Windows has been designed for a wide variety of applications. Unfortunately that means that, out-of-the-box, it works correctly for office or entertainment applications, but for DAW applications, several settings and features have to be fine-tuned.
Native users should also refer to this page for additional recommendations.
Windows 10 Fall Creator (1709) : Pyramix 11.0.6 / Ovation 7.0.6 / VCube 7.0.6 / AMR 11.0.6 required
Windows 10 Spring Creator (1803) : Pyramix 11.1.4 / Ovation 7.1.4 / VCube 7.1.4 / AMR 11.1.4 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.4 version)
Windows 10 October 2018 (1809) : Pyramix 11.1.6 / Ovation 7.1.6 / VCube 7.1.6 / AMR 11.1.6 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.6.2 version)
Windows 10 May 2019 (1903) : Pyramix 12.0.5 / Ovation 8.0.5 / VCube 8.0.5 / AMR 12.0.5 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.7 version)
Windows 10 November 2019 update (19031909) : Pyramix 12.0.5 / Ovation 8.0.5 / VCube 8.0.5 / AMR 12.0.5 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.7 version)
Windows 10 November 2019 update (1909) : Pyramix 12.0.5 25th / Ovation 89.0.5 3 / VCube 89.0.5 3 / AMR 1213.0.5 3 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.7 version)
Windows 10 November 2019 update (1909May 2020 (2004): Pyramix 25th Hotfix 3 / Ovation 9.0.3 6 / VCube 9.0.3 6 / AMR 13.0.3 6 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.7.4 version)
Windows 10 May Fall 2020 (200420H2): Compatible for Native SystemsONLY-Currently not compatible for MassCore systems.
Windows 10 Fall 2020 (20H2) : Compatible for Native SystemsONLY-Currently not compatible for MassCore systems. : Pyramix 25th Hotfix 3 / Ovation 9.0.6 / VCube 9.0.6 / AMR 13.0.6 required. (MassCore mode : RTX64 3.7.4 version)
Windows 10 May 2021 (21H1) : Currently not compatible with MassCore or Native systems.
Merging highly recommends you "defer feature updates" in Windows 10, see Updates section below.
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Windows can notify the user of some vents by playing a sound.
If your ASIO device is also used by Windows to play its sounds, it may cause audio drops as it will access the device.
In that case it is recommended to access the Sounds tab and set the Sound Scheme to No Sounds.
Spring Creator : Sound settings have moved in Windows Settings > System > Sound
System > Advanced System SettingsSystem Settings
Windows 20H2 Users :
The Control Panel > System is no longer accessible.
Please type advanced system settings in Windows search field (next to Windows Start button) to access those pages.
Advanced tab > Performance
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- (1803 and above) Display > Graphic settings : graphic performances can be configured per application.
Select "Classic App" and browse to C:/Program Files/Merging Technologies.
Add Pyramix.exe - Ovation.exe - VCube.exe depending on your configuration.
Then select the application(s) and click on Options, set the graphics preference to High Performance. - (2004 and above) Display > Graphic settings : Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling. Merging recommends to enable this feature if available on your system (depends on the graphic card capabilities).
- In Notifications & actions, you can configure which quick action tile and notification will be displayed.
Merging recommends to only have “All settings” & “Network” tiles active.
In the Notifications section, you can configure how and which application can send Notifications.
Merging recommends to disable the “Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows” and "Show me the Windows welcome experience..." for better performance. - Focus assist can be configured to remove several Windows notifications. (1803 and above)
- Multitasking : Merging recommends to set all Snap options to off, especially for computers not using dedicated graphic cards.
Switching between Virtual desktops is not recommended during real time operation.
In the Timeline section, Merging recommends you disable the "show suggestions occasionally in the timeline". (Spring Creator) - (1809) Clipboard : you can activate the Clipboard history feature (to save multiple items in Windows clipboard).
Note : This feature is only applicable to few Windows applications for the moment. - Remote desktop : since Spring Creator update, remote desktop is disabled by default.
Note : Remote desktop is not supported in MT Security panel, you cannot import keys through remote desktop.
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Since 1903, you may configure Search to search your entire PC (disabled by default). Please note that this search mode will increase the CPU consumption.
This can be set in Search > Searching Windows : Enhanced mode.
Since 2004, a new Indexer Performance - Respect device Power Mode Settings is available. Merging recommends you let this setting to Off, as this will increase CPU consumption.
Update & Security
(In Windows 10 Anniversary, Windows Defender is only accessible through Windows Control Panel > Windows Defender.)
Full Virus Scanning should not run at the same time as Merging software.
If you plan to install an Antivirus software, Windows Defender will be disabled.
You should also disable scanning of the Pyramix files (pmx, pmf, pml, pad, pmw) but also media files (wav, aif, flac, mp3,...), because each time the DAW have to access such file, your antivirus may scan it.
AVAST has already caused a lot of problems with several Merging programs, it is therefore not recommended.
See this page for help on configuring your antivirus exceptions.
Windows Defender users can download and run a script to include the required rules in Windows Defender.
MTWindowsDefenderExclusions.zip
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