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Desktop Rendering Update (WebGL)

anonymous user · started 2019-05-28 08:05 · updated 2019-08-12 17:23

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We are happy to present you an update to the desktop which should speed up things in general. The rendering is now happening on your GPU, which should unburden load from your CPU. This does not make the audio-rendering faster per se, but your CPU gets some extra time to work on it. We also tested this new rendering engine on two different Chromebooks, looking at overall better performance.

Cables

Since the GPU can do some extra work now, we have implemented coloured cables and textures for better organisation of your signal flow. You can choose from three different colouring strategies or change the colour of a single cable by using the context-menu. For very slow GPUs you can switch off high-quality rendering. Check out the Preferences to explore all new options (⇧P, Desktop).

Other Goodies

  • Waveshaper now displays the input on a meter for more control on the transfer-curve coverage
  • You can toggle the FPS in the Preferences (⇧P) to transfer more cpu-power to the audio-rendering or go up to 60fps for very fast machines

We appreciate any feedback!

If you encounter any issues, please check out https://www.audiotool.com/board/newbie/webgl_pitfalls_and_how

Yours audiotool basement ♥︎

Comments (52)

2019-05-28 08:16 · 2019-05-28

Framerate took a bit hit for me on Win 10 (without booster).
Gets worse if i zoom out and more devices come into view. Tried low-quality cables, no luck.
Let me know if you need any more info

Martin Below · reply
2019-05-28 08:29 · 2019-05-28

Have you tried setting framerate to "best" in preferences/userinterface?

anonymous user
2019-05-28 08:33 · 2019-05-28
add to sticky
Known As I · reply
2019-05-28 08:59 · 2019-05-28

Maybe hardware acceleration is turned off?

2019-05-28 10:19 · 2019-05-28

Ooh, sounds cool.

2019-05-28 10:54 · 2019-05-28

chrome://gpu/ i did not know this trick :)

2019-05-28 11:54 · 2019-05-28

That's alot in one update, holy crap! I can't wait to get back on and see it all

2019-05-28 12:21 · 2019-05-28

more on improving and cosmetics

2019-05-28 13:55 · 2019-05-28

improving performance that is, ig i dont disagree i mean its the little things ya no

2019-05-28 16:03 · 2019-05-28

I didnt even notice there was an update till i got on here
i need to start wearing my glasses

Snad Breugen · reply
2019-05-28 17:06 · 2019-05-28

I didn’t even notice that I excist till I looked in the mirror and saw that guy behind my glasses

anonymous user · reply
2019-05-28 17:15 · 2019-05-28

i didn't even notice that i was a serial killer until i looked in the mirror.

i need to start wearing my glasses.

Snad Breugen · reply
2019-05-28 17:19 · 2019-05-28

I didn’t even notice that I was a FBI agent till I saw that little guy without glasses standing in front of a mirror

anonymous user · reply
2019-05-28 17:40 · 2019-05-28

i didnt even noticed that i killed a fbi agent until i saw a corpse staring at that guy staring at a mirror.

Snad Breugen · reply
2019-05-28 18:58 · 2019-05-28

I didn't even notice that I was a mirror till I saw that little guy without glasses in front of me playing a crime scene with some legos

vessel · reply
2019-05-28 19:47 · 2019-05-28

i've been getting the same problem :/

Apollo · reply
2019-05-28 21:09 · 2019-05-28

I didnt even notice this would become a phenomenal meme till André replied
i need to start wearing my glasses

sila · reply
2019-05-28 21:16 · 2019-05-28

I didn't even notice I didn't have my glasses on till I tried to read this comment. I have to start using my brain.

JuniperOlive · reply
2019-05-28 21:30 · 2019-05-28

jesus fucking christ i was talking about the app XD

JuniperOlive · reply
2019-05-28 21:31 · 2019-05-28

i logged into the app first

JuniperOlive · reply
2019-05-28 21:42 · 2019-05-28

basically, i logged into the app first to work, didnt notice the update, went onto the board, got the news

2019-05-29 01:47 · 2019-05-29

one thing that i've noticed is that when i zoom out the performance gets much worse than before but when I zoom in to where no devices are visible it's better than I 've ever seen like, it's actually shocking.

anonymous user · reply
2019-05-29 01:48 · 2019-05-29

oh no!

etterath · reply
2019-05-29 01:49 · 2019-05-29

yeah i've been getting that too
zoom in on SPACE and look at the wavetable
the graphics look crazy

anonymous user
2019-05-29 13:35 · 2019-05-29

Performance suck ..
10 FPS for me ...

anonymous user · reply
2019-05-29 18:20 · 2019-05-29

Hardware accelerated is On .. but i don'"t know why my overall performances are really bad ..

anonymous user
2019-05-29 18:29 · 2019-05-29

its too laggy >:(

Known As I · reply
2019-05-30 01:07 · 2019-05-30

sigh ... need input

anonymous user · reply
2019-05-30 13:18 · 2019-05-30

When i enter the app, its too laggy. maybe you need to revert it, or maybe you need to make it almost lagfree idk

virux · reply
2019-05-30 13:50 · 2019-05-30

you say this as if they aren't trying

virux · reply
2019-05-30 13:51 · 2019-05-30

literally almost every update to the site has been to attempt to fix lag.

aeiter · reply
2019-05-30 18:24 · 2019-05-30

Same problem here, drastic frame-rate drops with what seems like "input lag" (I drag and move the timeline then it responds approximately half a second later.
windows 10 pro
version 10.0.17134 build 17134
chrome
Version 74.0.3729.169 (Official Build) (64-bit)

2019-05-31 21:39 · 2019-05-31

Absolutelly amazing performance. Never experienced so smooth APP experience from the get go.
Thank you.

Kepz · reply
2019-06-01 03:01 · 2019-06-01

updating drivers seems to have helped, to anyone reading this :)

anonymous user · reply
2019-06-01 22:08 · 2019-06-01

the only thing i can tell you is that i have windows 7

virux · reply
2019-06-02 00:47 · 2019-06-02

well there's your problem

virux · reply
2019-06-02 00:47 · 2019-06-02

not much anybody can do to fix that

2019-06-02 02:40 · 2019-06-02

i didnt notice anything like this becoming a big meme until i stumbled upon this comment that everyone had replied to about killing a FBI agent wearing glasses and looking in a mirror, seeing themselves wearing glasses

Vulkron · reply
2019-06-02 02:46 · 2019-06-02

I didn't even notice this board existed.
i need to start wearing my glasses

2019-06-02 04:35 · 2019-06-02

i didnt even notice that you didnt notice this board existed. i definitely need my glasses.

BRAD SOUL · reply
2019-06-02 15:55 · 2019-06-02

I used to think it was the website too, but its most likely your PC.

2019-06-03 22:04 · 2019-06-03

i love how people arent reading the whole article so andre has to spam the board that deals with the update issues in the comment section here

2019-06-08 18:09 · 2019-06-08

So I can use my RTX 280 now. Thanks

Infyuthsion · reply
2019-06-09 01:10 · 2019-06-09

Windows 10, Chrome, Running Ryzen 7. No problems. It makes a hugely noticable difference to me. It feels like upgrading from 10 FPS to 60

(Lurk)oden · reply
2019-06-18 01:32 · 2019-06-18

It did not occur to my person, the fact of @juniperolive depending on dual-glassed spectacles until viewing their comment stating they happened to not have been aware of an update to the Audiotool application.
It is necessary that I acquire the spectacles of improved eye-sight.

(Lurk)oden · reply
2019-06-26 03:13 · 2019-06-26

Happens every time.

2019-07-02 17:08 · 2019-07-02

i got just 3 items in disabled, how change that? i can?

Out-of-process Rasterization: Disabled

Skia Renderer: Disabled

Surface Control: Disabled

please

anonymous user
2019-07-30 10:51 · 2019-07-30
remove from sticky