fx on pci?

pops1 wrote on 1/3/2001, 12:53 PM
what is the possibilty of getting a PCI fx card for vegas
to take the load off the processor/hard drives and give us
more capabilites within vegas.
does something like this already exist that can be used
with vegas?

i ask because the only software fx that sound good take up
lots and lots of resources, making it impossible to listen
to your mixes in real time. I can do all sorts of SF track
fx on all my tracks and get solid playback. but if i try
to use the waves c1 compressor (or is it c10, i forget) and
the waves 10 band eq on more then 2 tracks at a time,
forget it.

my big fix for all this at this point is to use less and
less fx during mixing, i just try to get the balance of all
the instruments right. then i do my eq and compression on
the stereo file in mastering. this is not ideal but it
saves me the extra time of rendering all the individual
instrument tracks with fx on before i mix. make sense?

Comments

Rednroll wrote on 1/3/2001, 4:22 PM
What speed of PC are you running and how much Ram? You can
also reduce some system overhead by unchecking
the "simultaneous play & record" and check "mute all
video". Other things you can do is get rid of all the SF
gates and compressors, and EQ's on the tracks that go in
there by default, although you might not be using them,
they're stealing some resources. Don't do any 24bit
recording and playback, it will also steal more resources
than it's worth, stick to 16 bit. Waves plugins are a big
resource hog, you should have nothing less than 500Mhz with
128Mhz of Ram if you intend to use a few of these. Look
into some "Timeworks" plugins, they sound comparable
(better in my opinion) to Waves and use less resources.

bobby sue wrote:
>>what is the possibilty of getting a PCI fx card for vegas
>>to take the load off the processor/hard drives and give
us
>>more capabilites within vegas.
>>does something like this already exist that can be used
>>with vegas?
>>
>>i ask because the only software fx that sound good take
up
>>lots and lots of resources, making it impossible to
listen
>>to your mixes in real time. I can do all sorts of SF
track
>>fx on all my tracks and get solid playback. but if i try
>>to use the waves c1 compressor (or is it c10, i forget)
and
>>the waves 10 band eq on more then 2 tracks at a time,
>>forget it.
>>
>>my big fix for all this at this point is to use less and
>>less fx during mixing, i just try to get the balance of
all
>>the instruments right. then i do my eq and compression
on
>>the stereo file in mastering. this is not ideal but it
>>saves me the extra time of rendering all the individual
>>instrument tracks with fx on before i mix. make sense?
pops1 wrote on 1/5/2001, 10:59 PM
i've got PIII 500, 256 ram
i know about most of the speed helpers/inhibitors that you
mentioned. from what i've read the SF track fx are
supposedly not configured into the audio path if there are
not in use. so they shouldn't be effecting performance. i
disagree with you about 24 vs. 16 bit, i think it's worth
it if possible.
but my original question regarding a pci fx card for vegas
remains unanswered. should i take that as an answer?


Brian Franz wrote:
>>What speed of PC are you running and how much Ram? You
can
>>also reduce some system overhead by unchecking
>>the "simultaneous play & record" and check "mute all
>>video". Other things you can do is get rid of all the SF
>>gates and compressors, and EQ's on the tracks that go in
>>there by default, although you might not be using them,
>>they're stealing some resources. Don't do any 24bit
>>recording and playback, it will also steal more resources
>>than it's worth, stick to 16 bit. Waves plugins are a
big
>>resource hog, you should have nothing less than 500Mhz
with
>>128Mhz of Ram if you intend to use a few of these. Look
>>into some "Timeworks" plugins, they sound comparable
>>(better in my opinion) to Waves and use less resources.
>>
>>bobby sue wrote:
>>>>what is the possibilty of getting a PCI fx card for
vegas
>>>>to take the load off the processor/hard drives and give
>>us
>>>>more capabilites within vegas.
>>>>does something like this already exist that can be used
>>>>with vegas?
>>>>
>>>>i ask because the only software fx that sound good take
>>up
>>>>lots and lots of resources, making it impossible to
>>listen
>>>>to your mixes in real time. I can do all sorts of SF
>>track
>>>>fx on all my tracks and get solid playback. but if i
try
>>>>to use the waves c1 compressor (or is it c10, i forget)
>>and
>>>>the waves 10 band eq on more then 2 tracks at a time,
>>>>forget it.
>>>>
>>>>my big fix for all this at this point is to use less
and
>>>>less fx during mixing, i just try to get the balance of
>>all
>>>>the instruments right. then i do my eq and compression
>>on
>>>>the stereo file in mastering. this is not ideal but it
>>>>saves me the extra time of rendering all the individual
>>>>instrument tracks with fx on before i mix. make sense?
Rednroll wrote on 1/6/2001, 8:11 PM
Sorry, I don't know

bobby sue wrote:
>>i've got PIII 500, 256 ram
>>i know about most of the speed helpers/inhibitors that
you
>>mentioned. from what i've read the SF track fx are
>>supposedly not configured into the audio path if there
are
>>not in use. so they shouldn't be effecting performance.
i
>>disagree with you about 24 vs. 16 bit, i think it's worth
>>it if possible.
>>but my original question regarding a pci fx card for
vegas
>>remains unanswered. should i take that as an answer?
>>
>>
>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>What speed of PC are you running and how much Ram? You
>>can
>>>>also reduce some system overhead by unchecking
>>>>the "simultaneous play & record" and check "mute all
>>>>video". Other things you can do is get rid of all the
SF
>>>>gates and compressors, and EQ's on the tracks that go
in
>>>>there by default, although you might not be using them,
>>>>they're stealing some resources. Don't do any 24bit
>>>>recording and playback, it will also steal more
resources
>>>>than it's worth, stick to 16 bit. Waves plugins are a
>>big
>>>>resource hog, you should have nothing less than 500Mhz
>>with
>>>>128Mhz of Ram if you intend to use a few of these. Look
>>>>into some "Timeworks" plugins, they sound comparable
>>>>(better in my opinion) to Waves and use less resources.
>>>>
>>>>bobby sue wrote:
>>>>>>what is the possibilty of getting a PCI fx card for
>>vegas
>>>>>>to take the load off the processor/hard drives and
give
>>>>us
>>>>>>more capabilites within vegas.
>>>>>>does something like this already exist that can be
used
>>>>>>with vegas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>i ask because the only software fx that sound good
take
>>>>up
>>>>>>lots and lots of resources, making it impossible to
>>>>listen
>>>>>>to your mixes in real time. I can do all sorts of SF
>>>>track
>>>>>>fx on all my tracks and get solid playback. but if i
>>try
>>>>>>to use the waves c1 compressor (or is it c10, i
forget)
>>>>and
>>>>>>the waves 10 band eq on more then 2 tracks at a time,
>>>>>>forget it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>my big fix for all this at this point is to use less
>>and
>>>>>>less fx during mixing, i just try to get the balance
of
>>>>all
>>>>>>the instruments right. then i do my eq and
compression
>>>>on
>>>>>>the stereo file in mastering. this is not ideal but
it
>>>>>>saves me the extra time of rendering all the
individual
>>>>>>instrument tracks with fx on before i mix. make
sense?