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Inspirational Fluxes
« on: February 29, 2016, 08:23:25 pm »
I get really inspired trackwise, until my cpu starts causing my tracks to clip (too many tracks) and then I just wanna give up.

I recently got laid off a week before I was going to blow 1.5k on a solid desktop for production and now I just feel like shit.

I just hate hitting that wall. It's why I have so many short projects. And I can't do the whole render and insert into the project thing as I am ALWAYS hearing little things that I want added or changed.

It just sucks hitting this point.
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2016, 08:27:55 pm »
 8) <-- This is Bob.
Bob freezes his tracks.
Bob is smart.
Be like Bob.

(:D ...no for real, it's slower, but it helps. :) )
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2016, 08:37:07 pm »
Quote from: FarleyCZ on February 29, 2016, 08:27:55 pm
8) <-- This is Bob.
Bob freezes his tracks.
Bob is smart.
Be like Bob.

(:D ...no for real, it's slower, but it helps. :) )

You mean just stop working on them for a while? My problem is that I literally can't move forward on these tracks due to what I have computer wise. As well as I'm always learning new things whether it be sound design, mastering, etc, and I want to continue to apply them. So I just keep starting over and over with new tracks.

I just hate not having a job. Agh. Need that cash. :P
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2016, 08:45:31 pm »
Nope. I mean function in your DAW called "track freezing". You can take your lead or pad or whatever track is eating a lot of cpu and freeze it. It will render the track, unload the VST (so cpu load gets lighter) and play rendered output instead automatically with possibility to unfreeze it (return it back to "midi + vst state") if changes are needed.
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2016, 08:45:52 pm »
Quote from: Cor Sicarius on February 29, 2016, 08:37:07 pm
Quote from: FarleyCZ on February 29, 2016, 08:27:55 pm
8) <-- This is Bob.
Bob freezes his tracks.
Bob is smart.
Be like Bob.

(:D ...no for real, it's slower, but it helps. :) )

You mean just stop working on them for a while? My problem is that I literally can't move forward on these tracks due to what I have computer wise. As well as I'm always learning new things whether it be sound design, mastering, etc, and I want to continue to apply them. So I just keep starting over and over with new tracks.

I just hate not having a job. Agh. Need that cash. :P

No he means "freeze" them in a different way. I'm not sure about other DAWs, but Ableton allows you to freeze a track, meaning the fx chain and some parameters are "frozen" (you can't manipulate them).  The benefit is that it requires much less processing power to do so.

In ableton, try right clicking on a track title and selecting "freeze track(s)". If not in ableton, i assume they have a similar feature but am not sure.
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2016, 08:54:07 pm »
Quote from: bryan on February 29, 2016, 08:45:52 pm
Quote from: Cor Sicarius on February 29, 2016, 08:37:07 pm
Quote from: FarleyCZ on February 29, 2016, 08:27:55 pm
8) <-- This is Bob.
Bob freezes his tracks.
Bob is smart.
Be like Bob.

(:D ...no for real, it's slower, but it helps. :) )

You mean just stop working on them for a while? My problem is that I literally can't move forward on these tracks due to what I have computer wise. As well as I'm always learning new things whether it be sound design, mastering, etc, and I want to continue to apply them. So I just keep starting over and over with new tracks.

I just hate not having a job. Agh. Need that cash. :P

No he means "freeze" them in a different way. I'm not sure about other DAWs, but Ableton allows you to freeze a track, meaning the fx chain and some parameters are "frozen" (you can't manipulate them).  The benefit is that it requires much less processing power to do so.

In ableton, try right clicking on a track title and selecting "freeze track(s)". If not in ableton, i assume they have a similar feature but am not sure.

I use FL and all you can really do is render channels and insert them. Same effect I guess. But the problem is is that even having them in the project at all makes it cpu clip.
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2016, 10:28:18 pm »
Most DAWs have freezing. I haven't used FL in a while, but if it doesn't have freezing, I'd say it should be a serious feature request.

Also when re-inserting, try to bypass instruments/effects on the original track. For several reasons they need to stay active when you bypass whole track.
« Last Edit: February 29, 2016, 10:30:43 pm by FarleyCZ »
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Re: Inspirational Fluxes
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2016, 10:38:26 pm »
Have you tried switching your primary sound driver to ASIO4ALL?

Try keeping your laptop plugged in too, and close out all open plugins, synths, so forth (better yet, change the un-plugged minimum processor speed under power management options to 100% rather than whatever the default may be)
« Last Edit: February 29, 2016, 10:40:19 pm by Kenny Troy »
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