Billy86 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 So that's it. I froze SD3 (with 4 plugs) to reduce CPU load and its output jumped about 5 dB. Hmm. I unfroze, went back into SD3 and I toggled the "Follow Host" button off, thinking maybe it was still outputting audio, along with audio that resulted from freezing. No affect. I don't understand why... Any insight appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reginaldStjohn Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Did you bounce to a stereo track or mono track? bouncing a stereo source to mono can increase the gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 I simply froze the VSTi that was inserted on a stereo track. So no mono involved that I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 @scook CbB Obi Wan... Can you suggest where I should look to figure out why, when I freeze a VSTi as you explained how to do and worked great (in this case Superior Drummer) it would jump about 5 dB in volume? As was asked here, I'm not bouncing a stereo track to mono as I know can cause an increased in volume. I'm simply freezing it, which as I understand it is simply a "bounce in place." Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 5db is an unusual value start simple freeze just the synth by itself make sure the instrument track interleave is set to stereo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Actually looking at your specs I'm wondering why you need to freeze anything? My computer is 1/4 or less the horsepower of yours and I have never had to freeze a synth? How many tracks you running? Is your CPU meter showing it's maxed out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 15 hours ago, scook said: 5db is an unusual value start simple freeze just the synth by itself make sure the instrument track interleave is set to stereo Track is set to stereo. Not sure why, but this morning the freeze results in approx. a 2 dB decrease in level. Not that big of a deal; I can adjust for that pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, John Vere said: Actually looking at your specs I'm wondering why you need to freeze anything? My computer is 1/4 or less the horsepower of yours and I have never had to freeze a synth? How many tracks you running? Is your CPU meter showing it's maxed out? 14 tracks. 6 with guitars each running an Amplitube 5 guitar sim. Not near maxing out. Task Manager: CPU 17%. Memory 29%. Just trying to follow best practices and efficiency I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will. Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, John Vere said: Actually looking at your specs I'm wondering why you need to freeze anything? My computer is 1/4 or less the horsepower of yours and I have never had to freeze a synth? How many tracks you running? Is your CPU meter showing it's maxed out? freezing tracks is pretty much a standard practice. Irrespective of your systems specs. It's old habbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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