Riffworld the End? (Page 3 of 7)

Rotund I am running RW on a server style pc with 24 gigs of ram and 16 cores(8 real/8virtual). My internet is cable although I also host an atenae on my roof for clear wire and I can also telnet into many of the company servers I monitor for a living. If RW, Riffworld, Rifflink and this forum have anyone logging onto them that should have no connection problems then it is me. Ironically I have all the same problems as anyone else here. I have a little hope for riffworld left but even this is slowly fading. And this makes me very sad because of all the music I have taken part in with BMA, Yahsteck1, Stymie, klascojoe, Troy2006, Rotund, Nephew13, Cwight, pooterpatty, Matchdrive, Macdaddy, alexanderK, helipeli, Tryk and a hundred other REAL musicians.. What other place on the earth could a mediocre musician like me play with the pure talent of these amazing "Big Dogs"? For this I will always be gratefull to michelle and Doug. But gratitude can only go so far. It is time for sonoma to take action instead of making more promises and propganda. Roll everything back and take it one tiny step at a time. Setup a server for paying customers and a seperate one for T4 freebee users.. OH here I go again!!!
OK nevermind. My point was there is no bottlenecks on my PC but I experience the same problems as the Junkies here. Then the problem must be on there end. I remember reading that the rifflink server was a Unix, 4 core, 8 gig system correct me if I am wrong. I wonder what the rest of the servers specs are...hmm... Upgrade might help. Hell this new Virtualization technology would allow sonoma to buy 2 powerhouse servers each running anywhere between 4 to 256 gb of ram use one as a primary and one as a back-up and do every job the other servers are doing all on one system while the other just sits recievng backup updates unless the primary goes down then it takes over. Yes it costs a littleto get setup but this setup takes less space(a normal closet) and they would save big money on electricity over a short period. Infact two servers (5500 Xeon) with 24 gigs each would cost about $2500-$3500 each.

Hi Vad1er,

Most of our users are commenting on a marked increase in speed and stability, have you noticed any improvement? If you have not, please let me know. From what we know, the improvements we have already made have fixed some issues or at the very least, improved things, and the upcoming updates should really optimize everything.

Indeed, log in time is faster and I have not experienced being kicked off but as I type this, a project I am working on (after I waited for all of the riffs to load) is hung and Riffworks has crashed. Now when it crashes, I have to go through Task Manager to close it and start everything over. NOT where you want to be when you are in the middle of an inspiring moment. This is one simple case in point. Over the weekend I spent HOURS editing delay effects and making careful "info layer" adjustments to volume fades for a mix. When I logged in the following day...they were all whacked out and/or lost. So that effort is gone. The info layer and delay bugs have been reported and made known numerous times (and quite a while ago). Additionally, lack of support for various VSTs such as TH1 and the overall instability of Riffworks on different platforms has also been discussed ad nauseam around here.

Look...I don't think it's from a lack of caring by SWW or a lack of good, honest effort going towards improvements. In fact, it's not my position to speculate the how or why. I'm just a frustrated customer. What's important (to me) is a steady release of improvements that show things are moving forward; not stalling as they have been. At least make the effort to release new versions or bug fixes to the software and communicate with the beta team. Hey, it's just my opinion.

One thing is certain here; SWW is VERY LUCKY to have you guys as customers. You are more loyal than I have seen any customer base be with the exception of Apple (maybe). Good for them and good for you. I still appreciate the things that DO work here and you guys know that I have respect for you That said, if we are being honest and Riffworld actually had any real competition, there would be trouble in paradise

R

As most of you know, the free update that the engineers are working on addresses many of the connection issues that disconnect you. Hang tight!

We gripe because we care, if we didn't we'd drift away. Can I become a computer too?

Sorry Daniel, but this is funny. 

I thought the tech support, admins and replies are very healthy. I'm a N00b here and I've not been trolled once by others. I think it's one of the few musical forums where it's healthy and there's always an exchange of information.

I would agree about the plays on the weekend and amount of replies to threads.. although this thread seems to be doing quite well!

Perhaps I can get the engineers (both of them), to post updates, and respond to the beta forums better. They are both very busy readying the upcoming free RiffWorks update and the third engineer is working on the new RiffWorld, but I'll see what I can do