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Homie from another forum did couple of test with DAW's on W7. I'd thought I share it with you guys.
DAW EFFICIENCY UNDER WINDOWS 7 Some of you will may consider upgrading their OS to Windows 7. Here´s a short
test I´ve made today, how DAWS get along with windows 7 under identical conditions.
Following DAWS were tested:
Ableton Live 8.04
Cubase 4.1 Air
PreSonus Studio One 1 (added later)
Samplitude 11
Logic Audio Platinum 5.30
My computer of shame:
Processor: 2x Pentium D 2.800 GHz, 1.5GB Ram
OP: Windows 7 thinstall (800MB)
Soundcard: M-Audio Transit
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I did this with a minimalistic 4-track arrangement, containing
the identical miditracks and synths and inserts for every DAW:
1x Arturia Prophet V synth with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x NI Pro 53 synth with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x Nepheton drums with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x Tinypops drums with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
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Ok, here are the results of the Windows 7 jury
Ableton Live 8.04 (pic below, failed test because of overload, played tracks distorted)
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Cubase 4.13 Air (pic below, passed test)
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Presonus Studio One (pic below, passed test only with closed mixerview)
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Samplitude 11.01 (pic below, passed test)
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Logic Audio Platinum 5.30 (pic below, passed test)
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Processor usage after DAW was stopped: Ableton: 78%
Cubase: 56%
Studio One: 62%
Samplitude: 69%
Logic: 23%
Ram-o-meter:
Ableton: 741 MB
Cubase: 710 MB
Studio One: 663 MB
Samplitude: 618 MB
Logic Audio: 676 MB
Interestingly enough:
1.) Ableton Live seems to have performance problems under Windows 7
2.) Cubase 4 and Logic Audio get along very well with Windows 7
3.) Presonus Studio One made the test, but only after I turned the mixerview off.
When you look at its chart, you see that there is plenty of headroom to 100%,
maybe some finetuning in the next version will optimize performance results.
4.) Ableton and Samplitude have a very high processor usage after an
arrangement has been stopped (as to say: in neutral gear)
5.) Samplitude is very economic with RAM.
6.) Windows 7 makes both processors available to 8 year old Logic Audio
This test was NOT made to start a stupid discussion which DAW is the best,
it was made to give you an idea what you can expect from Windows 7
test I´ve made today, how DAWS get along with windows 7 under identical conditions.
Following DAWS were tested:
Ableton Live 8.04
Cubase 4.1 Air
PreSonus Studio One 1 (added later)
Samplitude 11
Logic Audio Platinum 5.30
My computer of shame:
Processor: 2x Pentium D 2.800 GHz, 1.5GB Ram
OP: Windows 7 thinstall (800MB)
Soundcard: M-Audio Transit
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I did this with a minimalistic 4-track arrangement, containing
the identical miditracks and synths and inserts for every DAW:
1x Arturia Prophet V synth with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x NI Pro 53 synth with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x Nepheton drums with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
1x Tinypops drums with the insert Waves L316 Stereo compressor
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-------------------------------
------------------------- --
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-------
---
-
Ok, here are the results of the Windows 7 jury
Ableton Live 8.04 (pic below, failed test because of overload, played tracks distorted)
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------------------------- --
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---
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Cubase 4.13 Air (pic below, passed test)
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------------------------- --
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-------
---
-
Presonus Studio One (pic below, passed test only with closed mixerview)
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------------------------- --
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-------
---
-
Samplitude 11.01 (pic below, passed test)
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------------------------- --
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---
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Logic Audio Platinum 5.30 (pic below, passed test)
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Processor usage after DAW was stopped: Ableton: 78%
Cubase: 56%
Studio One: 62%
Samplitude: 69%
Logic: 23%
Ram-o-meter:
Ableton: 741 MB
Cubase: 710 MB
Studio One: 663 MB
Samplitude: 618 MB
Logic Audio: 676 MB
Interestingly enough:
1.) Ableton Live seems to have performance problems under Windows 7
2.) Cubase 4 and Logic Audio get along very well with Windows 7
3.) Presonus Studio One made the test, but only after I turned the mixerview off.
When you look at its chart, you see that there is plenty of headroom to 100%,
maybe some finetuning in the next version will optimize performance results.
4.) Ableton and Samplitude have a very high processor usage after an
arrangement has been stopped (as to say: in neutral gear)
5.) Samplitude is very economic with RAM.
6.) Windows 7 makes both processors available to 8 year old Logic Audio
This test was NOT made to start a stupid discussion which DAW is the best,
it was made to give you an idea what you can expect from Windows 7