In 2014 I got a PC with an 1150 socket motherboard and an i5 4690k 3.5ghz 4 core processor which I overclock to around 4ghz.
It's *just* about fast enough that I can get towards the end of a mix before it starts creaking under the load of VST plugs, in a typical ~35 channel mix with typical bus processing as well I've usually got to freeze a bunch of channels to be able to make it through a track without dropouts, glitching etc.
So I thought 3 years down the line I'd have a look at see what I could do about upgrading the processor. I think if I could speed the PC up by about 30% I'd not have to worry about running out of steam.
Am I being dumb, or are CPUs at least as expensive as they were in 2014? It looks like to get a 30% increase in power I'd need to spend over £300 - anything less of an upgrade wouldn't be worth the investment really.
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Something else running in the background using power maybe ?
I'm probably doing too much.
Then over the last couple of weeks I've been playing round with Harrison Mixbus 32c, and I think it's great but because it's modelling EQs/ compressors on each channel then summing busses and tape modelling all the time, the CPU's at like 50% before I've even brought the faders up.
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If anyone can suggest a way to check for background stuff stealing power or a way to further optimise the pc, suggestions welcome!
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http://techreport.com/review/32642/intel-core-i7-8700k-cpu-reviewed/14
http://www.scanproaudio.info/2017/10/05/first-look-at-the-intel-8700k-as-the-i7-range-gets-a-caffine-injection/
I hope I haven't derailed the thread
FF don’t have one, closest they have is pro MB which is a multiband comp.
Pro Q2 and Pro C2 are pretty light CPU and run zero latency. Give the demos a go, 30 days unlimited on all their plugs.
I use zero latency Pro Q2 during tracking but when mixing I usually use natural phase mode especially on guitar and overheads, just keeps the higher frequencies a bit better together I find. NP is stil pretty light cpu but sounds nicer if you’re doing multiple cuts especially for killing harsh resonances etc, the tones don’t fall apart as fast as ZL mode (or similar in stock EQs). Have sometimes found cuts make other bits sound less together, NP has more mileage here I find
Yes, but if you don't activate the dynamics section of each band it functions as a standard 4-band +H/LP parametric EQ. I'd always assumed it wouldn't waste processing on stuff that was turned off, but that is, I admit, a baseless assumption.
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https://youtu.be/GYTCQeggyzo
(can’t seem to get this to embed but it’s a features overview)
So according to this article http://uk.pcmag.com/cpus-components-products/10259/feature/which-cpu-should-you-buy-intel-core-i5-vs-i7
"The quick explanation is that all Core i7 CPUs use Hyper-Threading, so an eight-core CPU can handle 16 streams, a four-core can handle eight streams, and a dual-core can handle four streams. Core i5 uses Hyper-Threading to make a dual-core CPU act like a four-core one, but if you have a Core i5 processor with four true cores, it won't have Hyper-Threading."
I googled your CPU and it does not have hyperthreading https://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz
Ironically posted while bouncing out a few tracks to save on cpu...
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