The Logic Off Topic list

"Per Boysen" wrote:

> > What kind of track count
>
> Really don't know. Seems to be almost endless ;-)  However I'm almost
maxing
> out my CPU's by slaving Ableton Live by ReWire and piping eight virtual
> tracks into Logic while applying EQ, Envelope plug-in, and some
compressors.
> I guess that high CPU use comes with Live. So plug-ins and running
different
> programs simultaneously is where the CPU drain kicks in - not by track
> count.


  I really meant to ask about maxing out the CPU. I'm recording mostly
acoustic instruments (very few VST instruments). I record dry (around 32
tracks) as to save my options for mixdown. So that's where I'm running into
trouble. I don't have a lot of head room to be able to play with a mix. It
is completely maxed before I can even get to the whole mix. It used to be
better than this. I don't know what happed. One day it was just more
problematic. Before that it was really solid and I never had to touch it. I
didn't change anything or add new software/hardware for atleast a year.
  I have to be able to add compression and e.q. to quite a few tracks. I'm
using SX a lot these days and it can bounce the fx right to the track but my
CPU is becoming so slow that printing fx is even painful. I also think that
SX is more of a CPU hog than Logic.

  --litepipe