Settings and performance monitoring
The Settings and Performance Monitoring sections within the Settings view displays important information about software and system performance.
Settings (for advanced users)
- Max Engine RAM Allocation. Use this menu to increase the amount of RAM that the standalone player or plug-in can utilize. Increasing Max Engine RAM Allocation can help with overall performance.
- Inst. Disk Pre-Caching. Increase the value in this menu to load more of the beginning of played notes into RAM. This gives your hard drive more time to stream the rest of the note. Increasing the Inst. Disk Pre-Caching, although resulting in slower initial load times, will result in fewer dropouts.
Performance monitoring
- RAM DIRECT • RAM LOOP • RAM STRM • RAM STRMX • RAM TOTAL. These values indicate the overall RAM usage of the ARIA Engine.
- Disk • Disk Loss. Displays information about the overall disk efficiency of the ARIA Engine.
- Note Ons • Used Layers • Used Filters • Used EGs • Used LFOs. These values indicate the number of samples currently sounding, corresponding to the MIDI events occurring in real-time. Much of this information is specific to the programming of each individual instrument patch, represented here as a sum total for all patches and notes currently being played.
Current host rendering settings
- SampleRate. Displays the sample rateA measurement of how many individual audio samples occur per second. In general, the higher the sample rate, the better the sound quality. Common computer sample rates are 44,100 Hz (44.1 kHz) and 48,000 Hz (48 kHz). currently in use. When using the standalone player, set the sample rate in Preferences. When using the ARIA Player as a plug-in, sample rate is set by your DAW or hostAudio or notation software that makes use of virtual instrument plug-ins. When the ARIA Player is used as a plug-in, your audio or notation software hosts it. program.
Available sample rate choices are determined by the sound card or audio interface in use.
- BSize(cur) • BSize(max). Displays the current bufferA temporary storage location for audio information. In general, larger buffer sizes create a smoother sound due to using more memory. This unavoidably increases latency as well. size. Like the sample rate, the buffer size is set either in Preferences or in the host program.