Yes it is pretty consistent. The 11 seconds is after cold start-up. The only thing that significantly slows down the plugin scan is whenever I have recently updated Waves plugs. Then it probably adds about 4 or 5 extra seconds of that spinning W. For info I have a smidge over 1,000 plugs to scan as well.antic604 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:21 amBut is it consistent?
On my laptop - that I power off completely for the night - plugins scan (it says 548, although this includes various formats & bit depths) lasts 15-20s normally, but almost 2 minutes when I launch it after cold boot.
I really wish Presonus added background plugin scanning like Bitwig does, for example (Ableton seems to have added it also, but it still scans something at the start).
If I have already opened and closed Studio One. Restarting the program only takes about 7-8 seconds. I am not 100% sure where the incredible speed difference comes from compared to my old PC? I suspect it is the nvme program drive working like a beast, but here are the main differences between my new rig vs old rig:
Nvme M.2 program drive VS old rickety sata ssd (and a fairly slow one)
16 cores VS 4 cores
32gig of RAM VS 8gig of RAM
Windows 10 from the get-go VS Windows 7 updated to 10
I'm not sure if it is just one of, or a combination of the above factors, but yes it has brought Studio One start-up time down from multiple minutes to a few seconds.