Installed Ableton 9 trial -- awesome that it let's me install without activating (i.e. I'm not limited to 30 days, I just can't save or import, which is fine for my learning tests).
Now the bad news -- still getting bad performance with VSTs on this particular PC.
The test:
Start a new project with nothing else CPU dependent going on.
Load an instance of Massive into a track, load the factory patch 1991, and play down a note like C1 for about 2-3 bars or so for a constant note (holding it down).
Duplicate the instance of Massive about 12-13 times into new tracks, keeping same patch and midi data. Experiment with buffer size around 512 or so. Cubase and FLStudio will start giving up pops around the 13th instance, while Ableton starts popping on #7 and completely shat the bed on maybe 8 or 9th instance of Massive.
Can anyone with a PC and at least a mid range processor, with Cubase (any version) and Ableton (any version) see if they get same?
Berni it would be interesting to know your results with same too, although I suspect this is somehow related to Ableton's liking of PC audio drivers so I think you will get an entirely different result.
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