That's fine to say but I've never, ever had an issue like this with any fractal product (and I've owned most of them). If it's a CPU issue the unit would usually report this etc.. it wasn't an issue before this build and the reported CPU values don't appear to have changed. As I said I will test this evening and try dropping some blocks and see if that resolves the issue.
Always! 65% shouldn’t cause problems!
Not necessarily true. My first Fractal was an AX8, and I enthusiastically engineered a kitchen sink preset right up the recommended max CPU. Every now and then, while gigging usually, the tuner would freeze. No errors, no audio issues, only loss of tuner. A reboot was needed to get it back. I spent a year thinking it was a software bug, and even reported it, but after reading that CPU overload would shut down 'non-essential' functions first, a light went on and I re-jiggered the kitchen sink for a couple percent lower CPU. The tuner freeze stopped.That's fine to say but I've never, ever had an issue like this with any fractal product (and I've owned most of them). If it's a CPU issue the unit would usually report this etc.. it wasn't an issue before this build and the reported CPU values don't appear to have changed. As I said I will test this evening and try dropping some blocks and see if that resolves the issue.
1) I feel like this comment completely misses @playmusic ’s point - it’s obvious and relatively simple to adjust when you see your reported cpu usage go up for the same preset after a modeling enhancement that may take more grunt now. The real crux of the question is “how high is too high to be reliable?” as that level seems to be a bit more grey (and trending downward over the last few releases).
I abide by my own threshold. It seems its almost universally accepted that "80%" is at minimum wandering in to dangerous territory. So my own self mandated maximum is 75%. I set up my presets to be under that. Most of my scenes are 50 to 65%. I have once scene that is about 74%.. I don't rely on Fractal to let me know where the wall is. I simply make up my own line with ample headroom. Never had a problem with too much CPU usage.
Just because you never did before doesn't mean anything...That's fine to say but I've never, ever had an issue like this with any fractal product (and I've owned most of them). If it's a CPU issue the unit would usually report this etc.. it wasn't an issue before this build and the reported CPU values don't appear to have changed. As I said I will test this evening and try dropping some blocks and see if that resolves the issue.
Are we still talking about presets and CPU usage or something more sinister
I'm pretty certain the official recommendation in the manual is and has been 75%.
Ever heard of Russian Roulette?Are we still talking about presets and CPU usage or something more sinister
Sorry, it's nothing like removing the earth from a mains lead and to be clear I'm not saying this isn't a CPU usage issue, I was just stating facts about my own previous experiences, I wasn't saying it wasn't a CPU issue, just that the unit has always behaved differently when I've hit a CPU issue in the past. Also, I said that I will test when I get to rehearsal to give the CPU theory a test, hopefully it will resolve my issue.Ever heard of Russian Roulette?
The people that didn't yet shoot themselves in the head are still alive...
Just one example.
A more relevant example might be removing the ground pin from an amp's power cord. It's all good until you become ground.
Eventually they will. It will be the replacement to the FM9 MKII Turbo. And I'll probably buy it.
From the manual:
Sure it is - many people do it and say "I've been doing this and never had a problem".
Just to promote an abundance of data, do you have before and after rough order reported cpu usage numbers you could post?
I remember seeing the 'recommendation' of not going above 80% when I got my unit (around FW 9.0).
