Help Me Understand DSP Mixing/Configuration in Pro Tools HD

[stevegalante]

Originally Posted by StudioRhythm

It's simpler than you're thinking it is...

Ok, thank you for clarifying this. So, if the system works well, if you need 96 voices the best option is 2 chips. It's a good start !

[StudioRhythm]

You got it. :)

[weezul]

Glad I found this thread... I've been struggling on a HD rig with maximum cards, i kept getting the same error on HD9. As a native PT 10 user, I was confused, but I have also been putting the setting to maximum voices, thinking those voices were what were available for plug ins.

cheers!

[antonis]

I was just going through a PT Manual and regarding the DSP/ Voices issue all it says is:

For the fewer DSP chips: "These settings user fewer DSP chips for mixing (leaving more available for plug-ins) but place the highest processing load on each allocated chip".

But it says nothing about any adverse effects doing so.

And my question is, so what if that "places the highest processing load on each allocated chip"? If it can take it and it was built for that???

In the medium voice numbers it states:

"These settings generally provide an optimum balance between number of chips needed for voicing, and the processing load placed on each."

These cam be assumed in a fairly vague fashion as well.