woodsdenis wrote: ↑21 Jun 2017
MattiasHG wrote: ↑21 Jun 2017
woodsdenis wrote: ↑20 Jun 2017
Pretty shocking comparison , linked is Reason next are Cubase and S1
Shocking, but not an entirely accurate way to measure.
Regardless, we're actually working on performance improvements right now so we hope to release something soon.
Not my vid just linking, why is not a accurate way to measure ?
In Reason, he chains the devices in series, while on the other two DAWs, he mixes parallel and serial. Serial is more taxing that parallel, as you have to wait for the last device to send data before you can output the audio. In parallel, all devices work "at the same time" (i.e. within the same time frame), and the signals are simply summed at the end. I'm pretty sure he could easily double the number of devices in Reason by creating a separate track with each device, instead of chaining them.
Also, just a hunch because I don't know how each DAW works, but some could allocate a time slot for each device at all times ("keep it spinning so it's ready when needed"), while others could only do so when some signal is detected. The only way to make sure this choice doesn't influence the test would be to have a "real life" test, i.e. an identical song playing. And even then, you would have to make sure that the song uses as many of the device's possibilities as some DAWs may handle different functions differently. Some are good with super fast FFTs, others excel at UI updates, etc).