Some tricks for slow CPU users..

Tips & Tricks
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actually, VST effects should consume CPU only when they receive input data. Are you sure you really get CPU benefits from disabling them?

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good god - you are so right!
didnt know they were suspended when no audio is transmitted.
okay, so this knowledge saves me quite some time, thanks for clarifying ITalien.

i always thought only VSTi were suspended, but renoise always knows to surprise you anyday :walkman:

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Yes good to hear, I was just wondering about that :)

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Thanks for the input on HT. :walkman:

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Should older machines use earlier versions of Renoise for best results?

For example, I have a PowerBook G4 I like to fiddle with to practice pattern programming (without a MIDI keyboard).

My main machine is also older but faster a PowerMac G5.

Both vintage Macs handle Renoise 2.0 quite well but obviously the PowerBook G4 gets maxxed out quickly and can barely play some of the included demo songs.

Should I try an earlier version on my PowerBook G4? Or should I just create less complex files in 2.0?

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I also have a tip:

get a faster computer.

:)

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Not everyone is rich.

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No, but a decent powered PC that can run Renoise pretty well nowadays can even be found in the budget-pc range.

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Rich people have Mac ;)

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I don’t have enough experience with older computers and newer versions of Renoise because the only old computer I own is so old that it cannot run Renoise 1.8 and above because of lack of SSE instructions support on the CPU, but I can say that generally the newer versions are slightly faster than the older ones when making the same operations.

also, since you use a slow computer, maybe you are not using VST plugins, so you should consider trying Linux.

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Yep, you either be rich or clever, if you are neither → only then i could call that poor.

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when a loop/sound is ok, just save it and use it as a fresh sample, so the computer doesnt have to process the whole things (several vsts, mutliple tracks, instrument variations, etc) over and over…

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i dont think renoise is faster on linux than on windows (but you’ll not use many vsts indeed :)))…but indeed you can install new version of linux and make it run correctly on a old pc…

im sad…im reaching the liimts of my computer with renoise…it stutters directly when i start putting fx and tweaking things in the instrument editor. only thing i can do is to mute tracks when working on others…i hoped i’d find some ideas here, but no…it makes me wanna a new pc!!