I'm sick and tired of this!

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I just did a clean install of Win XP pro and this problem is still not solved. Basically, whenever i use Cubase SX3(standalone), CPU meter goes upto 100% or close it! I'm using MOTU 828mkII with its buffer size set to 1024. I have around 8 vocal tracks..with 6 inserts assigned to each track. What's wrong? What's causing the CPU to forcefully work at 100%? :( :( :confused:
 
You have 48 Insert effects running off your cpu?

ARe you recording at 24/96? What kind of plugs are you running?
 
I have around 8 vocal tracks..with 6 inserts assigned to each track
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thats pushing it really hard, your running 48 plugins
 
NL5 said:
You have 48 Insert effects running off your cpu?

ARe you recording at 24/96? What kind of plugs are you running?
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Waves C1 comp, L1, reverb, avox, multiband compressor and another one. can't recall...And yeah, I'm recording at 24/96.
 
altitude909 said:
thats pushing it really hard, your running 48 plugins
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But they're not running simultaneously. Does it matter though? If the plugins are assigned as insert effects, does it eat up RAM at all times even when it's not in use during the song?
 
studiomaster said:
Waves C1 comp, L1, reverb, avox, multiband compressor and another one. can't recall...And yeah, I'm recording at 24/96.
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That's a lot of plugs running at 24/96.

studiomaster said:
But they're not running simultaneously. Does it matter though? If the plugins are assigned as insert effects, does it eat up RAM at all times even when it's not in use during the song?
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Yes. It eats up cpu power more than RAM though.

Why do you have reverbs as inserts?

It sounds to me like everything is running fine, you are just overloading your cpu.....
 
Oopps..sorry. I meant 24/44.

What's wrong with having reverbs as inserts?
 
It's a lot lighter on your CPU to have reverbs as sends and not inserts, also it is standard practice in the "hardware" world to have reverbs as sends, so it kind of carries over to the soft sequencing world.
 
Trak's got it. In the hardware world, inserts are generally used for dynamics processing (compression, gates, sometimes eq), and sends are used for time-based effects (reverb, chorus, delay). This seems to hold true for the software side. I don't know Cubase so I was hesitant to reply. But in Vegas I always use sends for fx. A helluva lot less resource intensive.
 
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8 L1's and 8 C1's and 8 Avox, 8 multiband comps and 8 reverbs? That is DEFINATELY your problem. Out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to do that? I refuse to believe that is the only way to get what you are after. In fact, I have a hard time believing that is what you should be after to begin with.
 
I would create and FX chanel with a reverb on it and bus the channels that want reverb to this FX channel. YOU COULD even use 2 FX channels for different reverbs. That should cut your cpu usage y like 20-40% mayeb even more!

Eck
 
I think your time and money would be best spend in learning how to use these plugins to their fullest. 8 multiband compressors is definately overkill. Reverbs as inserts is not a very good idea in most situations either. In fact, some tracks might need little to no processing.
 
ecktronic said:
I would create and FX chanel with a reverb on it and bus the channels that want reverb to this FX channel. YOU COULD even use 2 FX channels for different reverbs. That should cut your cpu usage y like 20-40% mayeb even more!

Eck
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So for example, if I wanted tracks 1 and 2 to have Reverb, do I just assign a send for each track to the FX Reverb? What output should I choose for the FX reverb? Bus 1?

And also, If i wanted to EQ the reverb, do i open up the track mixer for the FX channel and fix the EQ there? thanks....
 
Yep, reverb inserts killed my CPU too when I started out. Those are really hard on the processor.

Add an FX track, assign the reverb plugin to that. Name it something easy to remember. ;)

Next, in those tracks you want reverb on - route their "send" to the reverb bus, set the levels, and et voila!

You can EQ the verb in the FX track.
 
studiomaster said:
Waves C1 comp, L1, reverb, avox, multiband compressor and another one. can't recall...And yeah, I'm recording at 24/96.
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Why in the world do you need all that as inserts? I don't use Waves stuff so I'm not familiar, but isn't the C1 a very basic multiband compressor? You need TWO multiband compressors PLUS a peak limiter on EACH track???? Not to be elitist or anything, but if you think you need all that on each track you're probably not going to be able to tell the difference in audio quality than if you just used Cubase Dynamics (or VstDynamics) plugs, which are both compressor and peak limiter combined.

And like everyone else has suggested, use the reverb as a send...
 
Are you really 16? You've spent an awful lot on software for such a young guy. I went with the UAD stuff over waves myself, that way there is no load on my cpu - and as a bonus, they sound better. :D
 
Lol..no i'm not 16. i'm actually 17..ooh big diferrence.
 
Is the UAD plugs better than Waves? They are cheaper though right?
 
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