color changes when adding more tracks

[xstatic]

if there is no data in the track then i can't imagine the load would be significant.....

This is true. However, a muted track is filled with data. Also, a blank track with a plugin still loaded may well utilize the same cpu power.

I think of it like an analog console. When you mute a channel on an analog console, the signal is still there and metering, still being EQ'ed, and still processing through the inserts. Disabling a track in a DAW is more like unplugging the xlr from the console. That channels is now dormant

 

[mixaholic]

UPDATE!!!! I FOUND THE PROBLEM. i dont know why this was the problem but i took out one of my 256 RAMS and it took away the coloration of the sound. I had the 256 for a long time so i guess it was messed up. I'm happy now lol. thanx to all of you that tried to help me though

 

[mixaholic]

UPDATE AGAIN!!! IT'S STILL HAPPENING lol damn i thought i solved the problem but when i tested it a second time with an empty track it still changed the color of the sound. If i have a blank track and raised its volume up all the way i can hear a change in the color of the sound even though nothing is on that track. is that suppose to happen. i jus did that to test it out but still the more tracks i add the more the sound changes forthe worst

 

[FALKEN]

i think you're full of it. sorry........i want to believe you but I can't. you have yet to define the problem clearly and yet to post clips. do me a favor. do a mixdown of the file normally and a 2nd mixdown of the file with the blank track in it. bring both mixdowns into a new project, flip the phase on the first mixdown track, and tell me what you hear.

 

[Mistral]

well, it is actually conceivable imo that the RAM could be causing the symptoms you are speaking of.. you're not volt modding / overclocking your system or anything are you?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

UPDATE AGAIN!!! IT'S STILL HAPPENING
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when i tested it a second time with an empty track it still changed the color of the sound. If i have a blank track and raised its volume up all the way i can hear a change in the color of the sound even though nothing is on that track.

Are we pissing off the mimes next door again?

Ok, I gotta ask what exactly that means, mix:

1. Does "empty track" mean no signal, no plugs, no nothing?

2. Does what you say mean that the color only changes when you turn the blank track all the way up? Earlier it was just adding the track changed the sound, now are you saying that it's not just adding the track but also cranking it's level?

3. How does it change the color? Can you be a little more descriptive?

4. What happens if you lock the track instead of muting it?

5. You are cleaning all the seeds out before you twist the rope, right?

This thread is starting to feel like trying to nail jello to the wall.



G.