[work in progress…]
1 Basic Tweaks for Audio Production
1.1 Energy Settings
Deavtivate all energy saving options. See: https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/de/articles/209571729-Windows-Optimierungs-Tipps-f%C3%BCr-die-Audioverarbeitung
1.2 Disconnect from all networks
- An active network connection is always causing things to do for the operating system.
- A lot of tasks from the Task Scheduler only start with an active network connection. I don’t need any Windows maintenance stuff while I am working. To completely stop all tasks temporary see 2.1 Task Scheduler / Aufgabenplanung.
1.3 Deactivate Network Devices in Device Manager
Operating System is still doing stuff with the Network Drivers? Let’s deactivate the network devices and let’s write a script…
1.4 Prozessorzeitplanung / Hintergrunddienste
1.5 A seperate Harddisk Volume for Audio Data & Deactivating Search Indexing
2 Tweaks for Realtime Audio Processing
2.1 Task Scheduler / Aufgabenplanung
“Hey Windows, please stop doing maintenance stuff while I am performing live on stage!”
It would be nice to stop Task Scheduler temporary. But that’s not possible. A lot of tasks only start with an active network connection. So a basic step would be to disconnect from all networks. But it should be possible to write a script which deactivates all active/ready tasks and reactivates them again.
- Windows Powershell doc for Sheduled Tasks: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/scheduledtasks/?view=win10-ps
- How to disable/enable scheduled tasks in batch by PowerShell: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/How-to-disableenable-501a2b8e
- Microsoft Docs Task Scheduler Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/desktop/TaskSchd/task-scheduler-reference
3 Analysis of Computer Performance
LatencyMon – http://www.resplendence.com/downloads
The LatencyMon software analyzes and identifies which device, driver or service is causing audio dropouts or errors.
4 Online Resources
Native Instruments – Windows Optimierungs-Tipps für die Audioverarbeitung – https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/de/articles/209571729-Windows-Optimierungs-Tipps-f%C3%BCr-die-Audioverarbeitung