Hello everyone,
the problem is driving me nuts. I already wasted countless hours with no result. I recently setup a new computer, Intel Core Ultra 9 285k with a RTX 5070, Win11 24H2. I also use Ableton and tried Studio One 7 and tested it for the spikes issue. In those 2 programs there are no spikes, just in Cubase… Maybe i should add that i use an old firewire interface, the Steinberg MR 816x. I have a TI firewire card. This setup worked well on my old pc.
I try to tell what i all did, its heaps of things: I followed the Steinberg instructions on setting up Cubase, so all the regular settings should be fine. I changed those power savings settings in BIOS, it didnt help. I turned off all unnecessary things like network that i dont use Bluetooth etc. I tried to uninstall all ASUS programs and other programs that are of no use. I played with the ASIO guard settings, checked all with Latency Mon etc etc.I even bought a presonus interface with USB connection to test it. Same problem…
I really have no idea what it is, but it is a Cubase specific problem. Anyone has some idea?
Hi Cage,
yes, everything. High performance and buffer size i tried various . With higher buffer its better, but not gone. The spikes are here and they are not with the other DAWs.
Thanks for your answer.
Hi, i ran LatenyMon. It showed no problems during testing other DAWs and just started to lag and stutter during Cubase test. I put the result into chatGPT and it said probably something like ASUS Armoury Crate could be the reason or ESET. I uninstalled both 100% with Revo Pro. It did not help anything.
Hi, if a new version ie gone from cubase 13 to 14 see if preferences being default as oppossed to carried over from your last versions settings helps or and with that do a new install of cubase 14. i cant say I can confirm this will do it right for you but just my 5cents worth. Good luck and asio gaurd settings check which you probably already have. Take care, Ad
Hi Moemors,
What do you mean by spikes? When does it happen?
1- Tools for MR V1.7.8 64 bit?
After installing setup go to the utility folder and run ysfwutility,
IEEE 1994 Buffer Size change to large? Restart your pc.
Hello, thanks everyone for their answers. By spikes i mean, in the CPU meter there happen some spikes like every 20 seconds, even when nothing is playing. But of course it happens also when i just play an audio file. Using VSTs leads pretty fast to spikes including audio drops and crackles. I tried the regedit by unparking the cores which didnt help as well. The buffer is set to large since the start already.
My Cubase 1 4 install was fresh and not coming from 13, cause thats a totally new pc.
Curiously, do you have inserts in Control Room that are not being used? That contributes to performance monitor usage metering as well.
Also, you said increasing the buffer “helps,” but doesn’t solve the issue. I would split the “issue” into “the meter itself shows spikes in use” and “I’m getting audio drop-outs.” If the spikes don’t actually cause audio issues, then I wouldn’t worry about that as you solve for the “drop outs.” You’ve increased your interface buffer, but even at high buffers, you still get “drop outs” separately from what the audio performance monitor is reporting? I think it’s an important distinction.
All that said, in my opinion, it’s probably time for you to look at new audio interface. I thought Win11 dropped firewire altogether, but apparently they just stopped supporting it. Continuing to rely on unsupported interfaces using unsupported connectivity mechanisms probably isn’t the best choice for audio. Just a thought.
Right on. If you’re good with unsupported hardware then that’s outstanding! But he IS having problems, so the suggestion was that he take a look at moving to a current, supported audio interface. Or at least just test with cheap Focusrite, etc.
Even more so when the same config works on other people’s similar systems. But it’s still not clear (to me) where and when the actual “issue” occurs (UI metering separate from audio artifacts).
I actually went out of my way to phrase it as “it’s probably time to look at” and “just a thought” so I think it’s clear it wasn’t a stipulation.
Mainboard Asus prime z890-p wifi, latest bios update version 2001.
Just standard bios settings, only M2 drives in raid0 configuration.
Win11 latest updates, standard setting, only unparked cores and disabled
memory integrity for mr816csx drivers.
GPU and Cubase standard settings.
Thank you Twan…
Thats weird, my setup is very similar, i have an ROG Strix z890-e, RTX 5070, PCIe 5 SSDs, all the stress test and memory is ok. And what really is weird is, that in only happens in cubase and not in the other DAWs. Some little checkbox is ticked or unticked and that can already make the problem. And i think i tried it all. I really dont know anymore…
Do you use the windows FW legacy driver?
I also had dropouts caused by the fact that the graphic card had the same IRQ as the FW card. Solved that and installed the Legacy driver in W11.
