>>with 8MB Video Ram. Also one more question, Since the
>>problem seems to be that I have 36 Tracks playing with
>>nothing on them, if I put the Tracks Mute button on the
>>channels I don't have any audio on, will that cut down the
>>system resource use. That would seem to me almost the same
>>thing as putting SRP off, for those tracks I'm not using?
>>That way I can just unmute that channel anytime I put audio
>>on it.



I was wondering about that...cakewalk has that archive
function...does thios matter to recource use on vegas ?
at least a " hide unused tracks funtion"

All track functions and items that are in the mix path are always
live and ready. Muting something merely says ' this source is playing
silence right now'. We optimize for silence, but the "mixer" still
must deal with a track comming on line at any time. We don't mix
silence as it is a no-op, but we still must "look" at the silence
case.

The main point here is that the audio output hardware is streaming
silence. If it is 1 bus or 10 buses, the audio hardware is playing
silence.

This is part of the mixing model that is what most people like about
Vegas. Being live all the time to all project data makes Vegas
respond to edits and a/b'ing faster.

The SRP toggling was expected. You dramatically reduce i/o overhead
when only recording. Vegas becomes a simple "tape recorder" when SRP
is off. All the output and metering and mixing is taken out of the
picture. Vegas can concentrate on a single task.


Peter


Aaron Carey wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>with 8MB Video Ram. Also one more question, Since the
>>>>problem seems to be that I have 36 Tracks playing with
>>>>nothing on them, if I put the Tracks Mute button on the
>>>>channels I don't have any audio on, will that cut down the
>>>>system resource use. That would seem to me almost the same
>>>>thing as putting SRP off, for those tracks I'm not using?
>>>>That way I can just unmute that channel anytime I put audio
>>>>on it.
>>
>>
>>
>>I was wondering about that...cakewalk has that archive
>>function...does thios matter to recource use on vegas ?
>>at least a " hide unused tracks funtion"
>>

So, now I understand how Vegas works and uses resources, this is good.
This still leads us back to the origianl bug. Seeing that Vegas is a
multi-track piece of software, it doesn't make much since to turn SRP
off, thus defeating half the purpose of doing multi-track recording
anyways. So how do we overcome the missed takes or events not being
displayed. Is this a bug that you guys at SF are gonna work on or is
there a weak link in my hardware that I have to upgrade? I thought I
have a pretty fast sytem, I'm able to record just over 30 Tracks
simultaneously with SRP on without Vegas hiccuping. I know I'll never
record that many tracks simultaneously, but I just wanted to see what
my system could handle. Recording 1 stereo Track while playing back
another, I will most certainly do and the bug appears in this
situation. Other users have been able to repro this problem, so it's
not just my system setup. I'm not gripping here, this is a very minor
bug now that I realize that Vegas is actually recording the audio. We
all love the features in Vegas, I just think we all would like to feel
confident about the tool we're using to record with, because that
reflects back on us when we're working with clients.

Thanks for the help Peter.


Peter Haller wrote:
>>All track functions and items that are in the mix path are always
>>live and ready. Muting something merely says ' this source is
playing
>>silence right now'. We optimize for silence, but the "mixer" still
>>must deal with a track comming on line at any time. We don't mix
>>silence as it is a no-op, but we still must "look" at the silence
>>case.
>>
>>The main point here is that the audio output hardware is streaming
>>silence. If it is 1 bus or 10 buses, the audio hardware is playing
>>silence.
>>
>>This is part of the mixing model that is what most people like about
>>Vegas. Being live all the time to all project data makes Vegas
>>respond to edits and a/b'ing faster.
>>
>>The SRP toggling was expected. You dramatically reduce i/o overhead
>>when only recording. Vegas becomes a simple "tape recorder" when SRP
>>is off. All the output and metering and mixing is taken out of the
>>picture. Vegas can concentrate on a single task.
>>
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>
>>Aaron Carey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>with 8MB Video Ram. Also one more question, Since the
>>>>>>problem seems to be that I have 36 Tracks playing with
>>>>>>nothing on them, if I put the Tracks Mute button on the
>>>>>>channels I don't have any audio on, will that cut down the
>>>>>>system resource use. That would seem to me almost the same
>>>>>>thing as putting SRP off, for those tracks I'm not using?
>>>>>>That way I can just unmute that channel anytime I put audio
>>>>>>on it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I was wondering about that...cakewalk has that archive
>>>>function...does thios matter to recource use on vegas ?
>>>>at least a " hide unused tracks funtion"
>>>>