trombone cpu spikes

kensugurokensuguro
edited August 2012 in General Questions
I'm using main trumpet, trumpet 2, and trombone loaded into 1 instance of Kontakt 4, and the trombone seems to be causing cpu spikes that cause the whole thing to stutter and also gives of some strange noise. (different from asio click/pop) I just got these, so was wondering if the trombone was just a heavier instrument to compute, or if I'm doing something wrong.



I'm on a core2duo 2.5ghz with 8gb ram. Kontakt's disk meter isn't budging so disk reads doesn't seem to be suffering. Maybe trombone is much heavier than trumpets.

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  • valouzvalouz
    edited 1:47PM
    Hello,



    If you load the instruments in several instances of Kontakt you should not have the problem.



    Regards
  • kensugurokensuguro
    edited 1:47PM
    ah, interesting. Had a similar problem with the saxes and remember doing something similar. Should I be doing just 1 instrument per kontakt instance?
  • Giorgio TommasiniGiorgio Tommasini
    edited 1:47PM
    Kensuguro,



    using a separate instance of Kontakt for each instrument, as suggested by Valouz, usually markedly reduces the CPU load, particularly with multicore units.



    This is a must, moreover, for any sax running on Kontakt, as clearly explained in the manuals. Loading more than one sax on a single instance of Kontakt may provoke distortion and other side effects.



    Best,



    Giorgio
  • TagirijusTagirijus
    edited 1:47PM
    Hello samplemodeling users!



    I am new to SM brass. My first steps where a bit disapointing, until I found out how to use the instruments better with slight less CPU usage.



    Using a single Kontakt instance for one instrument really works (at least just a bit). What helped me much more was using the 32 bit version of Kontakt (4.2).



    Hopefully this will help other people, too. Good luck and have fun using SM instruments. :)



    best,

    Manu

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