cubase le 4 hogging cpu!!!

[MPDSR422]

OK Dave,
First of all I have two hard drives partitioned to 4 (C-D & G-H). I record on one (C)and store only the song files on another (H). Both drives are SATA each over 250GB. I loaded the E-MU software and the Proteus on the C Drive and manually loaded them into the VSTi folder in Steinberg. They are available and pull up when accessed. There are no latency problems. However yesterday when adding keyboards the entire session locked and since I had not the foresight to save the .sng file I lost 2 hours worth of diddling after the cpu burped and shut down Cubase on it's own.
I have been toying with the idea of buying the upgrade to Essential 4 due to Stnbrg realizing their program is a CPU eater and changing key factors to match the way other programs seem to operate, but haven't made up my mind. I have been using Stnbrg since I bought Cubasis many years ago. I have always enjoyed it's use and NEVER endured the issues I have recently experienced.
If I need to reload Cubase on the D drive sans operating system extras, that I might consider doing. But I am pretty much at the end of my rope.
I have been using Cool Edit Pro for some time as well and might make the jump to Adobe Audition 3. A friend of mine with a small commercial studio swears by Audition 2. Just making up my mind.
Thank you for your input.
MPDSR

[brandondrury]

Did you ever respond to my question about what happens if you open a new session in Cubase and record just a few tracks?

I had an issue similar to this back in December. I tried everything I knew but could never solve it. In fact, I though it was my M-Audio Delta 1010s, but the problem still occurred when I ordered my Presonus Firestudios. It ended up being something wrong in my BIOS, I think. It was one of those problems where after formatting my system 7 times and trying every trick in the book I knew, it eventually started working.

Brandon

[MPDSR422]

Brandon, I thought I responded but...The issues begin when I add VST's.
After my last exercise I had 3 audio tracks and then manually added 2 BFD
midi tracks for a total of 3 and 2. No clicks, burps and aside from sloppy execution sounded great.

Drunk with joy I proceeded record another session with 2 audio and 5 midi (using the Proteus vsti) and it stuttered, jerked and crackled until it locked up and shut down Cubase. As a matter of fact I was adding an audio bass line when it happened.

Are you talking about updating bios or changing bios settings? What do you have in mind?
Researching the last suggestion I got for tweaking windows (speeding up windows) pretty much stated that most of the downloadable items integrated as a part of Xp, not supported any longer and not intended for home use.
Not willing to screw around with the entire pc just to get Cubase to behave.

I don't mind making some minimal changes to my pc in order to accommodate Cubase, but there is no reason to have to rebuild...twin boot...disable and strip out everything but the recording program. I never had to do it before. Due to the fact that I can use Cool Edit or Ableton or even the lowly Cakewalk without issue (sans vst's) I am being led to believe that my pc and Cubase are nearing divorce. Their separation period is just about at an end.

[MetalDave]

Originally Posted by MPDSR422

I don't mind making some minimal changes to my pc in order to accommodate Cubase, but there is no reason to have to rebuild...twin boot...disable and strip out everything but the recording program. I never had to do it before. Due to the fact that I can use Cool Edit or Ableton or even the lowly Cakewalk without issue (sans vst's) I am being led to believe that my pc and Cubase are nearing divorce. Their separation period is just about at an end.

What you should do is think back about what you may have installed or what the internet may have installed recently before this happened and after it was ok. Uninstall whatever it is and try again...

[Electriclight]

As soon as I loaded Proteus all went to crap again

I can use Cool Edit or Ableton or even the lowly Cakewalk without issue (sans vst's)

So you have no idea if any other DAW software can run the Proteus but you insist on blaming Cubase? Maybe you're correct but it seems to be flawed logic. Maybe you can load a demo of Audition3 or some other software and see what happens when you run your Proteus. I don't think you have ruled out corrupted Proteus software.

[tatteredstudios]

Are you selecting the correct output on your VSTi's ?...If I forget to do this with EZ-Drummer and go to play a track, it'll freeze up every time....Check that !

[brandondrury]

I don't mind making some minimal changes to my pc in order to accommodate Cubase, but there is no reason to have to rebuild...twin boot...disable and strip out everything but the recording program. I never had to do it before.

Your needs are clearly more casual than mine. This is okay. If you never needed to do this before, you really shouldn't need to do go through big lengths now. With that said, just as MetalDave pointed out, something has changed on your system.

While all systems can have things that change on them, nothing changes an operating system faster than the internet and installing programs. So maybe Cubase did change here.

I don't think you have ruled out corrupted Proteus software.

I'm curious about this one too. Is Proteus the only VSTi giving you trouble?

Brandon

[MPDSR422]

Originally Posted by Electriclight

So you have no idea if any other DAW software can run the Proteus but you insist on blaming Cubase? Maybe you're correct but it seems to be flawed logic. Maybe you can load a demo of Audition3 or some other software and see what happens when you run your Proteus. I don't think you have ruled out corrupted Proteus software.

Currently I do not have another DAW loaded that handles VSTi's. So I can't test your theory. However I did wipe all recording related programs (including Proteus)from the computer and reloaded them with no changes evident. Yesterday I attempted to use the Halion for some Hammond B3 and while holding a 3 note chord the session came to a halt due to notes dropping out. Interestingly enough while I had the phones on I could hear the pc loading the program. There is something screwy with this pc. I might be better off to go out and get a laptop or another pc and start over.

[MetalDave]

Are yopu going to keep buying a new PC every time this happens? I never said to uninstall any recording software. I said you need to look back to when everything was working fine.... Then think of what you have done since and undo that. You are thinking because it is having trouble recording it must be the recording software. It isn't you said yourself it was working fine before. Now you just need to find out before what?

[MPDSR422]

Originally Posted by MetalDave

Are yopu going to keep buying a new PC every time this happens? I never said to uninstall any recording software. I said you need to look back to when everything was working fine.... Then think of what you have done since and undo that. You are thinking because it is having trouble recording it must be the recording software. It isn't you said yourself it was working fine before. Now you just need to find out before what?

Hold On There Lad. I am using an older model pc that I bought just to do music. I had to tweak it in order to get it where it is. After the problems began I removed Cubase, all the plug ins and peripherals and reloaded them one at a time to make sure they were not glitchy due to improper installation. Proteus software loads through my Emu XBoard 25 which I also reinstalled. MD you gotta realize this has been going on for months. I didn't find you guys til this month and really appreciate your efforts to help. I had decided to dual boot my system and set up a drive to be my new XP boot but no instructions outline how to create two XP boot drives. I'm thinking it's not something everyone should try. If I can figure it out I might give it a go.