
13th_Omen
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I use SONAR 3 PE with 2 Terretec PHASE 88s on a P4 2.6 1024 DDR400. I am using a 16 channel Ymaha mixer direct outs to soundcard. I use 15 tracks at once. My first take is just to keep drum track and have other instruments as a reference until they are overdubbed. My problem is this:
When I record all 16 tracks I set buffers as big as I can because I monitor before the PC. When I want to overdub, however, I need to lower buffers to reduce latency, and with all 15 tracks going with a new track I get glitches due to CPU strain. (I'm assuming) So to remedy the problem I just do a quick mix of all the tracks EXCEPT the one I want to overdub, and bounce it all to one wav. Then open a new SONAR file and import that track. I can then lower buffers no problem to overdub.
This is just too much work and I was wondering if there I another way. I plan on upgrading my PC to an AMD 64 3400 in hopes that the faster bus speed will help, but I am not sure about this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
When I record all 16 tracks I set buffers as big as I can because I monitor before the PC. When I want to overdub, however, I need to lower buffers to reduce latency, and with all 15 tracks going with a new track I get glitches due to CPU strain. (I'm assuming) So to remedy the problem I just do a quick mix of all the tracks EXCEPT the one I want to overdub, and bounce it all to one wav. Then open a new SONAR file and import that track. I can then lower buffers no problem to overdub.
This is just too much work and I was wondering if there I another way. I plan on upgrading my PC to an AMD 64 3400 in hopes that the faster bus speed will help, but I am not sure about this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated!