Topic: BeatStation Uses Excessive Resources

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Replied December 14, 2010 at 08:07 #1942884

John
Moderator

Are you updated to version 1.0.2?

From what I can tell, your PC is a bit on the lower side of the requirements, so high CPU usage will most likely be but it should be operable.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied December 14, 2010 at 09:16 #1942887

m687bc
Participant

Hello John,

Thanks for your reply. Right, this is a Backup and Portable System. Yes, I installed all the updates that are available. By High CPU usage do you have a percentage or average as to what this machine should run at? Currently, when BeatStation is running it is not what I would deem usable. It becomes so unstable that little else is usable. Granted this PC is dated but, it still meets or exceeds the minimum install requirements that Toontrack publishes.

I would be glad to try any suggestions that you may have.

Thanks again/Bob

Replied December 14, 2010 at 14:21 #1942896

Rogue
Moderator

CPU usage will depend on many factors. On a machine that is at the bottom of the spec requirements I would expect that nothing but a fairly large buffer size will ensure good operation. So that would be the first aspect to check, and should not be a concern for sequencing your tracks (playing live is another matter, but that would be expected from a P4).

One thing to note btw is that the default ‘preset’ loaded on startup is fairly CPU intensive so it would be worth comparing CPU usage on a variety of presets as opposed to the default if you haven’t already. The difference may or may not be significant.

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
Configuration Manager

Replied December 14, 2010 at 14:35 #1942898

Scott
Moderator

Here’s the specs of my studio rig:

– Intel D865PERL Motherboard
– P4 3.0 Ghz
– Windows XP Home SP2
– 2GB RAM Dual Channel DDRAM
– RME Digiface (latest drivers)

Not the newest rig but I can run Beatstation without issues. Of course, I can’t run it at a 64 sample buffer all the time (I run 128 samples for MIDI input) or run a bunch of internal effects, but it does work/playback without glitching.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied December 26, 2010 at 23:00 #1943541

m687bc
Participant

I’ve got this under control finally. Beatstation is now running at an acceptable performance level. I took the Bull by the horn and re installed the OS for the Music Sys to the C: Partition were as I had the original install on a back D: Partition,

Thanks to John, RM, Scott for your suggestions as I applied all them to the re install. By changing the Beatstations’s Defaults it loads now very quickly. The CPU load is still a bit heavy but is now manageable.

It was certainly worth the effort as Beatstation looks to be a nice sound replacement program for Superior and EZD amongst others.

Thanks again for your time and info.
Bob
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