Hey Phil! "...by the way welcome back Phil..." Where have you been? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luis Elorza" <luiselorza@xxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 6:54 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MOTU WDM Drivers Are Better Than There ASIO Ones >i have found very convenient using wdm drivers because you don't need low >latency all the time, i only use low latency when playing soft synths . >when recording audio or mixing i usually turn the buffer size all the way >to 100 percent and the cpu will handle a huge amount of plug ins and >tracks. when i use asio i can't change the buffer size in sonar. > by the way welcome back Phil. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 12:34 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] MOTU WDM Drivers Are Better Than There ASIO Ones > > >> Hi all!! >> >> After a chance discussion with a friend on how good MOTU's WDM drivers >> are, I felt I should try using my MOTU soundcards WDM drivers, rather >> than the ASIO ones. Guess what, I have found there is 25% les CPU usage >> when using the WDM drivers, over the ASIO ones. I have also been able to >> significantly drop the buffers in the MOTU control panel too. >> >> Before, I was using the ASIO drivers and running with buffers in the >> control panel of 256. My CPU usage was around 30% on large projects. I >> then moved the buffer down to 64 and tested with the ASIO drivers. The >> CPU usage, jumped to around 76% and some crackling was occuring. So, >> just for fun, I changed from ASIO to WDM, reprofiled the card, and the >> CPU usage, jumped back to around 51%. Note: I have also found that every >> time you change the buffers in your sound cards external control panel >> that it is necessary to reprofile the cards WDM driver. I previously >> hadn't done this and because of the strange audio artifacts that I was >> hearing, had wrongly asumed that I had set the latency too low. In my >> case, I new this couldn't be right, as I had actually moved the buffers >> in the control panel from 64 to 128 and higher. >> >> Conclusion, use MOTU's WDM drivers, as they are much better written. >> >> Regards, Phil Muir >> P J Muir Productions >> Music And Audio Production >> URL: >> www.philmuir.com/ >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the >> Subject:- faq >> > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > Subject:- faq > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.7/618 - Release Date: 06/01/2007 > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq