Why is everyone so obsessed with plugin CPU consumption?

[RWA]

I have great respect for people doing symphonic rock. How the hell do they fit drums, guitars, bass, piano AND a huge foppin orchestra into RAM. They must have a very clever workflow those guys...

A) They may still use the occasional real instrument (especially guitars and drums, probably also basses).

Nooo! F*cking cheaters!!!

It's true you know. We've secretely learned how to play guitar, bass, drums and keys. It took years but we told nobody about it. Some even took freakin' singing lessons!

But.... it saves a lot of CPU indeed.

[rp314]

Why is everyone so obsessed with plugin CPU consumption?....

Wtf kind of a question is that... I hope to god it wasn't serious.

basically the rules are you can say whatever you want.. until someone or something stops you.

human beings can have very protracted priorities, eg. how the license for 'personal amusement' is coddled in consumer-based culture..

it gives people an excuse to live their lives consuming technology to answer these posts..

and yes, saying so makes me a hypocrite if one wishes to press the point. but.... a hypocrite for prevention..

Fool that I am, I thought his was a rhetorical question.

[foosnark]

I don't usually bounce, but I do often wind up with tracks my host can't play live... so I should

Once I get to that stage, I render, listen while making notes, go back and tweak, etc. until it's done.

Even if you don't go overboard with lots of plugins, DiscoDSP Vertigo is both an awesome synth and a great example of why CPU conservation matters.

[cptgone]

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[Drhitman702]

If it goes over, then it goes over.
I use Garritan a lot (love it too) and I'll open multiple instances of this for strings and piano, and I'll set up reverbs and other effects plugins to get the sound I like, and I still have enough CPU to do what I want.
Overall, I'm just not a fan of slow moving screens when I'm trying to get something done. :p

Are you?

[Jonny Quest]

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[Jason Brian Merrill]

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[Subfix]

Er, just wondering, but has anyone ever taken a more networked approach?
I've been thinking that when I build a new PC, I'll keep this one on the network and use it to host a number of things to save on CPU usage. Now I've not read a lot about this but I'm aware there are some pretty good routes to sending MIDI/Audio over a network with little latency.

It would be cool to have Chunk A of my programs running on one computer and Chunk B on another...

Sounds like the best way to increase productivity

[Red_Force]

(EDIT : of course my math were perfect from the first time, Bitshift/Art is just making cheap joke on me)

For your listening pleasure, monsieur.

Just saw that episode on screen the other day. Like Cartmen, I can also do a lot of things for $10 if I am in the right mood (as you certainly know, you nasty).

[Hunter]

(EDIT : of course my math were perfect from the first time, Bitshift/Art is just making cheap joke on me)

For your listening pleasure, monsieur.

Just saw that episode on screen the other day. Like Cartmen, I can also do a lot of things for $10 if I am in the right mood (as you certainly know, you nasty).

Art I'll do whatever he does twice for $10

[stilaktive]

Simple answer:
For sounding professional, you still have to use every cycle of your CPU.

You can buy my fantastic Professionalizer (tm) VST-plugin. If your project only uses say 20% CPU, you can insert the Professionalizer (tm) which will consume the remaining CPU cycles, making sure you always sound 100 % professional.

The Professionalizer (tm) is available for $999 at www.GiveMeYourMoneyAndYouTooWillBeProfessional.com.

broken link

[Watto]

[Mike777]

Er, just wondering, but has anyone ever taken a more networked approach?
I've been thinking that when I build a new PC, I'll keep this one on the network and use it to host a number of things to save on CPU usage. Now I've not read a lot about this but I'm aware there are some pretty good routes to sending MIDI/Audio over a network with little latency.

It would be cool to have Chunk A of my programs running on one computer and Chunk B on another...

Sounds like the best way to increase productivity

This is exactly what I want to know- is this easily feasable, and is anyone do this? Networking multiple PC's? It's seems to make sense. Wouldn't this approach have these advantages?:

1. run all instrument software simultaneously (spread as necessary on multiple pc's)
2. if a PC reaches a limit, add another to the network!
3. you could buy more affordable PC's (rather then the latest, fastest, most expensive)

The disadvantage:

1. may have to purchase multiple license for your software


I started a thread with this topic in the hardware/setup forum, not knowing this thread was allready discussing this issue. I also do not want to mixdown or freeze tracks. I want to know how to keep adding more instrument software, not less.

[diverdee]

I don't usually bounce

neither do I - but i had some homegrown the other day that left me a bit 'sproingy'

[ew]

I find that it reduces the options available, i.e. having to bounce/render to me is a bit like adding sugar to tea - you can't take it back out again. Because my meager machine craps out at about 6 instruments and a few fx, I have to bounce stuff a lot - I therefore tend to end up with several 'versions' of the same project with all different bits bounced so that I can still go back and change stuff.

This is probably down to the haphazard way I work...

Even with my 3500+ I bounce a lot- and I don't need to.

Why? Because as someone stated elsewhere in this thread, by committing yourself at an earlier stage of the game, it's easier to actually finish something.

I archive the MIDI tracks just in case I want to change something later, though...

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