Hi all, my very first post as a Cubase convert.
There are 2 modifications i’ve done over the years which have shown to be rather successful. However, 1 is a Registry Hack and the other is only for AMD Graphic Cards.
Please be very careful when working inside the Registry, as with any Registry Hack, there is always the chance that something goes wrong and renders the system inoperable - meaning to say the system may not even boot; so please, please, please be extra careful.
Please DO NOT ATTEMPT if unsure.
************* WARNING REGISTRY HACK **************
Before doing the Registry Hack, ensure that at BIOS, any on-board sound card is disabled.
- Open the Registry using the Windows RUN command > regedit
- look for the lines (one at a time)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HDAudAddService - set Start to 4
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HDAudBus - set Start to 4
- Their current default value is 3. [For info only]
- Close the Registry Editor
- Restart the system
************* WARNING REGISTRY HACK **************
On the next restart, check in the Control Panel > Device Manager under System Devices, there should be a yellow mark on the High Definition Audio Controller. [All is well]
What this does is that it forces Windows to disable any rouge audio devices which may persistently run especially HDMI Audio Drivers. As we are using ASIO, it may seem unnecessary however, there are several benefits especially to latency and system load issues.
The 2nd modification is to do with AMD Graphic’s card overdrive. Within the:
Catalyst Control Centre > Performance > AMD Overdrive
- Set the Clock Rate to the lowest setting.
- Click on Apply and Restart the system.
What this does is, it will prevent any so called “performance boost” when the GPU is under load. As with most DAWs, there isnt a need for this boost as it is only useful for games. (I discovered this after working on Cubase for several hours and there was a sluggish response on the Control Room Loudness Meters. There is also a discovery that on the launch of Cubase, my clock speed jumped to 800Mhz for a brief moment and then returned back to 500Mhz. After lowering the above clock rate setting, i havent had that problem since.)
Hope this helps and please again be very careful when editing the registry. Cheers!!!