I'm loving the fact that reaper let's me add unlimited tracks without faffing around with bouncing or having random guitar bits on the same track before live mixing...however...although I'll be upgrading my laptop before long, I'm nearing the end of my first ' proper' recording on reaper. I'm upto 17 tracks most of which just have cockos compression, dragonfly reverb vst and a nebrini guitar sim as plugins. I'm just starting to have problems with Reaper occasionally not responding, the odd crash and very occasional random crackling when I move a fader or play with levels of reverb.
I'm guessing the number of tracks (and plug ins on each) is causing the issues due to my fairly low spec Acer laptop. I've probably got a few more tracks to add so wondering if I should try and combine some tracks ( where parts don't overlap) and manage that inconvenience with automation / envelopes. Woukd it make any difference?
Also, would a laptop running near the limit of its CPU cause the finished wav file to be of poorer quality?
Cheers Mark
I'm guessing the number of tracks (and plug ins on each) is causing the issues due to my fairly low spec Acer laptop. I've probably got a few more tracks to add so wondering if I should try and combine some tracks ( where parts don't overlap) and manage that inconvenience with automation / envelopes. Woukd it make any difference?
Also, would a laptop running near the limit of its CPU cause the finished wav file to be of poorer quality?
Cheers Mark