Build specifically for DAW/Reaper/Audio

[Clang2]

go find a pdf called 'gltichfree'

i found a "gltich" right there hahaha.

 

[audiobabble]

Here we go... these were lifted from a forum post on the Reaper Forum https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=288791 (see post #35)

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Reaper Preferences->Buffering

--Audio reading/processing thread = 16 (or sometimes 8 better) (14900K has 8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores, hyperthreading gives you 16 virtual performance cores).
--Thread Priority = Time Critical
--Behavior = 15 Very aggressive
--Anticipative FX processing = on, render ahead = 200ms
----Allow on tracks with FX = on [I think is this is a typo : *without* FX?]]
----Allow live FX on 8 CPUs


Reaper Preferences->General->Advanced UI/system tweaks

--Do not allow OS to relocate worker thread = on (helps on some projects).

Process Lasso settings

--ProBalance Disabled
--Performance Mode Enabled

--For Reaper.exe
CPU priority = Realtime
I/O priority = High
CPU affinity = 0-31
Power Profile = High Performance
Efficiency Mode = off
Induce Performance Mode = on
Memory Priority = Normal

--For process svchost.exe (Local ServiceNetworkRestricted -p) [Audiosrv]
CPU Priority = Realtime
CPU Affinity = CPU 4
I/O Priority = high
Efficiency Mode = off

--For process svchost.exe (Local ServiceNetworkRestricted -p -s AudioEndPointBuilder) AudioEngine
CPU Priority = High
CPU Affinity = CPU 2
I/O Priority = high
Efficiency Mode = off

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[Clang2]

We can't upload .bat files, so I put it in the spoiler instead.

make them safe and rename to example.bat/txt. or 7z them.

you need to get yourself a little repository so you got all your eggs in one basket(which makes your stuff easier for users(and yourself) to find) when you need to update things.

 

[Hellbovine]

make them safe and rename to example.bat/txt. or 7z them.

Thanks, good idea. I went back and updated that post, which then made me remember that I later learned how to do it without a batch file, so I added that new information and attached the script too.

you need to get yourself a little repository so you got all your eggs in one basket...

For sure. I finally got time to really get back into all my computer stuff this week and for the rest of summer, so I'm trying to organize months of notes, ideas, and tests, randomly jotted down, and prep myself to get working on the big projects again, as well as making things more accessible for others. There's a ton of feedback that I haven't been able to incorporate yet, because I reached a point where I was overwhelmed by adding more to-do list items than I could eliminate, due to not having enough free time and also waiting on Microsoft to do a number of things.

 

[audiobabble]

Just wanted to report back on this thread... about my earlier post regarding Process Lasso: That did work for me on a Win 11 install that was not a NTLite tweaked version from this forum --- actually it started out as Tiny 11 by NTDEV.
[important to note, I'm on a laptop]
Since then, I've done a win 10 'optimized image' from the guide on this forum, and haven't needed to use process lasso, and I doubt it would make any significant difference anyway.
Mainly, the things that seem to have contributed to stability in Reaper for me this time around are following the optimized guide -- including installing drivers in the right order, and then following glitchfree.pdf. i also made sure I have a script that turns off wifi on startup (bluetooth is already off).
The most recent handy mod I discovered by looking at chapter 7 of glitchfree is to turn off 'acpi-compliant control method battery' under batteries in windows device manager. in my case on a laptop, this has reduced my maximum DPC execution time from 650 to about 450. It's still sh*t compared to a desktop, but a significant improvement! You do however lose your battery icon and battery management, obviously.

I'm definitely done with laptops for serious audio work. My next main rig will be a mini-pc which I plan to fit into a flight case as a potable rig.

 

[thedogsdinner]

Just wanted to report back on this thread... about my earlier post regarding Process Lasso: That did work for me on a Win 11 install that was not a NTLite tweaked version from this forum --- actually it started out as Tiny 11 by NTDEV.
[important to note, I'm on a laptop]
Since then, I've done a win 10 'optimized image' from the guide on this forum, and haven't needed to use process lasso, and I doubt it would make any significant difference anyway.
Mainly, the things that seem to have contributed to stability in Reaper for me this time around are following the optimized guide -- including installing drivers in the right order, and then following glitchfree.pdf. i also made sure I have a script that turns off wifi on startup (bluetooth is already off).
The most recent handy mod I discovered by looking at chapter 7 of glitchfree is to turn off 'acpi-compliant control method battery' under batteries in windows device manager. in my case on a laptop, this has reduced my maximum DPC execution time from 650 to about 450. It's still sh*t compared to a desktop, but a significant improvement! You do however lose your battery icon and battery management, obviously.

I'm definitely done with laptops for serious audio work. My next main rig will be a mini-pc which I plan to fit into a flight case as a potable rig.

The laptop thing can be a drag, but it can work... On mine I actually measured dpc in betweem installing relevant drivers, just to see which ones were doing the damage. As you mentioned, its usually the power/battery management where it goes downhill, wifi, fortunately bluetooth made no difference on mine.