Activated bluetooth can also cause problems on a daw like crackling sound. I solved the issue on my hp pavilion (ryzen 5, 16 GB ram, 500 GB SSD) by turning off the bluetooth module after I took over the power settings as you advised. Both Reaper and amplitube 5 max run like a charm now. But for me the last push in the right direction was turning off bluetooth. Hope this helps others, thanks for your videos on the subject. Grtz from NL, Leo
I've been tweaking around my w10 for a week and you've finally put an end to all my suffering. Great thanks. It looked like I just should throw the laptop out of the window, but now its just ok. ❤
This is absolutely phenomenal. It has completely transformed my computer into a beast. I've had this computer for 10 years, and it was really great when I bought it, but I had no idea how great it could be. This is essential information for anyone making music with their computers. Thank you so much!!
I appreciate the tips, I just switched from Mac to PC, I’ve been using Macs for Music production and sound design since 2007 but just recently I had a MacBook Pro that just randomly stopped working and needed the entire logic board replaced, I decided to just buy a new computer instead but for the cost of an M2 Max or M3 max i could get a hell of a lot more in a PC, I decided to pull the trigger on a beastly Windows laptop and as a bonus I can use it for gaming but I’ve been away from windows for music production so long I wasn’t really sure how to get things as stable as possible. I’m really hoping I didn’t make a massive mistake going to back to windows though
Yo as a musician and audio engineer struggling with older box cause I can’t afford the upgrade yet, that last tip just made my system run 15% faster instantly when I did it, with my daw open at same time, and completely solved what I thought was a buffering issue, thank you 🙏🏼 great vid, earned a sub👍
Just tried some of the tips. Going to give it a good test run thru the motions & as you said, If It even makes my system run 15% better he's earned another sub. But If It does nothing, i.e doesn't work you can't get nothing for nothing js lol. #FingersCrossed
You are right. You want to select PROGRAMS- NOT Background Services. Your hunch was correct. See Nayah9 coment below. Everyone AGREED with him. "Do NOT change processor scheduling to "Background services". This setting is mainly aimed at server PCs. DAWs are a foreground process, as are ASIO drivers. As long as you don't run junk on your PC, you don't need to change any setting in Windows to make your DAW run better except maybe for the high performance power plan (in some cases). Now go make music. Peace."
This literally saved me from soooooo much anxiety and frustration. Ozone is so power hungry and your solutions resolved constant DAW crashes. Best vid on this topic I've seen. Thanks.
Awesome !!! I consider myself lucky & immensely happy that I have come accrosss your channel. These are real gold mine of advices you have given out. Years of frustration of audio related issues finally over. Thank you. 😊😊😊💯👍
Glad to help out! Hopefully there has been more enjoyment than frustration, but if you ever have questions or a topic you would like me to cover, just ask. Cheers!
Just set up a new upgraded PC DAW with Windows 11. Your video really helped with some frustrating glitches and performance issues. It's night and day now. Thank you. Have subscribed!
Thank you for the simple NO BS explanation... we use Cubase for running backtrack in a live show and we also record our show and we had a dropout last week ..fingers crossed all your tips help ..we were doing a few things but had NO idea how indepth we had to go ...Great video
Wow, I can't thank you enough, this guide was awesome! I've been having major issues with Ableton, Amplitube, Rekordbox, Bluetooth and USB devices, This seems to have made an enormous difference already, even while I'm typing this comment! Massive 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 from the UK!!!!
Excellent, being a curious person I had found almost all of these settings. But I was unsure what would be best for music production. Seeing as I spent a small fortune on making a studio (a lot of it on the PC!) I found this video extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Glad to hear you picked up something new from this video. I couldn’t include everything in one video, so I will have a second video soon with a few more of the less well known optimizations for music production.
Glad to hear. Affinity and Priority reset after a reboot (Windows does this in case a setting causes the system to be non-responsive). If you want those settings to be permanent, I made a video explaining how to set it up with Process Lasso. Here's the link in case you're interested... th-cam.com/video/yrcASU9auwA/w-d-xo.html Cheers!
I've been struggling for the past month with my brother's computer (a person that is quite musically inclined but not that Tech savvy) with Pops and dropout from his Focusrite. Delving into depth of configuration that are on par or even more crazy than what I have done to some of my machines for gaming purposes (I know now the wrath of the LatencyMon red text ... and it is frightening !). You gave a few tips that I've yet to try. I'll give it a go next time I swing by his house. It might help, It might not... but you have given the impromptue IT guy that I became a bit of hope. Thank you for that ! Cheers !
Thank you for a very detailed, clear and thorough tutorial. I'm rebooting now to see if the glitches I have experianced lately with Mixcraft10 will disappear.
Thanks for this information. I was actually going to some changes on my computer snd you delivered an entire batch of changes needed. Also credit to putting in all your tine for us.
Hey Todd, I want to thank you so much for sharing your tips and knowledge. I am so grateful, and this will help me progress as I moved to PC from Mac. You the man!!!!!!!!❤
Hello sir... great video. Question regarding the "Set affinity" section. You say to select the "even number" processors... Am I selecting ONE even number processor or ALL THE EVEN NUMBER PROCESSORS? thank you.
Thanks! I recommend choosing only one of the even numbers processors. The idea is for Windows not to move the audio process around between the cores as this can cause realtime issues. For Intel processors with performance (P) and efficiency (E) cores, choose performance cores for best performance. Hope this helps out!
@@askdrtk Yeah, thanks for the tip. Seems like having only one (a single "even" processor) selected would limit the CPU ability, as it's only using one of the many cores... but I guess that's not quite the way it works?
i watched the video a second time and somehow some of my settings reverted back. i think it was due to system update but not sure. I fixed the issue and now she's purring like a kitten...thank you again!
Do NOT change processor scheduling to "Background services". This setting is mainly aimed at server PCs. DAWs are a foreground process, as are ASIO drivers. As long as you don't run junk on your PC, you don't need to change any setting in Windows to make your DAW run better except maybe for the high performance power plan (in some cases). Now go make music. Peace.
@@jamesakimusic - at 1:56 in the video - Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Then in the pop-up box click on the ADVANCED TAB - and then PERFORMANCE SECTION click on the "SETTINGS" button - and in the next pop-up window the ADVANCED TAB (again) - there you can change "Processor Scheduling" - most people are saying for music production to leave "Adjust for best performance of = "PROGRAMS".
How/Why this is still a recommended optimisation for Windows today is a mystery. It could sometimes fix issues in the distant past, but not today. Best advice for PC optimisation is Pete Brown's 'Unofficial Windows 10 and 11 Audio Workstation build and tweak guide'. He actually works for Microsoft as their Principe Windows Software Engineer and a huge music/studio nerd too and knows his stuff. He also co-hosts the DAWBench Podcast so is right on the money when it comes to the hardware too for DAWs.
@@SamHocking Exactly. Most of the time you must just turn on the highest performance of your PC and turn off all those gebberish that run during your work as telemetry or autostart things and you are ready to go. I noticed that when I install all those new drivers, updates and make all the tweaks that people tell you on the internet, my PC just work slowly and there are more bugs than advantages. Windows PC today is really like a Mac. You just plug and play (yes, sometimes you need to install driver for your audio interface and so on but that's all). And btw. that process priority thing makes my audio glitch too. So no thanks.
Todd You are the Man bro! Just purchased a XPS 12th Gen Intel® Core i7-12700 (25 MB cache, 12 cores, 20 threads, 2.10 GHz to 4.90 GHz Turbo) Windows 11 Pro, English videocard NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080, 10 GB GDDR6X, LHR memory 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4400 MHz; up to 128 GB (add'l mem sold separately) harddrive 1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD you've helped me tremendously. followed everything to the Tee. this will help me with creating videos and running my DAW for my studio. Thank you, bro.,
WOW. Its rare for me to learn something, that i just had no Idea about. However, this is awesome. Just the special tip (wont say when/where, need to watch it peoples!!) BUT, THANKYOU.
Thanks and I'm glad you found some value! Of course those settings revert to standard when your PC reboots (which can be good for mixed use computers), but a shared how to make this permanent (plus how to make memory and IO access a priority) in my new "Hidden Settings" guide this week... Thanks again, I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.
thanks for the great tips! 1 question, Ableton Live's FAQ page states "Hyper-threading is enabled by default in Live for computers with multi-core processors... Live supports up to 64 cores for audio processing on Mac and Windows. Likewise, Live supports up to 64 processing threads for audio calculation" - so for Ableton Live users, do you still recommend disabling all cores except 1 for audiodg.exe, or keep them all enabled to utilize the hyperthreading support?
Hey, there are some new Tipps i didnt know. THX ! Im a big fan of turning off everything. Notfifications, programms that want call home, windows effects or animations and much more. When I hv a new system I turn everything of that I can. I do this with all davices, even TV, Phone ore my gaming consoles, When Something is new I go thruh every little tab of the settings and turn everything off. And when I do something and need a setting I turn it on. This way I hv my whole performance for my music, video or gaming and only the things on that i really need. Also I only hv installed music software on my producing pc and only the plug ins i need. So I dont need a high end pc. I dont put everything on my machine. Everything is clean and a ssd for the programs and a HDD with all project files I hv my pc since years and it runs still perfect. I could talk for hours about this topic lol😅 Its first time on ur channel. Like the video and will check more of ur stuff, But u need to tell me please where do I get the background image with the neon wall. Please tell me !!! I need this too. Hv a good time ... greetings
Great tips on how you setup your PC. As you said, the ideal situation is to only have what you need installed and to shut off as much as possible for most production applications, but audio is one of the most critical... The brick wallpaper I am using is available of Canva. Cheers!
Hi askdrtk, I use Presonus Studio One 6 Artist and OBS, and I notice some "noise" in the sound when I record videos.... I will follow these suggestions in the hope of being able to resolve the "noises" Excellent video, thanks 👏👏👏
@@askdrtk actually ended up seeing interesting issue. From task manager/details when changed priority and affinity they go back to default after reboot. Also still having throtle somewhere. Clicks and pops with smaller buffer size. Before installing 11 this was running with 10 on slower ssd but way much more tracks and smaller buffer size with RME ucx card.
To address the priority / affinity reset after reboot, there are registry changes that can be made or you can use a tool such as Process Lasso (free version is all that is required). I go through the steps to set this up in this video: th-cam.com/video/yrcASU9auwA/w-d-xo.html I would also check the individual CPU core usage to see if specifying a different core for your DAW makes a difference. I don't have the specs for your system, but I would be interested to know if things change if you disable your internet connection. This can be a way to track down where system resources are being used. If you do notice a change, re-enable the network connection and look for the processes accessing the network while you have a session open.
@@askdrtk super nice to get some help actually :) thanks alot! I haven't had time to get on this problems yet. Busy with one project and boring work. I will look in to it and throw some comment here if you still see it. Didn't even try to turn of network yet. Disabled bunch of useless devices. And all the individual cores were only 30%-40% before clipping start. I set buffer somewhere over 2k and I got song mixed. Impossible latency for playing tho. With windows 10 I remember I had exactly same problem but optimizing setups made this machine to work very nicely with 20+ tracks and alot of plugins 128 buffer size and less than 10ms latency. This machine is i5 8600k 64gb with fast ssd and decent motherboard. Soundcard is RME ucx. Daw is Ableton Live 10 standard. With windows 10 I remember setting up usb power, background services as a priority and and other performance things made the job. Now it just throttle for some reason.
Stability is my first priority for a DAW PC, but a modest undervolt is generally ok (unless you were really unlucky in the silicone lottery) as motherboard manufacturers often set voltage over spec as an extra measure for stability at the expense of heat and throttling. In my experience, the better the ripple spec is on your power supply, the lower you can push the voltage without experiencing instability. If an overclock with a modest undervolt is stable and provides a noticeable difference in latency performance it may be worth it. Just my thoughts…
@@askdrtk Let me share some of my experiences. 13700k , z690, noctua d15 I've been used without specific cpu optimization in BIOS. Everything were perfect, except that the average(idle) temp is slightly high (around 43' c, when it comes to games or works it goes about 70 often) Anyway, just wanna lower the temperature as much as I can , so I tried undervolting from 12.9 to 13.1 I could face the bluescreen until 1.31, but still 1.31, it was still not stable. Sometimes it occurs cpu spikes in ableton, which I solved by turning off the core-parking option. So the conclusion is, undervolting really affects the cpu performance on DAW since we need the stability while working. I will try to find the sweet spot that can handle the temp well and also can work with flawless experiences
Hey Todd! This is very informative and thank you! Recently I have bought HP victus laptop with 7840hs AMD, 32GB DDR5 (5600MHZ) and 4050 GeForce RTX graphics card with 6gb. It should work faster than it is working. Do you have any advice? PS. I am using Cubase 13 pro and windows 11 btw. Cheers, Antonio
Great question! The answer depends on your system RAM and available physical drives. For 32bit Windows installations I recommend letting Windows manage the page file. For 64bit Windows installs here are some good starting points if you system has SSD(s): 8GB system RAM: Page file minimum 1GB, maximum 1.5GB 16GB system RAM: Page file minimum 1.5GB, maximum 2.5GB 32GB system: RAM: Page file minimum 3GB, maximum 4.5GB Place your page file on the fastest physical drive in your system (NVME - best if you have one, SATA SSD - good performance, SATA HDD - only if you have to). If you have more than one NVME or SSD, you can split the page file sizes equally across the drives. Windows will use the file on the drive that responds first and for larger requirements than would fit on one of the drives, you may benefit from the shared bandwidth across the drives. I hope these ideas give you some ideas!
it actually didn’t fix it (I’m going to see if it’s the physical audio interface unit I use and not the computer next time I go to guitar center) BUT your advice was still solid af and dolphinately appreciated
I didn't have time to read all the comments, so I'm sorry if this has already been addressed. Were any of these tips related to "core parking" issues? That's a term I know next to nothing about, really -- but it gets tossed around frequently when audiophiles are wanting to improve computer performance (?) Many, many thanks for these seven tips -- much appreciated!
Glad you found a few optimizations. Process priority and CPU affinity reset when you reboot Windows, but you can make them permanent with a helpful utility called Process Lasso. I went through the process in a follow up video to this one. Cheers!
Perhaps I shouldn't ask for advice here but I'm going to try: I'm not even sure I need an Audio interface, I have happily used an M Audio Audiophile internal sound card for the last 20 years, first in a 20 year old PC then on my present build from about 10 years ago, I've just upgraded from Windows 7 to 10, and lost the software and drivers of the card in the process. I've been doing a littler research and it looks like my good old sound card is very dated. All I do is on Sibelius, DORICO, Vienna Instruments and Note Performer. All I really need is Sound quality, power to drive my Zennheiser HD 600 headphones well, lowest possible latency and no clipping. I like monitors with amps in them. Connecting an instrument or a Microphone is something I've never done, but it could be fun to do sometime maybe. Certainly not more than 1 instrument or 1 microphone. These are my two choices . MOTU M2 2x2 USB-C Audio Interface. M-Audio AIR 192x4 USB C Audio Interface. Hope you can help.
Activated bluetooth can also cause problems on a daw like crackling sound. I solved the issue on my hp pavilion (ryzen 5, 16 GB ram, 500 GB SSD) by turning off the bluetooth module after I took over the power settings as you advised. Both Reaper and amplitube 5 max run like a charm now. But for me the last push in the right direction was turning off bluetooth. Hope this helps others, thanks for your videos on the subject. Grtz from NL, Leo
As a fellow music producer, I'm grateful for the time and effort you put into creating this video. Keep up the fantastic work! 👍👍👍
Hey, thanks I really appreciate it. You know it takes a lot of time, but I enjoy sharing with and helping the community out where I can. Cheers!
Thanks, that's very kind...keeps me going!
@@askdrtk👍🏻💯
I've been tweaking around my w10 for a week and you've finally put an end to all my suffering. Great thanks. It looked like I just should throw the laptop out of the window, but now its just ok. ❤
Setup your music Pc: Step 1. Buy a Mac
This is absolutely phenomenal. It has completely transformed my computer into a beast. I've had this computer for 10 years, and it was really great when I bought it, but I had no idea how great it could be. This is essential information for anyone making music with their computers. Thank you so much!!
I appreciate the tips, I just switched from Mac to PC, I’ve been using Macs for Music production and sound design since 2007 but just recently I had a MacBook Pro that just randomly stopped working and needed the entire logic board replaced, I decided to just buy a new computer instead but for the cost of an M2 Max or M3 max i could get a hell of a lot more in a PC, I decided to pull the trigger on a beastly Windows laptop and as a bonus I can use it for gaming but I’ve been away from windows for music production so long I wasn’t really sure how to get things as stable as possible. I’m really hoping I didn’t make a massive mistake going to back to windows though
I would do a dual-boot on your machine. One boot for gaming, the other for production.
There's no good platform, ,since it's all the same corrupt company behind it either way. PCs are crap, and I can't imagine Macs could be any worse.
Yo as a musician and audio engineer struggling with older box cause I can’t afford the upgrade yet, that last tip just made my system run 15% faster instantly when I did it, with my daw open at same time, and completely solved what I thought was a buffering issue, thank you 🙏🏼 great vid, earned a sub👍
That’s great to hear, glad I could help out…Keep making music!
Just tried some of the tips. Going to give it a good test run thru the motions & as you said, If It even makes my system run 15% better he's earned another sub. But If It does nothing, i.e doesn't work you can't get nothing for nothing js lol. #FingersCrossed
As a priest also struggling with older boxes as well.
2:29 this blew my mind and I can't wait to try it! That seems so counter intuitive!
You are right. You want to select PROGRAMS- NOT Background Services. Your hunch was correct. See Nayah9 coment below. Everyone AGREED with him.
"Do NOT change processor scheduling to "Background services". This setting is mainly aimed at server PCs. DAWs are a foreground process, as are ASIO drivers.
As long as you don't run junk on your PC, you don't need to change any setting in Windows to make your DAW run better except maybe for the high performance power plan (in some cases).
Now go make music. Peace."
This literally saved me from soooooo much anxiety and frustration. Ozone is so power hungry and your solutions resolved constant DAW crashes. Best vid on this topic I've seen. Thanks.
Glad I could help out, Cheers!
good tips! especially the background service optimization
ive been searching TOO long for this video. Nobody got the sauce like this... thank you!!!!🙏
Glad I could help out! Cheers!
Awesome !!! I consider myself lucky & immensely happy that I have come accrosss your channel. These are real gold mine of advices you have given out. Years of frustration of audio related issues finally over. Thank you. 😊😊😊💯👍
Glad to help out! Hopefully there has been more enjoyment than frustration, but if you ever have questions or a topic you would like me to cover, just ask. Cheers!
Just set up a new upgraded PC DAW with Windows 11. Your video really helped with some frustrating glitches and performance issues. It's night and day now. Thank you. Have subscribed!
That's fantastic to hear, I'm glad I could help out! Enjoy your new system!
Thank you for the simple NO BS explanation... we use Cubase for running backtrack in a live show and we also record our show and we had a dropout last week ..fingers crossed all your tips help ..we were doing a few things but had NO idea how indepth we had to go ...Great video
Wow, I can't thank you enough, this guide was awesome! I've been having major issues with Ableton, Amplitube, Rekordbox, Bluetooth and USB devices, This seems to have made an enormous difference already, even while I'm typing this comment! Massive 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 from the UK!!!!
That is great to hear! I am glad I was able to help out. Cheers!
super detailed and really helpful. Appreciate the time you took to make this vid 🙂
Excellent, being a curious person I had found almost all of these settings. But I was unsure what would be best for music production. Seeing as I spent a small fortune on making a studio (a lot of it on the PC!) I found this video extremely helpful! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
Glad to help out, enjoy your studio!
Thank you. Having to switch from Mac to Windows for music production and was having so many problems. Thank you for this tutorial
Thank you for the fantastically honest content
You just got a follower and a friend for life after watching that. Thank you for taking the time. I can't smart, I has the dumb. Cheers
Glad I could help out!
Thanks! So clear and concise!
As an expert music producer I'm thanking you for this gem video you deserve more views and subs.
Thanks! That’s gold! I’ve planned up an update for my old budget laptop, but now I gotta squeeze it all
Appreciate the video. Never knew about the priority and affinity settings.
Glad to hear you picked up something new from this video. I couldn’t include everything in one video, so I will have a second video soon with a few more of the less well known optimizations for music production.
A couple of these, I had already performed. The bonus at the end, that calmed my computer down. thank you.
Glad to hear. Affinity and Priority reset after a reboot (Windows does this in case a setting causes the system to be non-responsive). If you want those settings to be permanent, I made a video explaining how to set it up with Process Lasso. Here's the link in case you're interested... th-cam.com/video/yrcASU9auwA/w-d-xo.html Cheers!
I've been struggling for the past month with my brother's computer (a person that is quite musically inclined but not that Tech savvy) with Pops and dropout from his Focusrite. Delving into depth of configuration that are on par or even more crazy than what I have done to some of my machines for gaming purposes (I know now the wrath of the LatencyMon red text ... and it is frightening !).
You gave a few tips that I've yet to try. I'll give it a go next time I swing by his house.
It might help, It might not... but you have given the impromptue IT guy that I became a bit of hope.
Thank you for that !
Cheers !
Brilliant video. Saved me a ton of trouble and tuned my PC to music making perfection. Thanks a million Tod👄
My pleasure to help…Cheers!
Thanks I’ve tried a couple of your suggestions and so far so good, glad to have someone out there making it easier.
I'm glad to help out. Cheers!
Thank You very much! Your advice about this subject is the best I've found ever! Made my system MUCH more responsive and glitch-free.
Thanks Todd! Was coming to regret switching from Mac to Windows (need those inputs!).
This video is just what the doctor ordered! Great work!
Impeccable tutorial, no bullshit and straight to the point!
yes thank you for the video. concise, practical, functional well done. and appreciate you sharing your knowledge. take care.
Much appreciated, I'm always glad to help out where I can! Cheers!
GREAT VIDEO!!- Much appreciated.
Invaluable contribution to the home studio enthusiast.
Thanks, glad I could help out!
Dude! Haven’t see you in my timeline for months!! Huge fan of your content😊
Thanks Bud! Who knows where all the videos go once you post them on TH-cam lol, but I’m you found this one!
Thank you for a very detailed, clear and thorough tutorial. I'm rebooting now to see if the glitches I have experianced lately with Mixcraft10 will disappear.
Thanks for this information. I was actually going to some changes on my computer snd you delivered an entire batch of changes needed. Also credit to putting in all your tine for us.
Glad I could help out! Cheers!
Another home run video! Thank you.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Todd. This video hyas greatly improved my capabilities on an older sysem.🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this. It has made a huge difference to my stability and most of all the pc !!
Lot of thanks! But still struggling about your adams staying upside down in the back😂.
Thanks for the help.
Great video. Clear and informative and hopefully, transformative for my audio work!
Great video. You had a few tweaks I didnt know about! Thanks for the info. I subscribed and will check out your other videos.
Glad to hear you found a few new ideas! Cheers!
Beautiful and Helpful Video!!!!
Much appreciated, I’m glad to help out!
Hey Todd, I want to thank you so much for sharing your tips and knowledge. I am so grateful, and this will help me progress as I moved to PC from Mac. You the man!!!!!!!!❤
Ma... You are God... Thanks for postings such an important video. Thanks once more. Dan xx
Hello sir... great video. Question regarding the "Set affinity" section. You say to select the "even number" processors... Am I selecting ONE even number processor or ALL THE EVEN NUMBER PROCESSORS? thank you.
Thanks! I recommend choosing only one of the even numbers processors. The idea is for Windows not to move the audio process around between the cores as this can cause realtime issues. For Intel processors with performance (P) and efficiency (E) cores, choose performance cores for best performance. Hope this helps out!
@@askdrtk Yeah, thanks for the tip. Seems like having only one (a single "even" processor) selected would limit the CPU ability, as it's only using one of the many cores... but I guess that's not quite the way it works?
My Focusrite has been giving me issues lately. I think your video just fixed that for me. Thank you so much
Glad I could help out!
I wish there were more than one thumb up to click on! Thanks for many great windows tips for better audio performance!
Thanks! I’m glad it was helpful!
never heard such a great in-depth tips. gonna check all your videos
Solved the issue with my audio interface. Thanks so much for your help :)
My pleasure, glad I could help out!
i watched the video a second time and somehow some of my settings reverted back. i think it was due to system update but not sure. I fixed the issue and now she's purring like a kitten...thank you again!
Thank you very much Todd for the vids, they are very useful! (both "7 Crucial Tips" and "4 Hidden PC Settings"). And WOW 0:27 this is my hometown! 😍
Thaank you so much for your professional explantation! You made my trusty 4th gen i7 laptop work like a charm! ❤
Wow that was good. I've put this one save and will go through each tip. Thanks.
Thanks, glad to help out!
Do NOT change processor scheduling to "Background services". This setting is mainly aimed at server PCs. DAWs are a foreground process, as are ASIO drivers.
As long as you don't run junk on your PC, you don't need to change any setting in Windows to make your DAW run better except maybe for the high performance power plan (in some cases).
Now go make music. Peace.
Exactly. And even Microsoft people said that it's not necessary and can even make DAW work slower.
Where is that option?
@@jamesakimusic - at 1:56 in the video - Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Then in the pop-up box click on the ADVANCED TAB - and then PERFORMANCE SECTION click on the "SETTINGS" button - and in the next pop-up window the ADVANCED TAB (again) - there you can change "Processor Scheduling" - most people are saying for music production to leave "Adjust for best performance of = "PROGRAMS".
How/Why this is still a recommended optimisation for Windows today is a mystery. It could sometimes fix issues in the distant past, but not today. Best advice for PC optimisation is Pete Brown's 'Unofficial Windows 10 and 11 Audio Workstation build and tweak guide'. He actually works for Microsoft as their Principe Windows Software Engineer and a huge music/studio nerd too and knows his stuff. He also co-hosts the DAWBench Podcast so is right on the money when it comes to the hardware too for DAWs.
@@SamHocking Exactly. Most of the time you must just turn on the highest performance of your PC and turn off all those gebberish that run during your work as telemetry or autostart things and you are ready to go. I noticed that when I install all those new drivers, updates and make all the tweaks that people tell you on the internet, my PC just work slowly and there are more bugs than advantages. Windows PC today is really like a Mac. You just plug and play (yes, sometimes you need to install driver for your audio interface and so on but that's all). And btw. that process priority thing makes my audio glitch too. So no thanks.
Your channel deserves to blow up. Good work.
Much appreciated, I'm glad you're enjoying my videos!
Todd You are the Man bro! Just purchased a XPS 12th Gen Intel® Core i7-12700 (25 MB cache, 12 cores, 20 threads, 2.10 GHz to 4.90 GHz Turbo)
Windows 11 Pro, English
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you've helped me tremendously. followed everything to the Tee. this will help me with creating videos and running my DAW for my studio. Thank you, bro.,
That’s great to hear and I’m glad I could help out! Best of luck with the audio and videos! Cheers!
Excellent info on Process priority and CPU affinity. Thank you so much!
Thanks, much appreciated!
WOW. Its rare for me to learn something, that i just had no Idea about. However, this is awesome. Just the special tip (wont say when/where, need to watch it peoples!!) BUT, THANKYOU.
Tip: CPU CORES!
Thanks and I'm glad you found some value! Of course those settings revert to standard when your PC reboots (which can be good for mixed use computers), but a shared how to make this permanent (plus how to make memory and IO access a priority) in my new "Hidden Settings" guide this week... Thanks again, I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.
thanks for the great tips! 1 question, Ableton Live's FAQ page states "Hyper-threading is enabled by default in Live for computers with multi-core processors... Live supports up to 64 cores for audio processing on Mac and Windows. Likewise, Live supports up to 64 processing threads for audio calculation" - so for Ableton Live users, do you still recommend disabling all cores except 1 for audiodg.exe, or keep them all enabled to utilize the hyperthreading support?
great video Todd, respect to you.
Big thank you for showing up like this. Your guidance is very helpful. You have earned a new subscriber.
Thanks! I’m glad to help out where I can.
Hey, there are some new Tipps i didnt know. THX ! Im a big fan of turning off everything. Notfifications, programms that want call home, windows effects or animations and much more. When I hv a new system I turn everything of that I can. I do this with all davices, even TV, Phone ore my gaming consoles, When Something is new I go thruh every little tab of the settings and turn everything off.
And when I do something and need a setting I turn it on. This way I hv my whole performance for my music, video or gaming and only the things on that i really need.
Also I only hv installed music software on my producing pc and only the plug ins i need. So I dont need a high end pc.
I dont put everything on my machine. Everything is clean and a ssd for the programs and a HDD with all project files
I hv my pc since years and it runs still perfect. I could talk for hours about this topic lol😅
Its first time on ur channel. Like the video and will check more of ur stuff,
But u need to tell me please where do I get the background image with the neon wall. Please tell me !!! I need this too.
Hv a good time ... greetings
Great tips on how you setup your PC. As you said, the ideal situation is to only have what you need installed and to shut off as much as possible for most production applications, but audio is one of the most critical... The brick wallpaper I am using is available of Canva. Cheers!
Great tips. thank you, Todd!
My pleasure, glad to share!
Wow, pretty straight explanations. Sounds good and I'll try these tips. Thanks,
Hi askdrtk,
I use Presonus Studio One 6 Artist and OBS, and I notice some "noise" in the sound when I record videos....
I will follow these suggestions in the hope of being able to resolve the "noises"
Excellent video, thanks 👏👏👏
Great video and great tips, also both audio and video quality are top notch! You've earned a subscriber.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the tips!
Not the knowledge we think we need, thank you sir for the tips!
That last one was actually new and I have done this alot thru all times. Thanks!
That's great, glad to share some ideas!
@@askdrtk actually ended up seeing interesting issue. From task manager/details when changed priority and affinity they go back to default after reboot. Also still having throtle somewhere. Clicks and pops with smaller buffer size. Before installing 11 this was running with 10 on slower ssd but way much more tracks and smaller buffer size with RME ucx card.
To address the priority / affinity reset after reboot, there are registry changes that can be made or you can use a tool such as Process Lasso (free version is all that is required). I go through the steps to set this up in this video: th-cam.com/video/yrcASU9auwA/w-d-xo.html I would also check the individual CPU core usage to see if specifying a different core for your DAW makes a difference.
I don't have the specs for your system, but I would be interested to know if things change if you disable your internet connection. This can be a way to track down where system resources are being used. If you do notice a change, re-enable the network connection and look for the processes accessing the network while you have a session open.
@@askdrtk super nice to get some help actually :) thanks alot! I haven't had time to get on this problems yet. Busy with one project and boring work. I will look in to it and throw some comment here if you still see it.
Didn't even try to turn of network yet. Disabled bunch of useless devices. And all the individual cores were only 30%-40% before clipping start. I set buffer somewhere over 2k and I got song mixed. Impossible latency for playing tho. With windows 10 I remember I had exactly same problem but optimizing setups made this machine to work very nicely with 20+ tracks and alot of plugins 128 buffer size and less than 10ms latency. This machine is i5 8600k 64gb with fast ssd and decent motherboard. Soundcard is RME ucx. Daw is Ableton Live 10 standard.
With windows 10 I remember setting up usb power, background services as a priority and and other performance things made the job. Now it just throttle for some reason.
Thank you so much for these tips!
Many thanks! Works really well!
Excellent stuff! Thank you.
This video is everything. Thank you so much for this valuable information!
Glad I could help out!
ty for the video so much!
Any ideas for undervolting?
Stability is my first priority for a DAW PC, but a modest undervolt is generally ok (unless you were really unlucky in the silicone lottery) as motherboard manufacturers often set voltage over spec as an extra measure for stability at the expense of heat and throttling. In my experience, the better the ripple spec is on your power supply, the lower you can push the voltage without experiencing instability. If an overclock with a modest undervolt is stable and provides a noticeable difference in latency performance it may be worth it. Just my thoughts…
@@askdrtk Let me share some of my experiences.
13700k , z690, noctua d15
I've been used without specific cpu optimization in BIOS. Everything were perfect, except that the average(idle) temp is slightly high (around 43' c, when it comes to games or works it goes about 70 often)
Anyway, just wanna lower the temperature as much as I can , so I tried undervolting from 12.9 to 13.1
I could face the bluescreen until 1.31, but still 1.31, it was still not stable. Sometimes it occurs cpu spikes in ableton, which I solved by turning off the core-parking option.
So the conclusion is, undervolting really affects the cpu performance on DAW since we need the stability while working. I will try to find the sweet spot that can handle the temp well and also can work with flawless experiences
Hey Todd! This is very informative and thank you! Recently I have bought HP victus laptop with 7840hs AMD, 32GB DDR5 (5600MHZ) and 4050 GeForce RTX graphics card with 6gb. It should work faster than it is working. Do you have any advice?
PS. I am using Cubase 13 pro and windows 11 btw.
Cheers, Antonio
Thanks a few things I didn't know much apricated.
Thankyou for the great info
Holy cow, thank you for this information! 🙏
Is there an optimum setting for page file?
Most appreciate your helpful video!
Great question! The answer depends on your system RAM and available physical drives. For 32bit Windows installations I recommend letting Windows manage the page file. For 64bit Windows installs here are some good starting points if you system has SSD(s):
8GB system RAM: Page file minimum 1GB, maximum 1.5GB
16GB system RAM: Page file minimum 1.5GB, maximum 2.5GB
32GB system: RAM: Page file minimum 3GB, maximum 4.5GB
Place your page file on the fastest physical drive in your system (NVME - best if you have one, SATA SSD - good performance, SATA HDD - only if you have to).
If you have more than one NVME or SSD, you can split the page file sizes equally across the drives. Windows will use the file on the drive that responds first and for larger requirements than would fit on one of the drives, you may benefit from the shared bandwidth across the drives.
I hope these ideas give you some ideas!
Very Helpful. THANKS!!!!
YOU JUST SAVED ME! Thank you!
Glad I could help out!
i just put this video on save, well explained and clear
Based and audio pilled. Thanks for this!
Super useful tips! Thank you!
I think you helped solve my audio popping w that last bonus tip 🤑
That’s great to hear, glad I could help out!
it actually didn’t fix it (I’m going to see if it’s the physical audio interface unit I use and not the computer next time I go to guitar center) BUT your advice was still solid af and dolphinately appreciated
Just excellent! Thank you!
Forza Roma , Sergio nel cuore ...spollicate un abbraccio a tutta la famiglia RT
Thank you so much! This was very helpful. I just liked and subscribed.
Glad to hear it helped out! Cheers!
Always a great watch !
Great video, thank you very much!
You’re a legend, thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise 🙏🏼
Thanks, very kind...I am glad to help out where I can.
I didn't have time to read all the comments, so I'm sorry if this has already been addressed. Were any of these tips related to "core parking" issues? That's a term I know next to nothing about, really -- but it gets tossed around frequently when audiophiles are wanting to improve computer performance (?)
Many, many thanks for these seven tips -- much appreciated!
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Thanks for the great tips, Todd! Really helpful!
Wow, thank you, this is gold!!!
Thanks, glad to help!
Found a few changes to be made. Thanks man. Great video. Love that last bonus tip!
Glad you found a few optimizations. Process priority and CPU affinity reset when you reboot Windows, but you can make them permanent with a helpful utility called Process Lasso. I went through the process in a follow up video to this one. Cheers!
Thank you for all these great tips 🎉😊
just what I needed thank you
Glad to help out!
Thank you very much for your organization and explanations. JazakAllah Khayr brother ❤
Perhaps I shouldn't ask for advice here but I'm going to try: I'm not even sure I need an Audio interface, I have happily used an M Audio Audiophile internal sound card for the last 20 years, first in a 20 year old PC then on my present build from about 10 years ago, I've just upgraded from Windows 7 to 10, and lost the software and drivers of the card in the process. I've been doing a littler research and it looks like my good old sound card is very dated. All I do is on Sibelius, DORICO, Vienna Instruments and Note Performer. All I really need is Sound quality, power to drive my Zennheiser HD 600 headphones well, lowest possible latency and no clipping. I like monitors with amps in them. Connecting an instrument or a Microphone is something I've never done, but it could be fun to do sometime maybe. Certainly not more than 1 instrument or 1 microphone. These are my two choices . MOTU M2 2x2 USB-C Audio Interface. M-Audio AIR 192x4 USB C Audio Interface. Hope you can help.
Thank you for an excellent and informative video!
Thanks, glad to help out!
Thanks! It was very useful :)