midi/audio question

[Albertm]

I notice that when I mix down a song with a lot of midi it take a lot longer than mixing down audio projects. I always thought audio were bigger files overall. I believe they take more space on C drive. Maybe Large files taking up C drive space has nothing to do with speed of mixdown?

 

[altitude909]

Its the processing of midi files, not the files themselves which is causing the performance hit. Making virtual instruments make sound is what the most processor intensive