article here: support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115001661729-Focusrite-Control-is-showing-No-Hardware-Connected-, and it seemed to have some options. You've probably already done this, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Glad you liked the video! thanks for the comments.

[@gerhardbinkele3753]

As Frank Saraceno says: Enable your ASIO GUARD at first - an you will have much better results! That's what the Asio Guard is for. The other things you mentioned are still worth knowing and you'll need to use all of them if you have more tracks and instruments.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Gerhard Binkele I certainly don't disagree about the ASIO guard, but in my video I deliberately left it off to just compare what difference buffer size makes alone. It's not easy to explain how ASIO guard makes a difference, and it's not always reliable. So I was trying to keep it as straightforward as possible. Thanks for watching, and thanks for your input.

[@gerhardbinkele3753]

Cubase Academy I understand. That's o.k. .I like your videos anyway. How to choose the best settings for the Asp guard would be a interesting subject too.

[@TaylorSappe]

Great video!

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thank you so very much. I am glad you found it useful.

[@lipstickspeedball]

GREAT TIP

[@VAIBHAVSINGHMUSIC]

Hello. i found your channel very late.. Liked the content... I need a small. While working, my cubase often crashes and releases a window saying a long message.... It also says that save your project or something like this.. It is a huge mesaage... Dont know why this happens

[@pacyivory]

Thank you. Very nice explanation. My Cubase elements 9.5 is Running on 4gb ram/pentium R dualcore 3.0Ghz System. And I need to make it Smoooth er...

[@bizjer1]

This is nuts. I just got an HP Z600, 2 x Xeons at 2.93g and 48gb of Ram. I run through an M Audio Profire Lightbridge and my audio usage id stupid. Even with no tracks its showing usage. I used to run a hooky version of a certain piece of software and managed to get a buffer of around 128 and roughly 15-20 tracks playing back with plugs in etc and no problems running on an old quad system with 4gig of ram. Why did I just spend a tonne of cash on something that seems to a step back in what its designed for. Making music.

[@bronson1392]

Is this guy for real? This is probably the most unhelpful confusing tutorial EVER! I still use my 2nd gen i5 16gb ram laptop and can handle 20 x more with no glitch.

[@CubaseAcademy]

As I mention in the video description, I had to seriously overload my system to emulate a low power system. I am currently mixing a track with 50+ tracks and 12 subs with no issues. Thanks for watching!

[@jbforce10]

As well as advising on how to manage a struggling DAW host, this video has highlighted that very few people read the details on a KZbin clip before commenting.

[@marianmusic7221]

@@CubaseAcademy Mentioning in the video description doesn't help - nobody reads it! You confused everybody out - and i think it is on purpose, or just a poorly thought video ... I read comments from people that are coming from the analog world and willing to move to Cubase - and now they fear that the digital world (cubase for that matter) is poorly designed and can't handle a few tracks. And to accentuate the confusion, you say: "and why is this happens - and you blame it on the cubase settings that you have set". I repeat, the fact that you updated the video description and you are writing in the comments doesn't help! No offense intended! just a poorly thought video! And the name of your channel ... Cubase Academy?

[@sedrick8628]

Great info! >>> Sedrick

[@gizmoriderfulye8007]

You dont show what effects you using on tracks, they must be the reason for that, or your system is messed up

[@jbenoit1962]

The purpose of the video wasn't to demonstrate WHY he was having CPU overrun. It was to demonstrate how to handle that situation in the event that they occur organically whilst working. It's like benchmarking a CPU. You throw something at it that simulates maximum workload, you don't optimize efficiency going in because that defeats the purpose. Your comment is like saying "...oh the dyno is spinning so the car isn't actually going anywhere. you should test it on the road..." Not remotely the purpose of the test.

[@teddym2808]

You sound like a mix of American/Irish/Australian lol! Which one is it? or all three perhaps? (and btw what happened to you?). Re the project - There's something wrong here.. I think maybe there is a DPC latency issue.. that processor should not be struggling with just those three VI tracks. Also could be a poor Steinberg USB interface driver. In any case this PC is not performing right. Another option could be for you to put the PC into high performance mode and priority as background services in case you have't already done so.

[@CubaseAcademy]

I am British, but I have lived in the US for many years, hence the 'mixed bag' accent :) As to what happened to me...well, I traveled overseas some, made a film in the US, and then decided to move from the city to a much more remote location with some land to build a new studio. And my computer, well, it runs great but I made it run badly for the video. Hope you are keeping well.

[@jonathanw7346]

Have the same size processor as you, but I have 32 gb ram and I don't have any of these problems. I use Cubase 9.5 and predominantly EastWest libraries on 512 sample rate and I have no problem running about a dozen different VSTs at the same time. Very good video though.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thanks for the comment. I have no issues either, currently mixing 70+ tracks with tons of vst's. This was a simulation to help a subscriber with a question. However, I am considering a processor upgrade 😊

[@Welcome_To_Life]

So you have to freeze tracks to get a fifth track recorded at 256? On a Zeon processor?

[@CubaseAcademy]

Pro Tools Fam not usually. I was also running OBS, and some other apps. I was deliberately making a case for the extreme to demonstrate the issue for folks that are starting out or not technically inclined.

[@yakmartin5429]

Yup, that confuses me lots, too- doesn't look much, right? Of course I'd expect having to freeze when using some Steini VSTs, NI-stuff, whathaveyenot PLUS effects. (BTW: That was missing: Use returns instead of inserts whenever you can.) On my cute little MBP, i7 dual core, 8GB RAM, I can't wait to see it crash when adding a strings layer or fuddling about with Amp Rack... Question: If I can happily life with 44.1KHz 16bit- much impact? 🐻👌🏻

[@kimchristiansen2397]

We on earth did you not activate asio guard? What is your powerscheme? The disk meter was constantly peaking, why? I have a 2 year old pc with an i7 and 16 gigs of ram and I have nothing like those spikes on my setup. Something is clearly wrong with your setup.

[@sideast]

Hit the " Constrain Delay Compensation Button" if you need to add new Midi/Audio parts to a project with a high buffer setting. Much Quicker !!

[@TaylorSappe]

Sid East That is the method I use the most, but you have to remember that you did this and release the button when you are done or it will mess with your mixes. It sometimes turns off some of the inserts, so the mix quality is not as good, but with this method you can definitely get more out of your processor and it is probably the fastest method.

[@CubaseAcademy]

The constrained delay button can definitely help when recording certain things live. But as noted in the other comment before, it does disable any editing of your plugins.

[@VAIBHAVSINGHMUSIC]

Out of Asio 4 all and low latency asio driver, which one shoukd I chose?

[@pierreluniere]

Great insights thanks Gary! I have just upgraded to w10, so I did a complete restore of Cub 7, plus it’s upgrade to 7.5, all the ilecencer data reset, I lok & Gobbler loaded, vsts & plug-ins updated. Still a bit to do re media library. Even in W7 I was having system crashes & now in 10, I cannot record audio or import say GarageBand pre recorded files without a corruption occurring that has early intermittent clicks & eventually white noise kind of screech, then the prog crashes. It corrupts files that are already in a working project as well.. I suspected a firewall issue, but I ilok, avid etc have been allowed access . .this tutorial gave me hope . .haven’t opened PC yet to trial. Any suggestions? Cheers, pierre Ps, using a 3 yr old 1st gen Focusrite that works perfectly if I’m recording into GarageBand pc, i5 chip, 8g ram. File storage on external drives, programs on internal C drive.

[@arvidpeterson]

I have never seen performance that bad... How did you pull that off?? Secrets please!

[@CubaseAcademy]

As I mention in the video description, I had to seriously overload my system to emulate a low power system. I am currently mixing a track with 50+ tracks and 12 subs with no issues. Thanks for watching!

[@sasujuntunen3750]

I can't believe you're maxing out your system with 5 tracks.

[@CubaseAcademy]

As I mention in the video description, I had to seriously overload my system to emulate a low power system. I am currently mixing a track with 50+ tracks and 12 subs with no issues. Thanks for watching!

[@THORvaldIngvar]

He have audio priority boosted, i think thats why he have so any cracks ib midi. I have another problem in 9.5, midi tracks don't play from beginning and that is not problem of automisation

[@Ram-Music]

HI thanks Bro just try REAPER DAW with same tracks .

[@0oTHEJACKo0]

so what saves more cpu, or what is generally the difference between "disable track" and "freeze track, channel or instrument"? does it reduce the same amount of processing power needed? if yes it would make most sense to disable and enable tracks, since that is the quickest way to do this stuff, right?

[@andrewooleongwei3543]

i had a problem with the vst connection!! i'm using dn-32 usb as my connection with midas m32... my problem is i can't add 32 mono buses!! i only can get 16 mono or 8 stereo... i've tested on 4 unit of the midas m32... it has the same problem.... i not sure is cubase problem or the board problem

[@peterradd6726]

At 3:54, you say "let's see what happens if I double the sample rate" . . . don't you mean "buffer size? Aren't you doubling the buffer size here? (sorry but that confused me).

[@djprocuttanyc]

well i am glad i have fl studio ..only need this for vocals and mixing

[@eustacehamilton7570]

Good day I'm having the same problem with CPU how many tracks can I freeze at the same time disabled

[@netsonmusic]

hi,bro,thanx for all. Maybe u can help : with time projects in Cubase start working more and more slowly...first it freezes for seconds in a project with 60 lines,for example...then with 50 lines ...etc , is there any temporary file that i have to remove or clean up so all the projects load like i just installed cubase and vsti ? please help , can't work atm ... cheers!

[@tobatakube6273]

How to record with cubbase

[@gastonjabaly]

Geez 3 tracks and problems? I have one for you all when you already have 40 tracks and want to add something else and the project its almost finished automation and the singer. Wants to re do vocals.... I do have a system will be uploading. A video soon

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thanks for your comment. I purposely crippled my system to demonstrate something for a specific problem someone was having. I regularly run many many tracks at once, I'm doing one right now that has 30 plus tracks with plugins on every single Track. Running in real time.

[@28rwags]

Also,​ you must have a super slow computer because even my I5 at the lowest buffer setting will not do that.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

its still astonishing how big the Cpu load is even with max samples. what if you wanted to have a project with say 20 different instruments...... what would you do then :/ freeze everthing? just to record something ? then unfreeze? that sounds like a terrible work flow....

[@funkaholic1972]

I am afraid I have had to do that sometimes, really annoying. Now I often just switch off all the inserts on all channels (which is quicker than freezing) to unload the processor enough so I can lower the buffersize to play/record new parts.

[@peppercrybeatz]

I still don't get why cubase is so processor heavy

[@CubaseAcademy]

It's not. I deliberately overloaded my system for the demo. Under normal circumstances I regularly mix over 80 tracks with plugins. My Xeon processor was getting a little long in the tooth, but was still very capable. The vid was mostly aimed at people using laptops etc. Thanks for watching, and for your comment.

[@peppercrybeatz]

@@CubaseAcademy i use cubase and really feel like it is processor heavy. I use all the techniques you speak about. My computer is very powerful. Only thing is it's an old Mac but with great specs. Could the age be the issue?

[@CubaseAcademy]

@@peppercrybeatz Well, it certainly could be. Full disclosure; I am not a Mac person so don't know much about how the OS etc. works, but I recently had to 'bite the bullet' and invest in an upgrade. Actually a whole new build. I got 10 good years out of my Xeon build, but it was starting to show its age. I always build my own systems, so I can save a bit of money there, or spend it on better components. I realize that's not an option with the Mac systems. But for reference, I now use a 12 Core (24 total) 3.5 Ghz CPU overclocked to 4.2Ghz, with 32GB RAM. It has made a significant difference. The first big project I did with the new systems was 88 tracks, many VSTi's, and plugins on all the channels, Softube Console1 for starters. Even with convolution verbs and some pretty heavy hitter plugins, I never had to freeze, render, or use any other processor-saving tricks. I can also run at 48 frame stable on the ASIO side, meaning I have about 4 ms of latency. It was work the expense and hassle of the upgrade.

[@Sivaiyu_Pink]

Love💜

[@CubaseAcademy]

Thank you!

[@LorentzHallMusic]

Thanks for the video! What is the actual difference between freeze track and render in place?

[@CubaseAcademy]

You may have already figured this out by now, but freeze track limits your ability to change existing effects on that track, and render-in-place creates an audio version of the midi track. This allows you to continue adding effects to the track. Also, when you render, you have a choice of how much of the processing chain is included. After you render, you can also disable the original track (not just mute) to further reduce CPU. I always make a folder to keep every original, disabled track in case I ever want to change anything around the composition. Great question, sorry for the very late reply.

[@bobmusikk]

Strange, that must be a very old computer, mine is 7yo and I use way more tracks than your demo and it never did that even with big VSTs like Superior drummer etc, and it never went pass 25% on the perfo tab, I have a old i7 3770k with 32gb ram

[@CubaseAcademy]

Yes it was an old computer, but still perfectly capable of running 80 plus tracks with plug-ins. For the purposes of the video I deliberately hampered the system performance to make it as bad as possible. I couldn't really demonstrate the issue unless I could recreate the issue. I have since upgraded anyway, and I'm enjoying life and Cubase.

[@bobmusikk]

@@CubaseAcademy Okkk that's why :) 4 tracks and cracking was a bit funny to me. I also be upgrading to i9-11900k as soon as I can get one.

[@CubaseAcademy]

I went with a Skylake 12-core and 32GB ram. I also switched to an m.2 drive for my working drive, and using ssds for backup and Library storage. I just completed a quite heavy mix with about 80 tracks and 10 buss groups all with plugins and even a couple of VSTi's. The machine never even broke a sweat.

[@bobmusikk]

@@CubaseAcademy Good to ear. Cant wait to have mine. Ciaoo

[@highthai7]

Sometimes lately Im getting clicks and pops no matter what my AI buffer is set to. The cpu load is nowhere near maxed out and I can hear the clicks and pops even when audio is NOT playing. Anybody have any ideas????

[@tomryansinger1]

Hi Thairish, this could be many things but if you are hearing clicks and pops when audio is not playing then maybe the problem is your speakers or interference from power sockets, phone or some other electronic device close to your pc. Have you solved this issue yet? Im curious

[@only4posting]

If you still have your UR824, I'd like to ask you something: How it if possible that the ur824, a modern, 'pro', quite expensive audio interface, can only go as low as 64 samples, for a ~5-6ms in/out latency, and my old, trusty Maudio Delta 1010, from 2001-2002, can still work on windows 8.1, and i was able to get ~3.5-4ms of latency, at 128 samples, 6-7ms at 256 samples, and i think i could even get like 1.5-3ms at 64 ! Unfortunately, the sound on the analog out 1-2 started 'glitching'(maybe it's just the windows drivers going crazy), and i now need a new card...being a cubase user, the UR series , obviously, looked like a great choice.... but when i started looking at the different models and the buffer sizes... they no longer look as great... How is it possible. ..? Even 20yo cards can do this like 32 samples... 6ms at as low as 64 samples, is a lot.... i remember going from 256 to 128 samples would already put a lot of stress on the cpu and system..... having to work at 64 samples just to get a decent 6ms of latency, sounds absolutely crazy to me. Any opinions ? Thx

[@TheRobGuard]

My ur824 goes to 32 samples

[@doraysmith]

Hopefully you have a 9900k by now

[@zaharishtonov]

I can't believe Cubase practically dies only on 4 tracks!

[@CubaseAcademy]

What you see here has nothing to do with Cubase itself. I purposely crippled my system to demonstrate an issue somebody else was having with many tracks. I regularly run large projects, in fact right now I'm running one with 30-plus tracks, VST Instruments, and VST effects on virtually every track.

[@rolandgerard6064]

I don't understand how you can get it that bad. I have installed for a test cubase 9.5 pro on my old 2007 Imac (2,4Ghz, 2 core, 6GB memory) in combination with an UR22. I get a problem only at 32 sample. It's audible but not as bad as your example and the meters does not go crazy like yours. At 64 no problems and i use even more vsti's tracks than you do in the example.

[@ronaldboykin9755]

It seems that Halion 6 takes up a lot of resources in your setup.

[@CubaseAcademy]

Yes, I intentionally loaded up the most intensive patches I could find to create the issue I was trying to demonstrate. My system is fairly powerful, so to get it to 'bomb out', I had to load it down. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Pauluz_The_Web_Gnome]

I hope you have invested in a better PC and sound interface because what I just have seen, is realy crap!

[@darbomusic]

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