Bounce feature
 

Hi All.

Sadly my old ProTools PC died. so a new one is now firmly lodged in the studio and all is well!.....protools never ran so good! : )

well.. one small thing that's got me a bit puzzled is the the old midi drag to audio track bounce thing. - for some reason it now takes a very long time to do.. (runs max at about 4x the speed of normal. - it used to be super quick on the old PC. - so im thinking is there a ninja hidden setting somewhere im not seeing, or something other?

just putting it out there for you tech heroes.

Cheers
A

Re: Bounce feature
 

Hmm.. a LITTLE bit more info would be needed here...

Re: Bounce feature
 

Yeah Fair doos!..

ok so, for example the track Im mixing right now. has a lot of midi parts... now happy with how it all sounds to midi, so want to commit (bounce) to an audio file, so i can then mix. - and free up CPU, plus have a backup of the midi for if i screw up later on!. - ok so nothing new here really.

The way Ive always done this is... simple Drag the midi data to a new audio track in protools (stereo track) - and it used to print it, but very fast!. - this was on my old PC with mechanical HDs

Now ive super dooper SSD fast things. and protools loads/runs like a ninja.. apart from the bounce.. where it just takes a long time.

ex:- it used to be pretty much instant for a 3 min track.. - Maybe 15 sec wait or so...

now.. it takes about 2 mins.. still faster than real time. but a lot LOT slower than it used too.. - sort of gets anoying when I have like 50 of these to do! :/


Even simple midi edits (no matter how long it is) - soon as I drag I know Ive a big wait ahead.. as used to be pretty much instant.

I really cant explain it better than that! :)

Re: Bounce feature
 

So you are trying something else than everyone else is doing, such as freeze track?

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no.. freeze track in the same, but you press a button and have less control. - but still its exact same render times/bounce times.

It matters not. Freeze/Commit/Drag its all the same. - its just extremely long for what it needs to be.

and I don't know what it could be, not sure if a windows thing, or a PT thing. or somet else completely!.

Re: Bounce feature
 

I'm sure you have double checked that your system is compatible to begin with...

Re: Bounce feature
 

yup as its a certified protools PC :)

Re: Bounce feature
 

Well if subtle hints are not enough... then well please could you share your OS and PT version so some of us could have a clue of what you are using?

Re: Bounce feature
 

Sure
very latest windows OS. and also the very latest PT version.
(im not tech PC savy so not sure how to check all these things.)

Re: Bounce feature
 

Of course it’s going to vary depending on which VI you have loaded. A simple monophonic synth should be much faster than say, an East West library. Also song length and sample rate will come into play.