Massive cpu spikes cause by soundid plug in

It was driving me nuts with Waveform 13 DAW. I just finished troubleshooting a little while ago. I have the perpetual licensed version & couldn't get past 30 seconds conversion without a crash. 

This may help you troubleshoot. 

TROUBLESHOOTING SOUNDID VOICEAI

STEP 1

Uninstall SOUNDID VOICEAI completely!

STEP 2

Ensure you update your operating system and video card drivers to the latest version.

STEP 3
 

Set your system virtual memory to be automanaged by Windows!

A. Select & right click "This PC" icon on your desktop.
 

B. Select "Properties" from the context menu.

C. Click "Advanced System Settings" on the right side of your screen.

D. Click into the "Advanced" tab if it's not selected by default.

E. Under the "Performance" section, click the "Settings.." button

F. Click into the "Advanced" tab there and under "Processor scheduling" section change it from "Programs" to "Background services" instead.

G. Now under the "Virtual memory" section click the "Change.." button

Check mark "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives"

Ok it and reboot computer to apply changes!

STEP 4

Disable fullscreen optimization for your digital work station (DAW)

Navigate to your DAW directory

EXAMPLE

C:\Program Files\Tracktion\Waveform 13

Look for the executable file

EXAMPLE

Waveform 13.exe

Select it and right click mouse button, select the "Compatibility" tab

Now check mark "Disable fullscreen optimizations" and OK it.

This is a Windows feature known to cause problems sometimes with games and other apps ect ..

STEP 5

Reboot system and then re-install "SOUNDID VOICEAI"

NOTE

During the troubleshooting process I re-installed it multiple times to narrow down potential issues. The last time I re-installed I avoided installing AAX but installed everything else. Not sure if this impacts anything but just mentioning it.

STEP 6

Launch your DAW & run your plugin scans if necessary so that it detects the "SOUNDID VOICEAI" VST

STEP 7

!!! IMPORTANT !!!

My computer specs are as follows:

ALIENWARE AURORA R9 NVIDIA RTX 2070 I7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz 32 GB RAM 4 GB VRAM 100 GB+ of drive space with Windows 10 Home 64 bit edition (22H2).

This system has 8 cores!

Why do I mention this ???

I discovered that when I lowered the cores assigned to the DAW I was able to avoid the crashes & "SOUNDID VOICEAI" VST worked as intended under the perpetual license.

If I leave the default 8 cores assigned to the DAW, the "SOUNDID VOICEAI" plugin crashes after attempting to process anything between 20 to 30 seconds of audio.

The conversion process reaches about 61% and then my system fans pick up and there is a sudden spike in CPU utilization leading to a plugin crash.

SOLUTION ?

The way I resolved it was by doing everything I mentioned above and changing the DAW affinity within Windows 10.

Affinity is the name Microsoft labeled the amount of cores assigned to an application.

So where do you change this ?

After you launch the DAW, you must bring up the Windows "Task Manager"

Click into the "Details" tab and find your DAW .exe listed there. ( It might be shifting positions based on system resource utilization, simply do your best to click it so it's highlighted. )

For me it was "Waveform 13.exe"

Alright once I have it selected, I right click on it and do the following ...

A. Set priority to "High"

B. Set affinity to CPU 0 through CPU 5 ( I leave my last two cores unchecked )

So CPU 6 and CPU 7 are unchecked.

NOTE

CPU 0 means the first system core! CPU count doesn't start at 1.

*** I concluded that the plugin wasn't properly programmed to handle multithreading which leads to the CPU spike and an immediate crash for anything over 30 seconds of audio.

STEP 8

Now that all of that is done with, load "SOUNDID VOICEAI" VST into your DAW and try again.

It should successfully processe your vocal stems without issue.

I only downloaded and tested this with the "Fiona" preset to narrow down the cause of the problem. If it works, you should be able to download all the presets and not have any processing issues.

Good luck!
Al

Thanks for your amazing comment. I will try it all. In my case it's not voiceAI but soundID but I am assuming just like u I guess their base processing code must be similar since they are from the same company 

It seems just changing the priority within the details tab fixed it for me! Well lets see.

is there a way, when i start the studio one to always be in higher priority?

WINDOWS OS AFFINITY & PRIORITY LEVEL ASSIGMENTS

THESE ARE THE WINDOWS BATCH CODES BUT YOU CAN SIMPLY REMOVE "@echo off" AND COPY PASTE THE COMMAND INTO CMD TO LAUNCH THE APP DIRECTLY AS REQUIRED.

THE VALUE AFTER "/affinity" ARE HEX VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMOUNT OF SYSTEM CORES YOU WISH TO ASSIGN TO APP BEFORE LAUNCHING IT. I COVERED UP TO 10 SYSTEM CORES.

YOU CAN CONFIRM THE APP LAUNCHED CORRECTLY BY CHECKING THE "Set priority" AND THE "Set Affinity" OPTION WHEN YOU RIGHT CLICK THE APPLICATIONS .exe UNDER THE "Details" TAB IN THE WINDOWS TASK MANAGER.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOU MUST ALWAYS SET THE PRIORITY AND AFFINITY MANUALLY AFTER LAUNCHING AN APP BUT USING COMMANDS BELOW WILL MAKE IT EASIER THEN HAVING TO BRING UP THE TASK MANAGER EVERYTIME. YOU CAN CREATE CUSTOM BATCH FILES OR LAUNCH DIRECTLY VIA THE WINDOWS CMD.
 

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I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE "realtime" COMMAND BELOW FOR EACH BECAUSE IT'S POINTLESS WHEN YOU WANT TO WORK WITH STANDARD SYSTEM PERMISSIONS. YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IMPORT STANDARD FILES INTO THE APP IF THEY DON'T HAVE ADMIN POWERS TOO.

EXAMPLE

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /realtime "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 1 CORE

@echo off
start /affinity 1 "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1 "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1 "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1 "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1 "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 2 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 3 "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3 "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3 "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3 "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3 "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 3 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7 "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 4 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity F "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity F "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity F "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity F "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity F "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 5 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 1F "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1F "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1F "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1F "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1F "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 6 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 3F "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3F "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3F "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3F "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3F "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 7 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 7F "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7F "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7F "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7F "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 7F "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 8 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity FF "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity FF "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity FF "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity FF "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity FF "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 9 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 1FF "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1FF "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1FF "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1FF "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 1FF "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

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LAUNCH AN APP WITH 10 CORES

@echo off
start /affinity 3FF "" /high "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3FF "" /abovenormal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3FF "" /normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3FF "" /below normal "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"

@echo off
start /affinity 3FF "" /low "%ProgramFiles%\Tracktion\Waveform 13\Waveform 13.exe"