[RWP] reaper running slow

[indigo]

I bought a Hannsspree netbook, with an Atom 1.88 mhz, 1 gig of ram, and 
it was way too slow, so I sent it back.
Sure are cute little computers, though.


On 4/19/2012 5:29 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
> I know.
> I do all those things on a regular basis.
> But I know it's a $200 net book and it's not going to be a DAW power
> house lol.
> Also, I tend to have audio scattered across the network, and if I am
> accessing the audio from a folder, via the network, on another machine,
> it'll lag down as well because reaper is having to access the audio over
> the network which is presumably slower than directly from the hard drive.
> So now I make sure the audio I want to work with is stored in a folder
> on the machine I am using reaper on.
>
> Regards
> Colin
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "indigo" <33indigo at charter.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] reaper running slow
>
>
>> Well, that's the explanation, the Acer Atom processer is very feeble.
>> I think Jaws uses up half of your processer power just for itself, and
>> Reaper and a few plugs are going to use the rest.
>> Even so, defrag, clean out temp files, scan for viruses, all the usual
>> things to keep any computer going.
>> Indigo L
>>
>>
>> On 4/19/2012 5:16 PM, colin McDonald wrote:
>>> one more comment:
>>> The only instances when reaper begins to run slow for me is on the
>>> net book when I have four tracks open, and each track has at least 2
>>> realtime effects processes going on...that is 8 realtime effects
>>> processes, as well as at least one master track process.
>>> In this case, reaper runs slow, and the audio begins to fragment and
>>> skip and jitter allot...I can crash the machine if I use 3 processes
>>> per track and two on the master track...
>>> This is on an acer 1.7GHZ, 1GB of ram and 160GB HD netbook though, so
>>> I am in no way surprised at it's limitations.
>>> On my 2.8GHZ del desktop with 512MB of ram and a 40GB hard drive, I
>>> can easily get 4 or 5 realtime processes running per track, and still
>>> edit and quickly navigate and start and stop audio without any
>>> lagging or noticeable slowing.
>>> So, if you are using a machine that is at least equivalent to my
>>> desktop as per specs, then you should have no issues unless there is
>>> a windows or hardware issue slowing the entire machine down.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Colin
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: colin McDonald
>>> To: Reapers Without Peepers
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 3:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [RWP] reaper running slow
>>>
>>>
>>> indigo has good suggestions.
>>> reaper is one of the fastest DAWS i've ever used, so if it's lagging
>>> that badly, it's more than likely a computer hardware/software issue.
>>> You could try uninstalling reaper and ReaAccess and reinstalling
>>> again to see if that helps as well...
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Colin
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Matthew Turner
>>> To: reaper mailing list
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:14 PM
>>> Subject: [RWP] reaper running slow
>>>
>>>
>>> hay there, don’t know if its just the computer or reaper, but when I
>>> arrow up an down tracks response is very slow, also happens when
>>> searching thru reaper plug ins any help?
>>>
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