Presonus support and even experienced users have been duped by marketing into believing the hype but the extensive real world testing I've done has proven that this feature would need to be significantly more efficient to make it worth turning on in most cases. Switching it on appears to make CPU performance dramatically improve but all benefit is lost when you record enable tracks which use CPU hungry plugins or virtual instruments as it then causes dropouts.Īfter extensive testing on numerous machines from low power laptops to powerful DAW optimised PCs I have found that it is very often best to leave this feature entirely switched off.Īt it's best Dropout protection offers a marginal improvement on some systems but beware I have never found this to be the case as it always makes real world performance on my projects worse.
Dropout protection is a fantastic concept but unfortunately it doesn't work well under load which is when it would be most useful.Īn improvement to the audio engine to either run VST instruments and plugins more efficiently OR spread the CPU load better across cores would make this feature a lot more useful.ĭropout protection is hype and most users have bought into this however it doesn't actually deliver any real world benefits. I therefore never turn this feature on as it causes more problems than it solves.
a set of drum mics) or VST instruments often causes dropouts to occur as the CPU spikes on one of the cores. With dropout protection on, selecting record enable on Multiple tracks (e.g. I've tested the S1 dropout protection feature extensively on 4 different PCs using the Quantum, StudioLive 32 Series III, Propellerhead Balance audio interfaces as well as on-board audio on a couple of laptops (all WIndows 10). Even on smaller projects Kontakt and other CPU hungry VST instruments can be a big problem and these normally run better with Dropout protection off. Turning on dropout protection causes dropout issues on large projects that use CPU intensive VST plugins.
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