Modartt user forum - Pianoteq5 slow startup

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (User123123123) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 21:50:45 +0000

Who said it's a serious bug?

Just asking myself why this is so. There has to be a reason. And maybe it is just something that happened by accident and can be fixed.

I have a Phenom II X6 @ 3.2GHz

Edit: actually they both need 6 seconds for a cold start. I was measuring P4 after P5 since I thought they use completely independent program code. But if I start P5 first, then the start of P4 is faster.

Sorry for the "false alarm"

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (kalessin) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:33:56 +0000

It's 6 seconds here (i5-3337U, Win8.1) as well for the standalone version, and about 3-4 seconds for the VST, leading to a total startup time of about 10 seconds for Sonar. The PTQ4 trial takes a little more than 4 seconds in the standalone version.

But... seriously? Are we talking about a difference of 2-3 seconds in initialisation time (which can also probably be influenced by a lot of different factors) as a serious 'bug'? Wow.

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (groovy) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:07:06 +0000

User123123123 wrote:

Ok just checked. P4 needs 3 seconds, P5 needs 6 seconds for a cold start.

Pianoteq 5 starts in 2.85 sec here (handstopped).

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (julien) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:01:45 +0000

What's your computer specification ?

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (User123123123) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:56:41 +0000

Ok just checked. P4 needs 3 seconds, P5 needs 6 seconds for a cold start.

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (EvilDragon) — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:43:10 +0000

vjau wrote:

I guess it's somehow phoning home for copy protection ?

Nope, Pianoteq doesn't do that.

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (delt) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:32:58 +0000

In my case the pianoteq engine (the sound) starts immediately, bit it takes a few more seconds before the UI shows up on the screen.

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (vjau) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:30:38 +0000

I guess it's somehow phoning home for copy protection ?

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (mabry) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:05:25 +0000

Versions 4 and 5 start up in exactly the same amount of time on my Windows 8 machine.

Re: Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (kalessin) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:18:08 +0000

Erm. How long does the startup take on your machine? On my machine it's a few seconds for the standalone application, maybe 3-4, though I never measured it (and I'm not at home right now). Maybe Pianoteq 4 was a little bit quicker, but I did not notice much of a difference. I'm also not sure this can be 'fixed', since the application probably has to initialise a few things before it is ready.

Pianoteq5 slow startup

null@example.com (User123123123) — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:15:43 +0000

Hi,

Pianoteq5 starts considerably slower than version 4. Can that be fixed somehow?

Cheers