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[Ross Davies]

@Ross Davies Is Two Notes aware that some of the Genome models are glitchy / buggy at 192 kHz ?

It's fine at 96 kHz.

But perhaps 192 kHz isn't officially supported?

And yes, in before the trolls: it is indeed kinda funny and ridiculous that that I like to roll at 192 kHz just because I can.

Thanks for reaching out — it is not something we have had reported but it would be great to have a few more details from you that I can pass back to the team if possible:

1. What are your system specs and the interface you are using
2. Are you experiencing this in the standalone application or the plugin variant — if the latter, what is going on in your project track quantity wise
3. What do you have the oversampling setting set to?
4. By Glitchy and Buggy, can you provide some more details - is this audio wise, GUI wise or both?

Thanks so much!

 

[jellodog]

Thanks for reaching out — it is not something we have had reported but it would be great to have a few more details from you that I can pass back to the team if possible:

1. What are your system specs and the interface you are using
2. Are you experiencing this in the standalone application or the plugin variant — if the latter, what is going on in your project track quantity wise
3. What do you have the oversampling setting set to?
4. By Glitchy and Buggy, can you provide some more details - is this audio wise, GUI wise or both?

Thanks so much!

1. What are your system specs and the interface you are using

M4 MacBook Air, 24 GB RAM. macOS Tahoe 26.1.
RME Fireface UCX II.

2. Are you experiencing this in the standalone application or the plugin variant — if the latter, what is going on in your project track quantity wise

No tracking. I would never track at that sample rate! Just for live playing pleasure in Mainstage as a plugin.

Using the Molly amp in Genome and nothing else. I have my own IRs and effects in Mainstage after Molly / Genome.

Space Designer for Cab IR. Valhalla Delay and / or Future Verb for effects. Again, I'm not tracking there's no other tracks running. This is for live playing.

I should add that other plugins used for amp model sounds with the same setup don't exhibit this problem. e.g. NDSP / Bogren / Mercuriall amps.

3. What do you have the oversampling setting set to?

High+

4. By Glitchy and Buggy, can you provide some more details - is this audio wise, GUI wise or both?

So there is a lot of very loud hiss / whitenoise at 192 kHz that isn't there at 96 kHz. Also, when closing the Genome window to return to the Mainstage channel strip there was an extremely loud distorted error noise for a split second; I suspect that Mainstage killed it and also the protection circuit in my Neumann monitors.

 

[Ross Davies]

1. What are your system specs and the interface you are using

M4 MacBook Air, 24 GB RAM. macOS Tahoe 26.1.
RME Fireface UCX II.

2. Are you experiencing this in the standalone application or the plugin variant — if the latter, what is going on in your project track quantity wise

No tracking. I would never track at that sample rate! Just for live playing pleasure in Mainstage as a plugin.

Using the Molly amp in Genome and nothing else. I have my own IRs and effects in Mainstage after Molly / Genome.

Space Designer for Cab IR. Valhalla Delay and / or Future Verb for effects. Again, I'm not tracking there's no other tracks running. This is for live playing.

I should add that other plugins used for amp model sounds with the same setup don't exhibit this problem. e.g. NDSP / Bogren / Mercuriall amps.

3. What do you have the oversampling setting set to?

High+

4. By Glitchy and Buggy, can you provide some more details - is this audio wise, GUI wise or both?

So there is a lot of very loud hiss / whitenoise at 192 kHz that isn't there at 96 kHz. Also, when closing the Genome window to return to the Mainstage channel strip there was an extremely loud distorted error noise for a split second; I suspect that Mainstage killed it and also the protection circuit in my Neumann monitors.

Thanks for that — I have sent this to our dev team now and I will get back to you ASAP!

 

[Ross Davies]

1. What are your system specs and the interface you are using

M4 MacBook Air, 24 GB RAM. macOS Tahoe 26.1.
RME Fireface UCX II.

2. Are you experiencing this in the standalone application or the plugin variant — if the latter, what is going on in your project track quantity wise

No tracking. I would never track at that sample rate! Just for live playing pleasure in Mainstage as a plugin.

Using the Molly amp in Genome and nothing else. I have my own IRs and effects in Mainstage after Molly / Genome.

Space Designer for Cab IR. Valhalla Delay and / or Future Verb for effects. Again, I'm not tracking there's no other tracks running. This is for live playing.

I should add that other plugins used for amp model sounds with the same setup don't exhibit this problem. e.g. NDSP / Bogren / Mercuriall amps.

3. What do you have the oversampling setting set to?

High+

4. By Glitchy and Buggy, can you provide some more details - is this audio wise, GUI wise or both?

So there is a lot of very loud hiss / whitenoise at 192 kHz that isn't there at 96 kHz. Also, when closing the Genome window to return to the Mainstage channel strip there was an extremely loud distorted error noise for a split second; I suspect that Mainstage killed it and also the protection circuit in my Neumann monitors.

Thanks for bearing with me while we looked into this! Our team have run a number of tests and sent me some feedback.

GENOME itself can run at 192kHz — everything you tested appears to be working as expected on our end, with no hiss or unusual behaviour, even on effects that are typically the most sensitive (i.e. Reverb + pitch-shifting). The crackles and dropouts you’re hearing only showed up on an older computer when running heavier presets.

It is important to note that some plugins (and I wont name any specific names/brands) run at lower sample rates (48kHz) internally irrespective of the DAW's sample rate. I feel it is also worth noting that some brand's/plugins offer a comparatively limited architecture when compared to GENOME and as such CPU loads can be a little less.

Since your specific issue appeared even at high sample rates with relatively simple presets, the only thing we can surmise is that the computer is just having a bit of trouble keeping up rather than anything being wrong with the software itself.

I hope this helps a little and if you have any other questions, please let me know!

 

[jellodog]

The crackles and dropouts you’re hearing only showed up on an older computer when running heavier presets.

I should have been more clear that I did not hear crackles or dropouts. Just a significantly raised noise floor (lot of white noise) and a single deafening noise when closing the plugin window in Mainstage.

the only thing we can surmise is that the computer is just having a bit of trouble keeping up rather than anything being wrong with the software itself.

On an 2025 M4 that's only processing audio?

I also have an MacBook Pro M3 Max, I suppose I could see if that behaves any differently - that machine is maxed out; literally.

But thanks for trying to reproduce anyway.

 

[ericbr1]

I should have been more clear that I did not hear crackles or dropouts. Just a significantly raised noise floor (lot of white noise) and a single deafening noise when closing the plugin window in Mainstage.



On an 2005 M4 that's only processing audio?

I also have an MacBook Pro M3 Max, I suppose I could see if that behaves any differently - that machine is maxed out; literally.

But thanks for trying to reproduce anyway.

Not to butt in, but I'm pretty positive you don't mean 2005 M4.

 

[jellodog]

Not to butt in, but I'm pretty positive you don't mean 2005 M4.

Ooops. yeah! You should totally butt in.

Corrected. haha

 

[Ross Davies]

I should have been more clear that I did not hear crackles or dropouts. Just a significantly raised noise floor (lot of white noise) and a single deafening noise when closing the plugin window in Mainstage.



On an 2025 M4 that's only processing audio?

I also have an MacBook Pro M3 Max, I suppose I could see if that behaves any differently - that machine is maxed out; literally.

But thanks for trying to reproduce anyway.

Thanks for getting back to me. Yes indeed - we were testing for both noise and dropouts at those settings and we only encountered dropouts when using an older, lower-spec'd computer. I think it would be great if you could text on your M3 machine as well — at least that would help us gauge whether the issue is isolated to one machine. If possible, if you have another DAW you could test this in as well, that would be superb!

 

[Ross Davies]

Hey Guys,

Just thought I'd let you know, GENOME v1.13 is here — and we’re ending 2025 with PURE tone royalty.

Four brand-new Components, all inspired by legendary circuits that shaped rock, blues, and everything in between… and they’re FREE for all GENOME users.

Meet the v1.13 lineup:

Albion ’59 — inspired by the Marshall® Super Lead 1959
Tiny Pebble — inspired by the EHX® Small Stone
Texas Ranger — inspired by the Rangemaster Treble Booster
Bluesman — inspired by the BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver

From Plexi roar to analog swirl, British bite, and expressive blues drive — these are the foundation tones every guitarist needs.

Discover the v1.13 Update: https://www.two-notes.com/en/news/introducing-genome-v1-13-the-backline-essentials-drop/

Update GENOME now: https://www.two-notes.com/en/downloads/
https://youtu.be/MachupnTKn0

 

[dbagchee]

Blues Driver! Nice!

 

[2dor]

Hey Guys,

Just thought I'd let you know, GENOME v1.13 is here — and we’re ending 2025 with PURE tone royalty.

Four brand-new Components, all inspired by legendary circuits that shaped rock, blues, and everything in between… and they’re FREE for all GENOME users.

Meet the v1.13 lineup:

Albion ’59 — inspired by the Marshall® Super Lead 1959
Tiny Pebble — inspired by the EHX® Small Stone
Texas Ranger — inspired by the Rangemaster Treble Booster
Bluesman — inspired by the BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver

From Plexi roar to analog swirl, British bite, and expressive blues drive — these are the foundation tones every guitarist needs.

Discover the v1.13 Update: https://www.two-notes.com/en/news/introducing-genome-v1-13-the-backline-essentials-drop/

Update GENOME now: https://www.two-notes.com/en/downloads/
https://youtu.be/MachupnTKn0

TSM-AI Marshall - count me in

 

[2dor]

@Ross Davies guys that Albion '59 kicks major a$$ - sounds & feels the part!

Congratulations on the release & double thumbs up for sliding it in as a free component!

 

[Ipkz]

Now THAT's what I'm talking about! Blues Driver and the 59
Thank you!

 

[Ross Davies]

Glad you're diggin' the update guys! The Texas Ranger is killer in tandem with Albion '59 by the way!

 

[GTR37]

How many TSI amps are there now ?

 

[2dor]

How many TSI amps are there now ?

Not enough

 

[2dor]

The Albion '59 seems to be the the first TSM-AI amp (that I know off) which doesn't have a defeatable poweramp; guess it's a fully parametric AI model or does it have a component-modelling piece to it as well?

 

[BenIfin]

Hey Guys,

Just thought I'd let you know, GENOME v1.13 is here — and we’re ending 2025 with PURE tone royalty.

Four brand-new Components, all inspired by legendary circuits that shaped rock, blues, and everything in between… and they’re FREE for all GENOME users.

Meet the v1.13 lineup:

Albion ’59 — inspired by the Marshall® Super Lead 1959
Tiny Pebble — inspired by the EHX® Small Stone
Texas Ranger — inspired by the Rangemaster Treble Booster
Bluesman — inspired by the BOSS® BD-2 Blues Driver

From Plexi roar to analog swirl, British bite, and expressive blues drive — these are the foundation tones every guitarist needs.

Discover the v1.13 Update: https://www.two-notes.com/en/news/introducing-genome-v1-13-the-backline-essentials-drop/

Update GENOME now: https://www.two-notes.com/en/downloads/
https://youtu.be/MachupnTKn0

Hey Ross !

Fantastic upgrade :)

2 quick questions:0

1 - would you recommend a clean uninstall of the old version and a fresh install of 1.13 ?

2 - any "under the hood" improvements in 1.13 to further reduce overall CPU load ?

Huge thanks :)
Ben

 

[Ross Davies]

How many TSI amps are there now ?

Good question! There are 4 in the standard version of GENOME and 14 optional purchase Amps (Also available in GENOME Suite as standard). With that said, there is a lot more on the way so stay tuned for updates in 2026!

 

[Ross Davies]

The Albion '59 seems to be the the first TSM-AI amp (that I know off) which doesn't have a defeatable poweramp; guess it's a fully parametric AI model or does it have a component-modelling piece to it as well?

Well, we do still use some modelled components but in this instance, the poweramp in AI modelled as well!