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SO .. I have a similar issue. In my case I have a collab project with other band members supplying wavs back and forth so all the tracks are Audio .. some using FX plugins like compressors, and quiet a few with incidents of Waves scheps omni channel on tracks. CPU at 100% while project idle. SO, turned off audio engine and it dropped like a stone to 2, 3%. Mmm I said. I then turned on the audio engine again, back up and fan going. SO this time I disabled all the EFX plugins on each track. CPU back down to around 8%. Next I re-enabled JUST the Waves scheps omni channel on the tracks it is on. CPU up to and around 40% ( 9 incidence of it ). Fan behaving. Next its a case of individually enabling the others like Neutron 3 Elements, Guitar Rig, Blueverb DRV 2080, TR5 Tape echo, Ozone 9 elements, Royal Compressor So outside of doing it this way is there any other way of finding the "errant" effect or VSTi that might be causing CPU to go nuts? And a general Q - WHY do these plugins still use CPU cycles when just sitting there in a project that is not running?

Yip .. I had 3 installs of Live 11 when I looked under Programs and Features, uninstalled older 2, thanks. What I find annoying is it does the VST search on load, I dont think this can be disabled now? Plus, relatively, its a resource hog .. CPU/FAN

@Jeremy Oakes Do not discount the BL App on your phone as I described above ( read post above this ). You still dont need the BL utility installed on your system for this process. Think of the BL app on your phone as an extension to your CW on your Puter. Not alone an easy way of getting found sounds while out and about on your phone but also a nice way of recording ideas that cross your mind, even humming a melody line. This as well as the Collab possibilities ( PS - you a lizzy fan )

My thoughts on that ( sampler ) are this Bandlab app on phone or tablet could become a great FOUND SOUND sample tool when you are out and about, to use in your tracks. Record directly into the Bandlab app DAW on your phone to one of the tracks in a project there and then when you get home, open CW and import that project ( downloads from your a/c in the cloud used by the app ) and work away on it as a regular CW project file Works a treat: Opened BL app on phone. Pressed the + symbol to add new project, pressed RECORD and did so. Then saved it ( went to cloud ). Opened CW .. File Menu, Browse bandlab Projects, opened that window: Choose the TEST project and it opens in CW as normal. Hassle Free It would tempt me to get a decent USB Mic for my phone

Here is a short text tute on integration back and forth. Updated yesterday https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022218453-Integration-between-BandLab-and-Cakewalk- Keep in mind, you'll need to keep your export under the current limits of 12 tracks and 6 minutes of duration to successfully move your tracks to a BandLab project. OK, that might be an issue, BUT where it could work in collab is to temp mixdown the project to a WAV without the instrument / vocal your collab partner might be contributing. Then when they finished you can import the new track from BL back into your CW project and add as track

https://blog.bandlab.com/introducing-bandlab-10-0/ Along with the obvious massive visual overhaul, BandLab 10.0 brings major improvements to both the social and creation experience. On top of general fixed and quality-of-life improvements, here’s an overview of some of the biggest changes and new features: Your all-new profile page A reworked Replies feature Private accounts A next-generation update to our Mix Editor A brand new Project Page A game-changing new instrument – Sampler A refreshed and remastered Mastering feature Dark mode – coming soon! Over the last few CW updates we have also seen BL integration additions inside CW. And also in the BK app on our puters. This new v10 seems to be the app on our phones/tablets BUT with the integration in CW and this new SAMPLER it has maybe some interesting possibilities for us all? I have not looked into the integration too much yet, nor the sharing of CW projects between CW itself and the BL Cloud. This could be a thing for collaboration, used as an ideas audio pad & for found sounds while out and about EDIT - Post below goes through simple process when I tried it this afternoon

Bought .. good to have in the toolbox. You also end up with 3 other FREE plugs - Canary, Cypress TT-15 and VHL-3C

Lets see how much at Plugin Boutique and Everyplugin $39 at CA

Cannot have too many COMPRESSORS If only this offer was out 2 or 3 weeks ago when I bought the 2 WAVES plugins - Scheps Omni Channel & CLA Mixhub .. I dont regret though https://vstbuzz.com/deals/85-off-the-vla-bundle-by-black-rooster-audio/ 85% off the greatest Vintage Leveling Amplifier Bundle by Black Rooster Audio! The most legendary, classic and versatile compression plug-ins you’ll ever get at this price! Renowned for their masterful vintage plug-ins for the modern user, Black Rooster Audio presents the VLA Bundle – consisting of the VLA-2A, VLA-3A and the VLA-FET – the trifecta of exceptional compressors to take your productions to the next level. €32 instead of €220

Looks like 7 is completely updated also .. or maybe I had not looked in a while. I also noticed all my 7 activations were dumped and have to reactivate again EDIT - my activations back again

Linkeeee https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_digital_v3.html Use your voucher code - BXD-V3-3999 - to drop to the $39.99 price

Also works in INTRO And again if you have INTRO or i think at this stage LITE you can use in Cakewalk via the Reason Synth Rack plugin ( no need to have Reason open )

Interesting .. here in Ireland, I get This site can’t be reached - dmgaudio.com refused to connect.

Waves Scheps Omni Channel is $32.37 at everyplugin: https://everyplugin.com/scheps-omni-channel.html

Absolutely. A steal at that price. $30ish instead of $199 and better if you have codes for everyplugin etc https://everyplugin.com/cla-mixhub.html This is a quick BIO so to speak: "Plugins normally work on only one channel at a time. CLA MixHub is the first plugin to work in buckets – groupings of up to 8 channels, in up to 8 buckets in total. In other words, you can mix up to 64 channels from one CLA MixHub plugin window. By mixing tracks side by side in the MixHub’s buckets, you’ll gain a mixing perspective that lets you immediately hear how one track’s processing affects others within a song." Have a look at this vid on its usage/review:

I am a happy camper with this now. What i was looking for plus alot more I did not know about Outside of the sidechain thing it allows you to mix multiple tracks in "Buckets" Also has INSERT section for other Waves EFX Price normally - $199

Just did that and phoenix into the bargain - worked out with virtual cash for €24

@Starship Krupa OK, adjusted the topic subject line to reflect what you mentioned .. make it more generalised

This looks VERY interesting for mixing, mastering and sidechaining: https://everyplugin.com/cla-mixhub.html - $25.89 with coupon at Every

Thanks @jesse g At everyplugin I note these: https://everyplugin.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?description=&ilok_required=&manufacturer[0]=6&name=compressor&p=2&price[from]=&price[to]=&short_description=&sku=&supply_time= So many .. I would take it one should be looking for Internal/external sidechain With respect to the LMC+ .. you recommend in this regard? And vs the Waves stuff

As the title says. Which compressor is worth buying for general Compressor usage and stuff like SIDE CHAINING/Ducking? And that works in Cakewalk? NOT ALL HAVE EXTERNAL SIDE CHAINING I dont think? Added it here in Deals as I do mention BUYING and maybe there are ones on a deal that others have here worth considering

Interesting you should mention IZOTOPE on clips. I originally had IZOTOPE vst on a few of the tracks efx slot. This gave me an odd issue when i was rendering the track out to wav ( export ) .. resultant wav was all whistles at different pitches ( like a dodgy hearing aid ). So I instead added IZOTOPE EFX to the clips instead of in the track slot and that solved that problem. Export worked fine and Izotope effect worked also in the clip. As you said the issue in this thread is transient and hard to repeat .. but one wonders is it certain EFX causing this

@Jimlau A few posts below yours I posted about not being able to save but getting GENERAL ERROR. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/31227-when-trying-to-save-a-project-i-get-general-error-which-stops-me-from-saving-no-detail/ Im just adding this here wondering does the workaround I found solve your issue too. Before hitting save, temp turn off the audio engine .. Does it save now?

However I sometimes wonder as an alt to Normalising .. one could bring a lowish vol wav into Soundforge and simply use the increase volume feature, sparingly .. then after that into CW and through Gain push up another small bit