jlagana2002
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Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
Hi, I have many midi instruments open in my project, and they all seem to compete and I see all the levels moving around when I play other instrument tracks with my midi keyboard controller. This freezes my project at times and I have to delete ones not in use. Just muting them is not an option either. For me, I need to leave these tracks assigned as not to lose the midi/ instrument connection sound assignment. This way I can edit the midi up to the end. Since I have only 1 midi keyboard controller, I was wondering, is there a better way to keep them working and assigned to an instrument? Would just clicking Freeze Track stop the midi instruments from competing with one another (and stop cpu consumption), so I can use them on the fly? Would there be an advantage to an immediate bouncing of the midi track ? Or leave them as midi until the end of the project ? Then bounce at the end ? Thanks,
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:10:12
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I sometimes freeze tracks if i know i can leave them alone for a while - this helps alot.
However i personally don't 'immediately bounce' as that often as this really limits you if you change your mind on a certain sound.
(Sometimes, if the sound isn't going to be 'apparent' in the mix, i might immediately bounce it...but then i'm always changing my mind)
What you can do is make 2 copies of a piece of audio - keep one, bounce it down immediately once you're happy with it like you said - but archive the other one in its original state, and place it in a track folder. This way if you want to change the sound, you can access it again easily.
Maybe this isn't good practise - i'm sure someone will quickly tell me if i'm wrong!
Hope this helps.
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:15:25
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that's what Freezing is for. you can always unfreeze if you need to adjust the MIDI again after working with the project for a while.
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:17:07
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Thanks Daylaa, This definitely helps. So if i freeze a midi track, its not going to use up my cpu even though I have many midi instruments assigned to those frozen tracks. It should work this way right.
I am glad to hear that's what you do. I was thinking that was the best way. Then I hear people saying about the immediate bounce thing, but I am like you, I change my mind alot when it comes to recording.
Thanks,
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jlagana2002
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:19:22
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Beagle
that's what Freezing is for. you can always unfreeze if you need to adjust the MIDI again after working with the project for a while.
Beagle, there are 2 types of freezing. I am just talking about clicking the FREEZE TRACK icon on the actual track in Home Studio. Are you talking about the freezing that bounces midi to audio while recording in Sonar ?
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:23:08
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well, there's not really 2 types of freezing, there's "Freezing" and then there's "Bounce to Tracks" - those are similar but separate functions with separate names.
I will use Bounce to Tracks but only when I am certain that I'm completely finished with editing the MIDI for that track. otherwise I use the freeze function for reducing CPU overhead.
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:24:50
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Beagle
that's what Freezing is for. you can always unfreeze if you need to adjust the MIDI again after working with the project for a while.
Yeah Beagle is talking about the Freeze track icon - just remember to un freeze a track when you want to edit it or chop it around. I am always forgetting to thaw out the track - any changes i make are then lost when it's back to being MIDI.
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:28:32
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Beagle
well, there's not really 2 types of freezing, there's "Freezing" and then there's "Bounce to Tracks" - those are similar but separate functions with separate names.
I will use Bounce to Tracks but only when I am certain that I'm completely finished with editing the MIDI for that track. otherwise I use the freeze function for reducing CPU overhead.
Thanks Daylaa & Beagle ! And just changing the instrument in my Synth Rack is all I need to do to acheive different sounds, once my Midi is mapped right ?
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:30:45
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I'll let Beagle take this one...
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Re:Best way to conserve CPU usage with midi instruments.
2010/08/13 11:37:56
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jlagana2002
Beagle
well, there's not really 2 types of freezing, there's "Freezing" and then there's "Bounce to Tracks" - those are similar but separate functions with separate names.
I will use Bounce to Tracks but only when I am certain that I'm completely finished with editing the MIDI for that track. otherwise I use the freeze function for reducing CPU overhead.
Thanks Daylaa & Beagle ! And just changing the instrument in my Synth Rack is all I need to do to acheive different sounds, once my Midi is mapped right ?
no, you need to change the OUTPUT, BANK, CHANNEL and PATCH on the MIDI track's properties.
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