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Originally Posted by LDS
Voice usage is just fundamentally different in HDX compared to native. As an exacerbated example, thirty 7.1.2 aux channels with a single native plugin on each use 0 of the available 384 voices in HD native, while it will use all of the available 256 voices in a HDX1 system due to the DSP-based mix engine.
You can get around it to a degree by using only DSP plugins on aux channels... but you only have a limited amount of DSP too. I think it is the single most limiting factor of HDX, and presumably why the hybrid engine and DSP safe mode for aux channels was introduced.
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It sounds like voices will no longer be an issue for HDX in Hybrid mode, as the default voice count for all Ultimate systems (regardless of hardware) will be 2048. I am guessing that the only exception to that will be running an HDX system in non-Hybrid mode, with the mix engine running the cards, which will probably force the voice count back to 256 voices per card.
Has there been any mention of whether HDX systems will still be able to run in "traditional" mode once Hybrid mode comes out?