Anyone have tips or advice on Maschine cpu issues?

AxMusic · 2022-07-06T00:56:40+00:00

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Recently Maschine has been really struggling on my Mac. I today started a session and had two maschine loops running, and the loops/sounds started crackling. I had to crank the buffer size up to 900 to get the crackling to cease. This causes so much latency. It wasn’t like this before.. any Ideas on the issue any how to fix it would be much appreciated.

My Mac is a 2014 Mac Mini, 8gb of ram.

I also took a screen shot of the activity monitor for reference.

No other apps were open at the time other than Maschine.

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Kubrak

CPU, MB and case (ASRock DeskMini X300), 64 GB RAM, 2x 1 TB Samsung SSD, Noctua low profile cooler a bit over 1000 EUR (including VAT) in September 2021. It would cost hundred, two less now...

https://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini%20X300%20Series/index.asp

I assembled it myself (my first assembly), but I could get it done at e-shop for 25 EUR...

AxMusic

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/25484#Comment_25484

Ok, thanks.

I will check out the stats app and see if I can get anymore info on the cpu cores.

Nice it looks as if the M1 chips live up to all the hype, apple put out.

AxMusic

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/25549#Comment_25549

Thanks I will give it a try. Is either sample rate easier on computer performance?

For example would 48000 be more processor intensive then 44100? Or is the difference minimal?

AxMusic

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/25616#Comment_25616

huh, that’s news to me.

I guess that’s why Apple limits which computers can upgrade to the latest OS.

Does upgrading to the latest OS somehow slow down the computer? Or are the negative effects more subtle?

6xes

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/25692#Comment_25692

the mention of 48000 and 44100 or again 96000.

if the sample rate is set to 48000 within the Daw... but a sample being used on a pad has been recorded in 96000 then a conversion process takes place... this is added stress upon a CPU... and the micro-seconds albeit the milli seconds of conversion across the sample.. can have a delaying effect or what we hear as crackles on the output... this is tied with a time delay which is a result in some cases due to a conversion process...not always mind you...afterall if your CPU can cope with conversion and maintain the processing of audio output... then we dont hear the crackles

that said... by limiting any conversion process by setting every sample rate as the same(OS/DAW/AUDIO INTERFACE)... it takes off any unnecessary stress from the CPU... especially so if your CPU is considerably low in performance

in relation to stress on cpu vs sample rate... yes... there is a correlation between the higher your sample rate the more work the processor does

AxMusic

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/25695#Comment_25695

Thank You for this👆️

My audio interface and Maschine are both 48000 now.

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