Finally, I have a good topic

[DavidK]

I am using SONAR. Plug-ins take a lot of CPU power that I do not have on my Fred Flinstone Puter. I am really getting into Plugins, like Glade ( D'oh).

My question: If I make a violin track with a bunch of plug-ins, export it to a CD, and bring it back, will that take any plug-in power? The answer should be "NO", but I am not sure. I hope this makes sense, I have people yelling at me so I cannot type.

 

[ChuckU]

David,
If you bought the software, you'd know that the answer to your question is in the manual - oops, wrong thread...
This one's easy, and I'll give you 2 ways - cuz you 'preciate my artwork.
1. Highlight the clip and go to Edit> Audio Effects and pick the plugin you want to use there. Click on the audition button. Tweak the effect and click ok. The efffect will be printed to the track. That being the case, you may want to Clone the track first. This way you have a non-effected original track that you can archive.
2. Bounce the track to a new one. In the dialogue box, make sure the effect box is checked.
Again, you can archive the original and no CPU will be used.

No need to export to CD.

 

[DavidK]

David,
If you bought the software, you'd know that the answer to your question is in the manual - oops, wrong thread...

Obviously Chuck is not expecting a free violin solo on any of his music anytime soon. D'oh! ( Proud owner of SONAR here, but you knew that already.)

So:

1: If I "print" the effect (s), will it not consume any more CPU power than a "non-printed" effect? Once I have a reverb on a track which is "printed", is the track a done deal as far as CPU power?

I always do my plug-ins that way, because I have a slow Puter. So what you are saying is once I have done this, it won't matter if ...
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[NYMorningstar]

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Oh, don't worry son. There are many men of the robe up here in the northeast that are playing with their own plugins and looking to give you a hand err or two.

While you playback the track adding effects, the violin has to run 'through' the programming for each plugin and be rewritten before it hits the soundcard for our ears. That's what sucks up the CPU's processing time. Once the sound is processed and then reprinted, the plugins are no longer needed because the sound is written into the track. A track already written with plugins will use more of the CPU than the original non-effected track but the difference isn't significant.

 

[ChuckU]

1: If I "print" the effect (s), will it not consume any more CPU power than a "non-printed" effect? Once I have a reverb on a track which is "printed", is the track a done deal as far as CPU power?

That is exactly what I'm saying. After you do the bounce, the new track is the same as if you ran the violin thru an external processor prior to the soundcard. Hmmmm....How about a little auto-wah on that violin solo?
Y'know, David, Kansas was one of my favorite bands back in high school and after. I've been wanting to write something in their style. That guy can play the fiddle!
Hey, I'll trade you a guitar solo for a violin solo....

 

[gascap]

Hey Dave, lets hear some tunes.

Violin is what I play too....haven't seen many of us folk around... cyber-twin fiddles would be intersting.

Good Luck!