Windows 7 Testing

[kyng]

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​

 

[musicbird]

I would remove that "AIR" after Cubase lmao....

 

[Salem Beats]

Windows 7's speed was nearly identical to XP on my system, but I couldn't get it to stop blue-screening on startup. Always worked on first clean boot and bluescreened every boot thereafter.

Oh well, it's basically just a pretty XP, no real performance benefits (even XP has a 64-bit version that nobody seems to really talk much about)

 

[kyng]

Windows 7's speed was nearly identical to XP on my system, but I couldn't get it to stop blue-screening on startup. Always worked on first clean boot and bluescreened every boot thereafter.

Oh well, it's basically just a pretty XP, no real performance benefits (even XP has a 64-bit version that nobody seems to really talk much about)

If that 64-bit version of XP doesn't let you use more than 4gb of RAM I see why no one would talk about it.

 

[mobeatz]

I'm scared to death to upgrade to Windows 7

I'm still on XP Pro 32 LOL

But i'm planning on getting a new laptop. I just hope all my apps will work with it.....

Just the thought of installing all my apps. grrrrrrr

 

[Wedges2]

I'm scared to death to upgrade to Windows 7

I'm still on XP Pro 32 LOL

But i'm planning on getting a new laptop. I just hope all my apps will work with it.....

Just the thought of installing all my apps. grrrrrrr

I am glad I still have XP it is still relevant I mean a lot of people have it anyone that hasn't bought a computer in the last three years which is a lot of people plus there are no glitches.. The MPD18 doesn't get along with vista...kinda like a lot of other things.

 

[Salem Beats]

If that 64-bit version of XP doesn't let you use more than 4gb of RAM I see why no one would talk about it.

What are you talking about?...

Originally Posted by Microsoft
The key difference between 32-bit and 64-bit computing with Windows XP is that the 64-bit version can use more system memory. Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 16 terabytes of virtual memory, so applications can run faster when working with large data sets. Physical memory support will grow in the future as hardware capabilities expand.

 

[mobeatz]

I am glad I still have XP it is still relevant I mean a lot of people have it anyone that hasn't bought a computer in the last three years which is a lot of people plus there are no glitches.. The MPD18 doesn't get along with vista...kinda like a lot of other things.

The thing is that my PC's HD is 80% full(out of 150GB) and my RAM is only 1.5GB

SO it's either upgrade or buy a new one.

I rather get new. Just not looking forward to it. LOL

 

[deRaNged 4 Phuk'dup]

This is why I've yet to buy a new studio computer(or switch the one I use out with newer computers I own).

Maybe my 4gb of Ram is keeping my comp relevant. Maybe the lack of hacked software and net connection. But wow...I've ran waaaaaayyyyy worse with better results in Vista and definetly in XP. Haven't jumped to W7 as of yet. Waiting a while like I did Vista.