Quick update. I was finally able to get my self a new laptop. A powerful one indeed and vital runs like a Lambo. Super fast and i can now even open some crazy cpu wrenching presets.
Thanks everyone for your feedbacks and suggestions on this thread. I really appreciate it
First - thank you Matt for this really nice synth that helps newcomers a lot to start into the business of sound creation!
I cannot really say that Vital takes a whole lot CPU Power but nonetheless it is the only VST that gives me crackeling Sound if I try to play it live with some presets:
Ryzen 4500U, Fast SSD, 32GB RAM, Vital Analog Preset (feat. 7 unison, Reverb, Deley, Chorusā¦)
DPC Latency around 200-400 ms
Presonus Studio 1810, 256 Samples Buffer Size (in/out Latency about 13 ms)
Windows 11 Pro, Reaper DAW
As soon as I go over 16 Voices I get dropouts on my audio interface - no other VST gave me that (mostly I Use UFI Workstation, Tyrell, sforzando). By reducing the Unison to 3 I can go up to 24 Voices but I would like to have 32ā¦ Seems not possible even running Vital on Oversampling-Draft-Mode (1x).
CPU does look good though never reaching anywhere near 50 Percent.
So I am not quite sure what to optimize but as the problems scale with the voices the Synth is playing it must be some (CPU) optimization that would help - so I vouch for that
I donāt think thereās that much to actually optimize if thereās no apparent issue, like when comparing similar patches in Vital, Serum, Pigment, Phase Plant etc. would indicate that Vital has significantly worse performance.
But surely if something would get optimized Iād be happy. Iām just not betting on the effectiveness of discussing Vitalās future here, or anywhere, given the nature of its development.
I have a fairly recent laptop with some ram and Vital still is a bit too hungry for it, I love it too much to leave it though.
What would help a little would be able to set the oversampling quality globally, not just on a per patch basis