Build specifically for DAW/Reaper/Audio

[Hellbovine]

...getting a True minimum for each can take many sessions...

Yeah it can vary by a fair amount, which can be annoying when trying to get baselines. Something that helps me is the .bat file added below. I use it all the time for obtaining baselines, benchmarking, or after a clean install of Windows. It will run every scheduled task and forcibly work through all background activities until they are finished. There's a substantial amount of pending work after a clean install, and around 3,000 registry keys get updated in the process. After it finishes, reboot, and the Task Manager will have dramatically lowered processes/threads/handles, and fluctuations will be lower too.

.BAT FILE

Spoiler: click here to reveal text

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Running Task Scheduler
ECHO (this may take 30 minutes or more to finish)
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
ECHO.
ECHO Task Scheduler Finished!
ECHO (please reboot your computer)
PAUSE

Note: to use this, open a .txt file then copy and paste the lines above into it. Go to "save as" and at the bottom middle change the file type to "All files" then in the file name type Tasks.bat and this will create a batch file. Now right-click on the .bat file and select "run as admin" to execute it.

We can't upload .bat files, so I put it in the spoiler instead. The benefit of running this command in a batch file is that it will let you know when it's finished, plus in this form it fits nicely into a USB toolbox since it mimics the behavior of a portable tool.

 

[Clanger]

i get H/T/P's when ive done all the other stuff to windows after a fresh (captured image)install so windows has had time to do what it needs bla bla bla and is representative of the end product.

 

[thedogsdinner]

garlin or Clanger how does one disable event logs etc as per above if i may?

 

[Clanger]

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garlin or Clanger how does one disable event logs etc as per above if i may?

NTLite - Settings - Winevt(Event Log Channels). do Autologgers while you are at it, same page.

 

[thedogsdinner]

Thedogsdinner is using an XML that doesn't remove/disable a lot right now, if he were to use my Optimized Image guide or the GamerOS

Will be having a play with these soon i think. I did try the gamer os, i originally saw that from chris titus on youtube, for some reason i couldnt get the preset to load in my noobness tho. will play more

 

[thedogsdinner]

NTLite - Settings - Winevt(Event Log Channels). do Autologgers while you are at it, same page.

gotcha thanks

 

[thedogsdinner]

wasnt sure if was a nt lite thing or a post install thing in windows

 

[garlin]

autologger event classes can be disabled on a live system, using ETW commands or a reg file. It's less risky to have NTLite manage it, rather than getting tripped up if you're not a Windows admin.

 

[thedogsdinner]

Hey Gents garlin Clanger
Just about to start tinkering on a build for my main audio PC, starting from lite and building up.

Just wanted to confirm if I may, with regard to the "disabling event loggers" and "autologgers" piece in the above few posts. Attached xml, is this what you mean? There were a few more things in that section than i anticipated and wasnt sure if you meant to disable ALL the parts in those sections, or just the parts as ive done in the attached xml. Just wanted to double check if possible !!

Thanks heaps
Best

 

[winius]

EDIT: I've read the posts now - maybe I'm overthinking it and (currently i9-9900K and I'm waiting for intel ARROW-LAKE for new build - watching AMD as well of course)

perhaps a general debloat and gamer ISO or similar will get me 95% of the way there - and just turn off wifi/ethernet when MAX needed.


- - - - - - - FIRST POSTED BELOW - - - - - - -
New member popping in pre-Christmas to say, BIG thanks, and, thanks also for great comments.

Forever fan-boy of REAPER -- and as of 2022, surprisingly, i updated my 2006 Cubase 4 license to 12 and now 13 - ONLY due to the definitely fresh-code and brilliant DEVs on Steinberg's VST LIVE PRO -- and that support for REAPER's "LiveConfigs" is iffy at best as I recall over at REAPER-WORLD. Long stories, like we all have.

NOTE: absolutely not close in any way - REAPER's brilliance (and, as you know CPU usage) is unique. CUBASE is what i've recently though of as, 'cozy/chubby' and fits part of my music day, and largely my IQ (regarding time-management). Love being with the brilliant over at the REAPER forums.

Right, so, A few of my fledgling thoughts are:

1) Clean as possible for LIVE playing means, NO online updates, I've wondered. Maybe even no ethernet/wifi at all - using that app that creates an updater for use offline (WIN11 Pro) OR, just manually downloading from Microsoft Update Catalog

2) then there's the drivers reality - maybe find out all the hardware drivers needed via driver saving program and reinstalling/importing that - though not sure that would be good for having the most recent. UPSHOT: maybe i HAVE to leave the internet working and just turning it off for best performance is most logical.

I could ramble on here though I'll just post this and then READ ALL here, for the first time, as haven't yet.

best wishes to all.

 

[thedogsdinner]

EDIT: I've read the posts now - maybe I'm overthinking it and (currently i9-9900K and I'm waiting for intel ARROW-LAKE for new build - watching AMD as well of course)

perhaps a general debloat and gamer ISO or similar will get me 95% of the way there - and just turn off wifi/ethernet when MAX needed.


- - - - - - - FIRST POSTED BELOW - - - - - - -
New member popping in pre-Christmas to say, BIG thanks, and, thanks also for great comments.

Forever fan-boy of REAPER -- and as of 2022, surprisingly, i updated my 2006 Cubase 4 license to 12 and now 13 - ONLY due to the definitely fresh-code and brilliant DEVs on Steinberg's VST LIVE PRO -- and that support for REAPER's "LiveConfigs" is iffy at best as I recall over at REAPER-WORLD. Long stories, like we all have.

NOTE: absolutely not close in any way - REAPER's brilliance (and, as you know CPU usage) is unique. CUBASE is what i've recently though of as, 'cozy/chubby' and fits part of my music day, and largely my IQ (regarding time-management). Love being with the brilliant over at the REAPER forums.

Right, so, A few of my fledgling thoughts are:

1) Clean as possible for LIVE playing means, NO online updates, I've wondered. Maybe even no ethernet/wifi at all - using that app that creates an updater for use offline (WIN11 Pro) OR, just manually downloading from Microsoft Update Catalog

2) then there's the drivers reality - maybe find out all the hardware drivers needed via driver saving program and reinstalling/importing that - though not sure that would be good for having the most recent. UPSHOT: maybe i HAVE to leave the internet working and just turning it off for best performance is most logical.

I could ramble on here though I'll just post this and then READ ALL here, for the first time, as haven't yet.

best wishes to all.

Hey Mate, this is well worth checking out if you haven't already for us Audio enthusiasts

Introduction

This guide is intended to help musicians optimize their Windows PCs to process audio as fast as possible.

gigperformer.com

This coupled with a debloated iso works great for me

 

[winius]

WHOA! that's full-on.
I just DL'ed the PDF version.

thanks tons! - reading/thinking shortly

 

[thedogsdinner]

WHOA! that's full-on.
I just DL'ed the PDF version.

thanks tons! - reading/thinking shortly

Pleasure man-let us know how you get on

 

[Clanger]

There is no secret sauce for a music making pc that hasnt been done already on gaming pc's.
Barebones services scheduled tasks autologgers winevt channels, use free plugins or ones that dont require online activation and therefore no networking services. Set DAW or VST Host as alternate shell, this saves resources. NanoHost FREE vst host. DiscoDSP FREE HighLife sampler(plays akai s5000/6000 presets. sample the crap out of everything, 1 free host, 1 free vst, simple). Hermann Seib has a free vst host aswell as a clone of the ppg wave. I got a barebone services list for ltsc 1809 around here somewhere, if i havnt mentioned it already. 16bit 44100khz output will be good enough and not cause a machine to throw a fit.

All this also works for a home media player pc/audio editor/home enthusiast(which is what i do).
Ideal for repurposed old pcs and laptops and where a 2c/4t pentium is overly powerful and HT can be disabled.
Ive swapped my Lexicon Alpha USB Audio interface for a Topping D10S(works on windows 7 and upwards) and it works well enough

 

[Clanger]

This is not an endorsment of the channel, just good information.

 

[Clanger]

manos arribas --

 

[thedogsdinner]

This is not an endorsment of the channel, just good information.

Agree with his take on subscription services etc. Finding myself updating less and less frequently across the board as I get older, and often reverting to old builds/versions

 

[Clanger]

I regularly use xp era programs(that havnt been updated in years) because they are stable and bug free for what i do, stability matters.
Stuff subscription programs, they can stick them where the sun dont shine.