[Rwp] Odd behaviour when adding an effect

[onlineeagle]

Ah yes, I think you're right there Chris. I think I'm going to have to look at a different computer, but at least this is enough for now to start experimenting a bit with Reaper. I'll donate to the likn you sent me in a few days. I got the email, thanks.

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> On 10 Sep 2015, at 15:04, Chris Belle via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
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> Laptops are notorious for glitchy performance with DAW software.
> 
> Like it or not, many of these things were not designed to meet the demands a DAW will put on them, and if your laptop is not powerful, or has high DPC latency spikes,
> then adding even one vst can cause glitchy playback.
> 
> Reaper is much less a resource hog than sonar, or other DAW's but it still is a DAW, and these things can be picky.
> 
> If you shut your lid and the problem went away, it might be a heat issue,
> many laptops also slow down to a lower processor setting when they get hot, and so changing your power options and setting things for high performance can help if your laptop isn't suffering from getting too hot.
> that is.
> 
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>> On 9/10/2015 7:14 AM, onlineeagle via RWP wrote:
>> Hi, I’ve just started using Reaper on Windows. I’m using windows 7 on a newly formatted laptop. The laptop isn’t particularly new, but I still don’t think I should be expereincing the issue I’m experiencing. As soon as I add an effect, like ReaVerb, the playback starts to become a bit glitchy. Then as soon as I move one of the sliders on the plugin, like the wet signle, playback stops. Any ideas why this might be happening? I might have to go down the route of installing windows on the mac, if the laptop isn’t up to the task, but I thought that I should be at least able to
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