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Stuttering during audio playback in Sonar

Playback of a midi file in sonar 6 Power studio via my laptop's own music card is fine ( XP , 1000 MHz, mem 384 MB, harddisk 30G).

But playing back the same midi file after inserting a software synth (Cakewalk TTS-1) and audio via Cakewalk SPS-66 leads to stuttering.
I removed possibly disturbing internet connections, virus scanner screensaver etc and tried different Audio options and Global options in Sonar but the stuttering did not disappear completely.
Could you advise me a correct adjustment of midi and audio options in Sonar ?

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The stuttering is caused by excessive CPU usage, in other words: you have too little CPU power to play the file with the inserted synth smoothly. You could try inserting a different synth or play with the rendering-options of the synth (like disabling aliasing, etc.) or increase the audio buffer size (under audio options ?), but the only longterm solution is upgrading to a much faster computer.

Even when you find some tweak which lets you play the file (just) smoothly, adding another effect or synth is likely to cause it to stutter again, since your computer doesn't meet the official (!) minimal requirements for running Cakewalk Sonar 6, which is at least a Pentium 4 1.3GHz computer (and you have a 1.0GHz computer).

I would recommend upgrading your computer to something which at least meets the "recommend requirements" of Cakewalk Sonar 6, which is a Pentium 4 2.8GHz or newer (like any Intel Core 2 system), when you're serious about composing music.

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