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Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:15 pm

I'm having an issue with TDR Nova's spectrum analyzer, it reacts way too slow, about 0.5 seconds behind. So if I run a standard 4/4 kick + hihat beat, I see the kick sound when I hear the hihat and vice versa. This is very annoying, especially when using the sidechain function.

I already tried changing the graphics setting beween software and OpenGL but that doesn't change anything.

Is there any way to fix this? I'm running Windows 10 x64 with onboard graphics (Intel 2500). I don't have this issue with any other spectrum analyzer, only with TDR Nova.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:09 am

Am I really the only one having this issue?

FabienTDR · Post by **FabienTDR** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:09 pm

The lag is primarily defined by the audio buffer size and in extreme cases by your system's GFX performance, but I haven't observed any obvious lag or issues with it yet. Nova is generally pretty demanding, though, I imagine that a system with basic on board GFX could suffer.

Do you get this behaviour in all plugin hosts? Is this the only plugin open at that time or does it begin after having opened a number of instances?

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:31 am

Yes I get this behaviour in all hosts, even when it's the only open plugin. Like I said, all other spectrum analyzers (like Fabfilter Pro Q2, Voxengo SPAN, or even DAW built-in analyzers) have no lag.
It doesn't look like the graphics suffer, it's more like there's a 500 millisecond delay between the sound and the graphics. It is not stuttering at all.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:13 am

I confirmed this issue after you posted (serious lag in the analyzer), forgot to report here. However, I checked it again now in an empty project, and the issue is not there- there's something affecting the analyzer update speed, I'll try to do some more testing this evening.

mindbeet · Post by **mindbeet** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:54 am

Same issue here on a Macbook Pro, Reaper, Live, Renoise etc. Latest Sierra OS.

SIR Audio Tools SpectrumAnalyzer and Izotope Insight inserted after on the same channel is bang on while TDRNova GE is lagging approximately 0.5s

FabienTDR · Post by **FabienTDR** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 6:50 pm

Many thanks for the details guys, we're currently taking a closer look at the problem.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:44 pm

Good to know I'm not the only one having this issue

MPCGuy · Post by **MPCGuy** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:46 pm

I figured I would chime in. I am having the same delay issue and am running Nova (free version) on FL Studio 12 and MPC Software 2.0 on two Windows 10 Pro 64bit computers.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:19 pm

Got myself an nVidia GeForce GT 710 and the lag is still the same. Any news on this issue?

FabienTDR · Post by **FabienTDR** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 5:27 pm

We're currently reworking UI code for SlickEQ M and Nova. It could then well solve the issue, but I cannot say much yet without really testing first.

omiroad · Post by **omiroad** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:21 am

Can we expect to see the gui update at a higher refresh rate as well due to the GUI rework? It looks quite good for Neutron 2's dynamic EQ bands and analyzer.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 11:12 am

It's been over a year since I created this thread, issue still remains...

FabienTDR · Post by **FabienTDR** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 11:48 am

Oh yes, we substantially improved (and probably solved) our UI performance issue already. But have a few more things on our todo that we want to complete first (different UI scales, a new Smart Action interface and tons of bugs fixes over all products). SlickEQ M first, later the Nova family. In all cases, we have major updates in the works.

Everglide · Post by **Everglide** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 5:57 am

Fancy teasing us with a screen shot?

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