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CPU question mono vs stereo
I made some tests without clear/satisfying results and I was asking myself:
if - a MONO channel with with mono plugins has less CPU usage than a stereo channel (we get a lot of stereo bounces these days from mono tracks) ? - there is a difference between PT plugins behaviour and 3rd party plugins - I tried 40 Waves Plugins in mono and stereo and got no real difference in CPU - is it worth to split the stereo tracks that don't need to be mono (or just a loss of time) What is your experience? Thanks PS: OSX PT 2019 - I'm not talking about multi mono.
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Re: CPU question mono vs stereo
no-one with more information?
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Re: CPU question mono vs stereo
https://www.soundizers.com/
panning stereo tracks that are actually mono is an annoyance which is the first reason to get rid of them.
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Re: CPU question mono vs stereo
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Yes, and they just make the session larger.
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Re: CPU question mono vs stereo
- BScout,
I have Soundizer but I find the algorythm a bit too "strict". If there is a tiny bit of noise on one side of a stereo kick or snare it doesn't convert it to mono. Wish it was a bit more loose (if that makes sense). - off the wall, Quote:
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Re: CPU question mono vs stereo
No, Vanilla can play 128 VOICES at 48k. That would be 128 mono tracks or 64 stereo tracks.
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Voice is a DSP concept that means i/o point of mixer. EDIT: this thought haunts me now, please someone test if creating 128 stereo tracks is possible with vanilla (cannot test myself with this license bundle)
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