FL Studio is one of the best music software solutions that can be used as a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
- Make sure to install 32/64 Bit versions of ALL plugins to match FL Studio. For more details see FL Studio 32 vs 64 Bit FAQ. Time stretching Mode Stretch - If you have a lot of Audio Clips set to this mode, they will consume far more CPU than when set to Resample. Generally, you should only use 'Stretch' mode for Clips that span a Tempo change.
- All about the maximum memory avaiable to FL Studio. 32 Bit applications can access a maximum of 4 GB while 64 Bit applications are limited to 8 TB. However, FL Studio 32 Bit includes several memory management tools that allow it to.
FL Studio, an all-in-one music production software, is one of the world's most popular DAW. Download your free trial today. The real question is whether you're definitely running the 64 bit version of FL studio. It can only address 4GB of RAM, and if all your plugins are 64 bit only then it will be bridging every single plugin. Of the three DAWs I have exposure to (GarageBand, Studio 1, ProTools) I think the assessments are fair. I own and use Studio 1 and found it super easy to set up and use. The free de-featured version gives you a really good feel for it and actually useful for simple things. After using the free version I bought the next level.
It provides you with the ability to create your own music as well as edit other music files. But sometimes people can be heard complaining about FL Studio’s performance issues. Most of the complaints are centered around the ‘extra sounds’ issue which is very much audible at times. These are mostly glitches or crackles and the sound is often choppy and strange.
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There can be two different reasons related to this choppy sound. It could be because of some random plug-in which is behaving like this, or it could be the buffer underrun problem.
To fix the plug-in problem, you need to open the plug-in wrapper processing tab where you can find the Allow threaded processing option. Now deselect this option and check if the problem is solved or not. If the problem persists then you need to select the Use fixed sized buffer option. Once you’ve made these two adjustments, you will stop getting the ‘extra sounds’, in most of the cases.
But if the problem is due to buffer underruns then there are some steps which you need to perform to solve this issue.
- Navigate to Audio settings and select FL Studio ASIO in the Device drop-down menu
- Now you need to change the buffer length settings as well
- Try to get the buffer length to somewhere near 10 ms (which basically means at 441 samples)
- Make sure that there is little addition in Underruns Count during this process
- If you find that underruns count stop increasing you can decrease the Buffer Length settings
- Make sure that the Buffer Length settings value never comes under 10ms else the load on your CPU will increase sharply
- Remember that Buffer Length and Underruns Count values are inversely proportional to each other
- For ASIO driver, there can be three different Buffer Length settings
- 1–4 ms (44–176 samples) which is very good but you don’t need this as it will increase the load on your CPU
- 5–10 ms (220–440 samples) this is excellent and ideal setting. We recommend setting it at 10ms
- 11–20 ms (485–882 samples) which is acceptable and can provide you with a reasonably good sound
With all these steps the choppy sound problem will be solved and you will be able to hear clear music. But if the problem persists, you can check its memory and CPU optimization section but at your own risk. You can also check different other programs which might cause FL Studio to make these unpleasant sounds. As an example, a program called f.lux that changes the color temperature of the screen can cause this issue. If you have installed it, please get rid of it at the earliest.
If the Buffer Length setting is more than 100 ms (4410 samples) and the CPU usage is at 80%, this is basically an indication to upgrade your PC because your system isn’t capable enough to support FL Studio in this case.
-->Find memory leaks and inefficient memory while you're debugging with the debugger-integrated Memory Usage diagnostic tool. The Memory Usage tool lets you take one or more snapshots of the managed and native memory heap to help understand the memory usage impact of object types. You can also analyze memory usage without a debugger attached or by targeting a running app. For more information, see Run profiling tools with or without the debugger.
Although you can collect memory snapshots at any time in the Memory Usage tool, you can use the Visual Studio debugger to control how your application executes while investigating performance issues. Setting breakpoints, stepping, Break All, and other debugger actions can help you focus your performance investigations on the code paths that are most relevant. Performing those actions while your app is running can eliminate the noise from the code that doesn't interest you and can significantly reduce the amount of time it takes you to diagnose an issue.
Important
The debugger-integrated Diagnostics Tools are supported for .NET development in Visual Studio, including ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, native/C++ development, and mixed mode (.NET and native) apps. Windows 8 and later is required to run profiling tools with the debugger (Diagnostic Tools window).
In this tutorial, you will:
If Memory Usage does not give you the data that you need, other profiling tools in the Performance Profiler provide different kinds of information that might be helpful to you. In many cases, the performance bottleneck of your application may be caused by something other than your memory, such as CPU, rendering UI, or network request time.
Note
Custom Allocator Support The native memory profiler works by collecting allocation ETW event data emitted during run time. Allocators in the CRT and Windows SDK have been annotated at the source level so that their allocation data can be captured. If you are writing your own allocators, then any functions that return a pointer to newly allocated heap memory can be decorated with __declspec(allocator), as seen in this example for myMalloc:
__declspec(allocator) void* myMalloc(size_t size)
Collect memory usage data
Open the project you want to debug in Visual Studio and set a breakpoint in your app at the point where you want to begin examining memory usage.
If you have an area where you suspect a memory issue, set the first breakpoint before the memory issue occurs.
Tip
Because it can be challenging to capture the memory profile of an operation that interests you when your app frequently allocates and de-allocates memory, set breakpoints at the start and end of the operation (or step through the operation) to find the exact point that memory changed.
Set a second breakpoint at the end of the function or region of code that you want to analyze (or after a suspected memory issue occurs).
The Diagnostic Tools window appears automatically unless you have turned it off. To bring up the window again, click Debug > Windows > Show Diagnostic Tools.
Choose Memory Usage with the Select Tools setting on the toolbar.
Click Debug / Start Debugging (or Start on the toolbar, or F5).
When the app finishes loading, the Summary view of the Diagnostics Tools appears.
Note
Because collecting memory data can affect the debugging performance of your native or mixed-mode apps, memory snapshots are disabled by default. To enable snapshots in native or mixed-mode apps, start a debugging session (Shortcut key: F5). When the Diagnostic Tools window appears, choose the Memory Usage tab, and then choose Heap Profiling.
Stop (Shortcut key: Shift+F5) and restart debugging.
To take a snapshot at the start of your debugging session, choose Take snapshot on the Memory Usage summary toolbar. (It may help to set a breakpoint here as well.)
Tip
To create a baseline for memory comparisons, consider taking a snapshot at the start of your debugging session.
Run the scenario that will cause your first breakpoint to be hit.
While the debugger is paused at the first breakpoint, choose Take snapshot on the Memory Usage summary toolbar.
Press F5 to run the app to your second breakpoint.
Now, take another snapshot.
At this point, you can begin to analyze the data.
Analyze memory usage data
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The rows of Memory Usage summary table lists the snapshots that you have taken during the debugging session and provides links to more detailed views.
The name of the columns depend on the debugging mode you choose in the project properties: .NET, native, or mixed (both .NET and native).
The Objects (Diff) and Allocations (Diff) columns display the number of objects in .NET and native memory when the snapshot was taken.
The Heap Size (Diff) column displays the number of bytes in the .NET and native heaps
When you have taken multiple snapshots, the cells of the summary table include the change in the value between the row snapshot and the previous snapshot.
To analyze memory usage, click one of the links that opens up a detailed report of memory usage:
- To view details of the difference between the current snapshot and the previous snapshot, choose the change link to the left of the arrow (). A red arrow indicates an increase in memory usage, and a green arrow to indicates a decrease.
Tip
To help identify memory issues more quickly, the diff reports are sorted by object types that increased the most in overall number (click the change link in Objects (Diff) column) or that increased the most in overall heap size (click the change link in Heap Size (Diff) column).
To view details of only the selected snapshot, click the non-change link.
The report appears in a separate window.
Managed types reports
Choose the current link of a Objects (Diff) or Allocations (Diff) cell in the Memory Usage summary table.
The top pane shows the count and size of the types in the snapshot, including the size of all objects that are referenced by the type (Inclusive Size).
The Paths to Root tree in the bottom pane displays the objects that reference the type selected in the upper pane. The .NET garbage collector cleans up the memory for an object only when the last type that references it has been released.
The Referenced Objects tree displays the references that are held by the type selected in the upper pane.
To display the instances of a selected type in the upper pane, choose the icon.
The Instances view displays the instances of the selected object in the snapshot in the upper pane. The Paths to Root and Referenced Objects pane displays the objects that reference the selected instance and the types that the selected instance references. When the debugger is stopped at the point where the snapshot was taken, you can hover over the Value cell to display the values of the object in a tool tip.
Native type reports
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Choose the current link of a Allocations (Diff) or Heap Size (Diff) cell in the Memory Usage summary table of the Diagnostic Tools window.
The Types View displays the number and size of the types in the snapshot.
Choose the instances icon () of a selected type to display information about the objects of the selected type in the snapshot.
The Instances view displays each instance of the selected type. Selecting an instance displays the call stack that resulted in the creation of the instance in the Allocation Call Stack pane.
Choose Stacks View in the View Mode list to see the allocation stack for the selected type.
Change (Diff) reports
Choose the change link in a cell of the summary table of the Memory Usage tab on the Diagnostic Tools window.
Choose a snapshot in the Compare To list of a managed or native report.
The change report adds columns (marked with (Diff)) to the base report that show the difference between the base snapshot value and the comparison snapshot. Here's how a Native Type View diff report might look:
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Next steps
In this tutorial, you've learned how to collect and analyze memory usage data. If you already completed the tour of the profiler, you may want to get a quick look at how to analyze CPU usage in your apps.
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