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Realtime

Shows the average load of all audio realtime processes.

ASIO-Guard

Shows the average load of processes that can be preprocessed.

NOTE

Preprocessing only takes place if you activate Activate ASIO-Guard on the Audio

System page of the Studio Setup dialog.

Peak

Shows the processing load in the real-time path of the audio engine. The higher this

value, the higher the risk that dropouts occur.

Processing Overload

The overload indicator on the top right indicates dropouts. These occur if the

processing load exceeds 100 % or if the audio engine is restarted due to the

internal detection of too high processing delay. This might for example occur if the

preprocessing buffer runs empty due to too high real-time load.

If it lights up, decrease the number of EQ modules, active effects, and audio channels

that play back simultaneously. You can also activate the ASIO-Guard.

Disk Cache

Shows the hard disk transfer load.

Disk Cache Overload

The overload indicator to the right of the disk indicator lights up if the hard disk does

not supply data fast enough.

If it lights up, use Disable Selected Tracks to reduce the number of tracks playing

back. If this does not help, you need a faster hard disk. To reset the overload indicator,

click its display. In the

Audio Performance category of the Key Commands you can

also assign a key command for this.

NOTE

You can show a simple view of the performance meter on the Transport panel and on the

Project window toolbar. These meters only feature the average and the disk indicator.