I changed the CPU from Intel i7-9700 to AMD Ryzen 7950X. What I’ve encountered is that even opening an empty project, I get some random peaks. This has never happened before.
I also changed the motherboard and the RAM.
What I tried:
Open Cubase in safe mode
Activate Steinberg Audio Power Scheme
On and off ASIO Guard
On and off Multi Processing
I tried the same thing in Studio ONE and Reaper. There was no problem, these peaks only occur in the Cubase.
Please help, I need to finish a project immediately and it’s glitching.
Can you try deleting the main stereo output bus and creating a new one to assign on stereo out?
There is a bug that the ASIO guard is inactive for new projects where the output is assigned with real-time processing causing poor performance.
The main problem is that, for example, in Studio One, there is no such thing. Something happened after I changed the CPU or RAM or motherboard, I guess. Cubase didn’t like it, but I don’t know how to figure out what he didn’t like.
This is what it looks like in Studio One. And something only shows up if there’s any load at all.
In the case of cubase, I bought the key. If there is any doubt about the licence, I can provide it. And at the moment, I just need to quickly solve the problem and nothing else. I have a deadline on Monday and I can’t work.
Not at all, nobody have to even reply to my question and just ignore it.
Why are you so concerned about what I asked? Does it trigger сonscience deep inside?
Thanks to everyone who tried to help. After installing the new hardware, I uninstalled the chipset drivers and installed the new ones. But it seems that was not enough. I reinstalled Windows completely and that solved the problem. Thanks again guys. Problem solved.
Wow! That’s a little defensive , isn’t it? Your post triggered my attention for being way off-topic and, as far as I can tell at least, unhelpful.
How was knowing the date and place of purchase going to contribute to solving the problem? I’m confused as to how that information could have been even remotely relevant to the issue at the time. I’d be really appreciative if you could please explain its relevance to me.
BTW, I only counted two DAWs - Cubase and Studio One. Hardly the “collection of DAWs” as you put it and certainly not unusual. Where are you seeing @NikolayF 's DAWs, because I must have missed them??
Changed energy plans, remade stereo output, tried with ASIO Guard on/off, installed Nvidia Studio drivers, checked LatencyMon (OK)… nothing helps. Any more clues? Thanks.
Something funny: when I raise the buffer the problem seems less apparent, so I can work at 512 or 1024 with very tiny spikes, almost nothing. But whenever I want to play VSTis and record midi this turns problematic.
A little late to the party sorry.
After having configured about 15 systems (CPU, memory, mobo, PSU, cooling, NVME, all more or less “prosumer high-end” with budgets from 3-10k Euro) during the last 5 years, I can clearly say that AMD Ryzen processors are not suitable for low-latency audio tasks. It doesn’t really matter what you tweak in Windows or the BIOS. I literally spent hundreds of hours when I couldn’t believe that a Ryzen Threadripper 3990x performed somewhat poorly with all bigger DAWs, where it absolutely reached dream numbers in other tasks like compiling code and stuff.
I recently compared the Ryzen 9950x with the I9 Core 285k and it’s totally the same picture: Load a few heavy plugins, 4 buses for 50 tracks, and you have to set the AMD’s buffer latency to 512 samples for smooth sailing. With the same project and same audio hardware (RME MADI Fx) on Intel, 64 samples are still putting virtually no load on the CPU and -much more important- don’t show any spikes or dropouts. To be precise, the AMD was stuttering on 64 samples, where I could additionally load Kontakt on the Intel, playing ~500 voices during the mix playback.
It’s been the same game with the Ryzen 7980x compared to the i7-13700k.
What I don’t know is how the AMD X3D processors perform. I could imagine they work better when it comes to stability, because the are focusing on lower latencies? Just guessing.
What I can say for today is that the cheap I9 Core 285k is the most performant CPU I’ve ever seen for working with Cubendo, and it is even superior to the M3 Ultra. I know, Dom Sigalas would argue here, but okay, they are on par. So, unless you want to spend 18k for the Apple Studio (which is dead silent, ultra stable and just snappier than Windows will ever be), the 285k is the way to go. And do yourself a favor and invest in a good mobo like ASUS ROG HERO Z890 or similar.
