Reply To: disastrous CPU performance

Trancit, I’ll answer what I can for now — a bit squeezed for time this week.

There is definitely a problem with some spiking of the Podium engine, especially if you drive the CPU usage quite high, there are spikes about 20% or more

All Daws have a degree of spiking. I covered that above when I tested it myself the other day.

Second: the specs of a computer are secondary …

It usually is secondary, but not always. It’s a great help in ruling out other possibilities.

I compared Podium and REAPER above also, two DAWs I know best these days. Sorry, I realize my posts tend to run long and info may get buried, but some of these answers are already stated above.

that means to me 960 synth voices less!!!!!!!!!!

Believe it or not, you see this kind of abstract testing a lot on forums but it serves no real purpose. It’s pointless to run any test that is not a real-world-usage situation. It’s like stating, Hey, my DAW doesn’t run on the planet Jupiter! The answer always has to be, So What?

I ran 35 instances with a CPU use (Podium´s own meter) . . .

If you are referring to the Mix meter in the bottom right corner, that is NOT your system’s CPU usage; that is Podium’s own internal processing and can be misleading if you are unfamiliar about how that works. That’s an easy mistake to make, though. That’s why I’ve suggested at least twice on these forums that users get something accurate and fast-reading such as Process Explorer. Otherwise, it’s guesswork.

The system is completely optimized and runs fine on everything except Podium…

I think what you really mean here is that you’ve discovered a couple of DAWs that work well with your gear, unless you have tested the some 30 or 40 now extant. And you should be happy you have found some you like, because there are numerous variables in PCs and setups. I’ve had issues with other DAW and plugin software before, too. In fact, this is why Zynewave states that everyone should test the free version on their systems first. What works on your machine may perform poorly on mine. Often a reason can be found, but sometimes it can be quite difficult to determine the core problem, as system configurations are almost limitless these days. One of my hobbies is testing software for bugs. I was saying before how much I also like REAPER, and it’s very efficient with employing plugins. At the same time the current release is a jittery mess of bugs. Those guys over there are wild and fast with the updates and stuff slips by them constantly. At least Frits here at Zynewave is careful, and if a new Podium release ends up with a bug you know it is something bizarre that the average mortal would have to miss!