March 29, 2024, 08:14:38 am
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register
News:

Arturia Forums



Author Topic: v2.0 beta issues  (Read 4460 times)

Chrispy

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 2
  • Karma: 0
v2.0 beta issues
« on: September 14, 2007, 12:05:22 am »
I've just had a chance to look at the new v2 beta, and I have to say it's excellent.

However, the startup time is still VERY slow. On my machine v1.x takes 20 seconds to start, and v2.0 it is almost identical (20 seconds). All my other plugins start within 1-3 seconds. Are other people seeing the same or are they seeing the advertised improvements on startup time?

Please, please, Arturia - try to address this point if at all possible. I think Analog Factory is an amazing plugin, but the very poor startup time is such a problem for me (and, I'm sure, many others).

Zeitlos

  • Apprentice
  • Apprentice
  • *
  • Posts: 13
  • Karma: 0
v2.0 beta issues
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2007, 05:17:45 pm »
Couldn't agree more.

Especially if you have several instances in a song, the startup times really suck toes.... :-/

Helge
iMac G5, Tascam 1082, Roland A-30, KLC, Akai MPD-16, PODxt Pro, T.C. VoiceWorks, Logic Pro 8.0

per musica ad astra -- http://www.voXager.de

seafoamgreen

  • Apprentice
  • Apprentice
  • *
  • Posts: 5
  • Karma: 0
v2.0 beta issues
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2007, 07:42:39 am »
Don't want to make this too much of a pile-on, but startup time is my number one issue as well. Makes switching between song files in a live environment (using Live as the VST/AU host) take way too long to be a usable option.

Vincent T

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 196
  • Karma: 0
    • http://www.arturia.com
v2.0 beta issues
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2007, 09:15:37 am »
forwarded the thread to AF's main developper !  :)
Vincent
DSP Arturia

Chrispy

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 2
  • Karma: 0
Latest beta start up time still very slow
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2007, 11:08:24 am »
I've been testing out the latest beta and all seems fine except for this startup time issue. I know I've reported it before but it really is such a big deal for me that I thought I'd put in one last plea before the beta round is finalised, as I'd hate to see this ship and the opportunity be lost until any possible v3 release.

Before I purchased Analog Factory I read all of the comments on the forums (yours, KvR, etc.) and this was an issue that came up time and again - people were even warning people off because of it, so I'm not the only one that thinks this is an issue.

When you're composing you really want your workflow to be fast, and if you need to call up a synth and you've got a choice between one that starts instantly, and another that takes ages to load (no matter how good the sounds) you end up reaching for the more immediate one. I was really hoping that Analog Factory would end up being my go-to synth, but to be honest I've not used it in a single project yet because this issue bugs me so much. And if you use multiple instances the load times for projects become crazy. In fact, it takes longer to load an instance of Analog Factory than it does for the entire host application to load.

Is there nothing at all that can be done to reduce the startup time? I realise there are thousands of presets now, but modern computers can manipulate thousands of strings in milliseconds. I obviously don't know the details of the processing that's being done, but would it help to put the names into a preformatted file and simply read it in? Or is it the time taken to fill the list box perhaps (in standard Windows listviews there are ways to handle bulk uploads to avoid such problems, is this a similar case?). Do the dongle checks take a long time - in which case is that something Syncrosoft should be looking into, because copy protection should not impose such an overhead for legitimate purchasers.

Or maybe there needs to be a way to avoid loading all of the presets at all unless you need them. Maybe only load them a page at a time as you scroll through the list? Maybe add a switch that, once you've found the preset you want in a song, you can say "remove the rest of the patches from the list" and it would remember this so that when you next load the project only the patch you used will be loaded. I don't know, I'm clutching at straws because I obviously don't know how this has been coded, but maybe there's an approach in here that might give you some ideas for optimisation.

Again, I know I'm going over old ground, but I think this is a fantastic synth, but the load time just makes me reach for other synths every time which is such a shame.

Many thanks again for a great product.

 

Carbonate design by Bloc
SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines