From raisindot@yahoo.com Wed Oct 10 12:28:48 2012
Subject:Re: The Best Software Clone out there?

ASIO drivers aren't necessarily the cause of latency. There are many different factors that can contribute.

1. Computer type. Many laptops are generally slower at multimedia than desktops that have similar configurations. Laptops over have a lot of overhead in memory in terms of hard disk protection and other stuff that can slow down performance. The processor itself is less important; if your computer was manufactured within the past 4-5 years its processor is plenty powerful to be able to handle DAW tasks with low latency.

2. RAM. This can definitely affect latency. On my latest PC, adding 2 gig (to make 6 gig total) decreased overall latency significantly.

3. Hard disk speed and capacity. A nearly full and highly fragmented hard disk will absolutely degrade performance, particularly if you're recording audio. A hard disk that's slower than 7200 is a performance hurdle. It's usually better to have two separate hard disks in a system; one to hold the program and OS and the other to store all of the audio files and VSTs.

4. Unneeded junk in memory. Anti-virus programs, screen savers, complex 'themes,' Windows Indexing, automated backups, background images, print spoolers, wireless connections, and all sorts other background programs can totally sap away performance. If you can, turn all of these things off, disconnect from the Internet, and use as much memory as possible for your music.

5. The VST program itself. As I said, my PC is plenty powerful enough to provide near zero latency performance on every other VST I use directly in Sonar, but VB3 for some reason is a latency hog.
The sounds it produces are wonderful; I wish it just didn't so long to hear them.

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