Making SAM work better

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11-09-2012, 09:43 PM
surferhobbit

Making SAM work better

Hi all,

So I was messing with my SAM and Stereo Tool and wondered why my PC with it's Core i5 and 12GB of RAM is making audio sound really messy when using ST, I popped open Task Manager and had a quick look and as it turns out, SAM, by default, only sets itself to a single core (esp when being used with ST, even if it's in mulitcore mode) so...

Open SAM (with ST if you have it/use it)
Open Task Manager
Click Processes
Locate SAMBC.exe
Right click SAMBC.exe
Click "Set Affinity..."
Click the check box for "<All Processors>"
Click OK
Watch SAM work so much better!

Thanks
Rich
12-09-2012, 02:22 AM
LiquidLuck.

Thanks for letting us know! I'll try this next time I DJ! :D
16-09-2012, 05:24 PM
hamheyelliot

That's pretty nifty, it seems a lot more snappy than usual utilising both cores. Is it permanent or will I have to set it at every launch?
17-09-2012, 12:39 AM
peteyt

I know SAM Broadcaster had in old versions a problem with multi cores that caused it to freeze I wonder if this was their idea of a work around.
23-09-2012, 05:53 PM
surferhobbit

Quote:

Originally Posted by hamheyelliot

That's pretty nifty, it seems a lot more snappy than usual utilising both cores. Is it permanent or will I have to set it at every launch?

For now you have to set it every time you launch SAM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peteyt

I know SAM Broadcaster had in old versions a problem with multi cores that caused it to freeze I wonder if this was their idea of a work around.

I only find it freezes when exiting sometimes, no other time, as long as "Save All Configuration" is done before exit, there's no issue