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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 07:18:48 (permalink)
I'm happy to see that so many of you use SONAR Pro Channel.
I have also other plugins that I do use frequently so I have  build my own Pro Channel control panels for them. Plugins like SPL, Nomad Factory, Native Instruments, Brainworx, BBE etc..


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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 07:32:42 (permalink)
i currently avoid the pro channel because its incredibly cpu intensive. does anyone else experience this? i can understand using it on the final mix at the end of a project, but if youre like me and mix as you go, its so laggy. especially the EQ!! i move it a fraction and everything freezes...i use sonitus plug ins instead.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 08:11:03 (permalink)
avoid the pro channel because its incredibly cpu intensive. does anyone else experience this?



I don't experience this at all, performance is transparent for me. I see in your spec that you have two external drives...depending on what you have installed on them I could see that as being an issue, IIRC there was a problem with Screensets if the floppy-drive controller was enabled back in X1. Perhaps this is a similar situation?


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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 08:51:06 (permalink)
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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 09:15:52 (permalink)
i currently avoid the pro channel because its incredibly cpu intensive. does anyone else experience this?



Not at all...
PC is pretty light foot-print running here.


I like the Pro Channel stuff... but I tend to make heavy use of Waves SSL bundle and the TRacks CS Grand bundle.
For reverb, the new Phoenix Verb.
I'm very familiar with the SSL channel/bus comp, 1176, LA-2A, and Pultec plugins.
It's easy for me to achieve the sound I'm looking for...

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 09:26:34 (permalink)
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avoid the pro channel because its incredibly cpu intensive. does anyone else experience this?



I don't experience this at all, performance is transparent for me. I see in your spec that you have two external drives...depending on what you have installed on them I could see that as being an issue, IIRC there was a problem with Screensets if the floppy-drive controller was enabled back in X1. Perhaps this is a similar situation?


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I see no evidence of that here.  I have ProChannel on every track.  EQ on all of them, then various compressors, Breverb and PC FX Chains on others.
 
The Concrete Limiter can cause latency, but any "look-ahead" processor will.
 
I have not experienced any "laggy" behaviour, or seen the CPU meter overly taxed, caused by the ProChannel.  I wonder if there is another issue here.
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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 09:33:59 (permalink)
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I like the Pro Channel stuff... but I tend to make heavy use of Waves SSL bundle and the TRacks CS Grand bundle.
For reverb, the new Phoenix Verb.
I'm very familiar with the SSL channel/bus comp, 1176, LA-2A, and Pultec plugins.
It's easy for me to achieve the sound I'm looking for...


Gah! Dammit Jim, no more mentioning new plugins like Phoenix Verb. Now I have to go demo it, I'll probably end up buying it and then even though my studio is a purpose-built room, it will turn into a "bedroom studio" solely by virtue of my wife kicking me out of the actual bedroom and having nowhere else to sleep. Homewrecker.

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For compression I'm a "little of column A, little of column B" guy. If I'm looking for a specific thing I'll generally stay away from the PC and go with hardware or UAD/T-racks/Waves, though the CA-2A does a couple things very well. If I'm looking for general or quick compression, PC every time.  That said, I think someone could probably do a really respectable production job just using the PC stuff...it's pretty solid kit, AFAIC.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 09:46:13 (permalink)
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i currently avoid the pro channel because its incredibly cpu intensive. does anyone else experience this? i can understand using it on the final mix at the end of a project, but if youre like me and mix as you go, its so laggy. especially the EQ!! i move it a fraction and everything freezes...i use sonitus plug ins instead.


No, I don't see the here - I have PC enabled on every track and I usually "mix as I go" just like you.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 12:13:16 (permalink)
No, I don't see the here - I have PC enabled on every track and I usually "mix as I go" just like you.

 
Ditto.   And that's another reason I like PC... because it seems to be very non-CPU intensive.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 12:58:16 (permalink)
Gah! Dammit Jim, no more mentioning new plugins like Phoenix Verb. Now I have to go demo it, I'll probably end up buying it and then even though my studio is a purpose-built room, it will turn into a "bedroom studio" solely by virtue of my wife kicking me out of the actual bedroom and having nowhere else to sleep. Homewrecker. :)



My girl will tell you I suffer from severe G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome).
She just calls me crazy...   ;)

Phoenix Verb is good.
It'll remind you of $2000+ hardware units.    
The designer is the man behind many of Lexicon's classics.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 13:10:42 (permalink)
I prefer Waves RCompresors - then TRacks Opto Compresor

Lastly ProChannel.  It's always been my opinion that Prochanel doesnt handle heavy lifting well.  I'll use it as long as it doesnt require the needle to move much

As far as Dongles slowing down DAW's...I have not experienced that. 


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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 13:24:43 (permalink)
Prochannel also for me.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/29 17:51:02 (permalink)

a) Prochannel + PC2A

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 12:13:01 (permalink)
ProChannel +1

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 12:17:46 (permalink)
UAD 1176 / LA2A and / or Prochannel  76 and / or 2A.    UAD sounds superior to me, especially the 1176 but tehy are all very useful!  I think Cakewalk compressors rival Waves emulations but can't touch UAD
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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 12:39:51 (permalink)
1# UAD Neve 33609, UA 1176, UA LA-2A
2# Pro Channel's comps
3# T-Racks Black/White/Red-Opto

If those don't cut the mustard I still have the UAD Neve channel strip and the Waves SSL's strips as well. (Rarely does this happen)

But my UA card is usually doing tape emulation duty, so the prochannel comps get used quite a bit.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 12:48:23 (permalink)
PC on my PC 
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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 12:51:11 (permalink)
Pro-channel 

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 13:02:42 (permalink)
DBX160XT (hardware compressor) on vocal/bass recording, and then a) prochannel compressor.
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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/04/30 21:28:29 (permalink)
Pro-channel comps most often, something on the rare times none of them will do the job in hand, something else. Though these days it's usually pro-channel. The one thing I could do with is an emulation of the Alesis 3630. Sure, it's cheap, but it's also distinctive. Which is what makes it useful. How about some emulations of cheap-but-common hardware as well as the high-end stuff Cakewalk? As for Pro Channel and cpu usage, I usually have stuff running there in every track all the time. The cpu hit is minimal.

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Re:X2 Compressor Informal Poll... 2013/05/02 12:59:45 (permalink)
Oh I forgot the comp in slate fg-x is a reeeallly nice.

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