PCI Overflow Solved
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:34 pm
It’s always ASIO related in case anyone didn’t notice.
PCI-e1X allows 250MBs Bi-Directional for 500MBs I believe.
But I’ve always got the message with sampled instruments, not synths.
My developer from Plogue suggested checking polyphony on all instruments.
I’ve never done this for Kontakt but reset all maximum voice allowed and it’s exactly what my PCI Overflow problems were.
If you don’t touch the settings they’re defaulted at 128 on most, so for horn sections I played safe and gave it 48, guitars 24, pianos in Pteq 48, Kontakt 48, voices 16, strings 32, Flute 16, etc.
Kontakt might not need the polyphony set but it takes up more bandwidth in a reserve sort of way in case you need them.
So I shaved off hundreds of voices of olyphony I didn’t need so no clogging up the pipes so to speak is what’s been hitting me with error messages.
Mostly because I layer PTeq with Keysacape and Kontakts Canterbury Rhodes.
My guitars are stack too.
I like ballsy power chords, and leads I use 2 x separate guitars, one with PBend at a half step, the 2nd instance of Shreddage 3 gets a whole step.
Gets me that Sabbath Lenard Skynard Freebird Double trackingnsound and the bends are really big that way.
So if you’re hitting those PCI Overflow messages go check your samplers and cut back on unnecessary polyphony.
It’s being use even if you’re just play a triad, so fix that shit ASAP.
PCI-e1X allows 250MBs Bi-Directional for 500MBs I believe.
But I’ve always got the message with sampled instruments, not synths.
My developer from Plogue suggested checking polyphony on all instruments.
I’ve never done this for Kontakt but reset all maximum voice allowed and it’s exactly what my PCI Overflow problems were.
If you don’t touch the settings they’re defaulted at 128 on most, so for horn sections I played safe and gave it 48, guitars 24, pianos in Pteq 48, Kontakt 48, voices 16, strings 32, Flute 16, etc.
Kontakt might not need the polyphony set but it takes up more bandwidth in a reserve sort of way in case you need them.
So I shaved off hundreds of voices of olyphony I didn’t need so no clogging up the pipes so to speak is what’s been hitting me with error messages.
Mostly because I layer PTeq with Keysacape and Kontakts Canterbury Rhodes.
My guitars are stack too.
I like ballsy power chords, and leads I use 2 x separate guitars, one with PBend at a half step, the 2nd instance of Shreddage 3 gets a whole step.
Gets me that Sabbath Lenard Skynard Freebird Double trackingnsound and the bends are really big that way.
So if you’re hitting those PCI Overflow messages go check your samplers and cut back on unnecessary polyphony.
It’s being use even if you’re just play a triad, so fix that shit ASAP.