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betamax · 02-09-2019, 04:18 AM

Hi all!

I'm currently working on a Reaper (64 bit) project with 17 instrument tracks with midi items and seperate instances of the Komplete Kontrol VSTi on each of them. I've also got 7 vocal tracks (no effects yet). When playing back my project and checking task manager, I've got about 25-30% CPU usage and only 2,290 MB RAM usage. This on a Lenovo W520 with these specs:

Sometimes Reaper doesn't like loading big projects like these (and I have a feeling in the back of my head that maybe I'm not supposed to be running all these separate Komplete Kontrol samplers) but once it's running, I experience no issues. From working in video editors, though, I know that sometimes a program won't be properly using the system resources, for one reason or another. Might that be the case here, or is Reaper simply a very efficient DAW?

Thanks in advance!

02-09-2019, 04:18 AM	#1
betamax Human being with feelings Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 35	Impressively low CPU/RAM usage - cause for worry or celebration? Hi all! I'm currently working on a Reaper (64 bit) project with 17 instrument tracks with midi items and seperate instances of the Komplete Kontrol VSTi on each of them. I've also got 7 vocal tracks (no effects yet). When playing back my project and checking task manager, I've got about 25-30% CPU usage and only 2,290 MB RAM usage. This on a Lenovo W520 with these specs: Sometimes Reaper doesn't like loading big projects like these (and I have a feeling in the back of my head that maybe I'm not supposed to be running all these separate Komplete Kontrol samplers) but once it's running, I experience no issues. From working in video editors, though, I know that sometimes a program won't be properly using the system resources, for one reason or another. Might that be the case here, or is Reaper simply a very efficient DAW? Thanks in advance!