recording effect

[Joejoe]

im recording digital pc.i was toled to do everything raw then apply plug-in effects.problem is it eats up to much cpu power and cannot finish the song it stops..i am running a pentium 2 233 ..if i get a better cpu i still dont think it will have enough power to easily play through the song when i have 15 tracks with all plug-in effects.if i just get the sound i want with the effect on it would there be a big diffrence when recording it raw..is there a way to do this without eating my cpu and stopping the song cus i dont have enough cpu power..thanx a million..

 

[TREBLE]

well....hmmmmm...what software do you use? im asking beacuse i have a similar computer to do my recording and i dont have any problems.i use cubase. maybe it is your software.

 

[Joejoe]

im using SAWPLUS32..but i have like 20 tracks of music which needs about 3 or more plug-ins for each track depending what it needs comp. eq . reverb etc..i dont see how nobody has a problem if there doing heavy multitracking with a pc and adding plug-ins for each track when recorded raw..

 

[bball jones]

If you are recording good takes on your tracks, I see no need to apply efx to each track in this stage. Experiment with submixes, this way you are dealing with only two tracks at a time that efx can be applied to.

Just because your software can record twenty tracks, does not necessarily mean your pc can do it, too. Go to http://www.echoaudio.com and d/l the echo reporter for a good idea of what you're pc is capable of doing.

 

[dachay2tnr]

Another issue you are dealing with is "realtime" effects. These are effects that are applied on the fly and they are very CPU intensive.

If you find an effect that you are satisfied with, you should be able to apply it destructively - i.e., actually apply it to the wave itself.

This approach is much less CPU intensive and will allow you to run many more tracks than realtime effects. The downside, of course, is that there is no going back once you have saved the file. You are stuck with the effect.

Then again, this is no different than if you recorded it with the effect already applied. In fact, it's better since you can do some trial and error first.

You could also make a backup copy first of the raw tracks. Then apply your effects to the second copy. If you don't like what you did, you can revert to the original copy.