Sampletank 4 unusable as VST

[ral1020]

Have Sampletank 4 Max V4.08

After upgrading from ST 3, I have just about decided to remove this albatross from my system.

In "standalone" mode, my CPU resources (use) are fine and totally usable- even with some of the
newer, large samples... But as a VST in either Cubase Pro or Studio One Pro, it pushes my CPU
to (at least) 50% all by itself.

My system is robust and is dedicated to strictly DAW use. I have numerous VSTis that run just
fine.

Any comments or ideas etc ?

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Specs: i7 8700k. 32gb RAM. All SSD drives. Windows 10 Pro. Presonus FireStudio.
NI Komplete Ultimate 11. Halion Sonic 3. Omnisphere 2.5. Stylus RMX. Ezdrummer 2

[dlgebert]

Sampletank 4 unusable as VST

But as a VST in either Cubase Pro or Studio One Pro, it pushes my CPU
to (at least) 50% all by itself.

I have ST4 Max running on an iMac quad core with 8GB of RAM and Studio One Artist 4.5 and the Activity Monitor shows it using around 48% CPU, so that seems close to what you're experiencing. I've been able to record a couple of songs with it without any clicks, snaps, pops, stuttering, crashing, latency, which I would consider unusable if that were the case. I've used "Black Beauty" on a song, one of the higher end Grand Pianos and extensive use of Syntronik Deluxe (the full version) and have had good success. Granted, I render to audio each track, so the plugin is not used with a bunch of other ones at the same time.

Can you please quantify what unusable means, besides taking a lot of CPU? Does it stutter, is there latency, etc.?

Dave

[Peter_IK]

I would recommend opening a ticket with support at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support if you feel SampleTank 4 is "unusable" for you as it is quite usable in my case with both my computer that I would merely call "decent" as well as my more monstrous machine. They should be able to assist you with tips to figure out what's happening.