Subject:AP7 DLS Synth hangs at startup on W7X64

Posted by: april.exe

Date:10/2/2012 7:59:08 PM

I'm running Acid Pro 7.0e on Win 7 X64 and the DLS Synth hangs for anywhere from 1-2 seconds at startup. Ive looked around the posts I could find regarding sfdlssynth.dll and thankfully I am not having any of the crashes I am reading about.

When on XP32 and 64 and the Win 8 previews Ive tried the dll does not hang.

This "hang" is not a problem really. AP7 loads in around 5-7 seconds and I should probably just turn the splash screen off so I dont have to see it and get back to work on some songs.

Subject:RE: AP7 DLS Synth hangs at startup on W7X64

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/4/2012 1:44:00 PM

?

I know that the DLS takes about a couple seconds to load when I see the splash, but I can use it just fine (if I wanted to).

Subject:RE: AP7 DLS Synth hangs at startup on W7X64

Reply by: april.exe

Date:10/8/2012 11:58:08 AM

Just been wondering what it is about W7x64 that would cause more of a load delay with the dls synth than the other os's.

The move to W8x64 is going well and the delay in the dls synth load is definately gone.

Subject:RE: AP7 DLS Synth hangs at startup on W7X64

Reply by: april.exe

Date:10/13/2012 6:44:11 AM

Fix- Compared the DLS Synth load time using various Win 7x64 power profiles- With Balanced or Power Saver the DLS Synth can take up to 3 seconds to load.
Set to High Performance or Audio Processing (http://support.presonus.com/entries/203607-studio-one-optimizing-windows-vista-7-power-settings-for-studio-one) the DLS loads in about 1/2 second +/-.

It seems like an obvious fix aside from the rest of the program loading no faster or slower with the different settings.

*Dells power management utility has an audio specific power setting as well