My laptop handles Midi recording pretty well when I am developing a song, but when I start to add audio tracks I experience latency problems (I think that is the right name). Where I notice it most is after I have recorded a few audio clips when I click Play or Record sometimes the project will freeze for a few seconds. It will not play right away and when it starts to play it will be delayed at first. If I wait a few seconds the problem goes away and I can record another clip. Then the problem comes back over and over.
I'm not ready to buy a stronger laptop. I'm looking for strategies to reduce this problem. If I freeze extra Audio tracks that seems to help, but I can't freeze the track I'm working on at the moment, hence I still have the problem. One time I froze my Midi tracks that used a guitar synth and that seemed to help.
Is freezing tracks a good strategy to solve this problem?
Do I also need to remove the synth or is it no longer a drain on resources if the track is frozen?
Are there other strategies to get around this problem?
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My laptop handles Midi recording pretty well when I am developing a song, but when I start to add audio tracks I experience latency problems (I think that is the right name). Where I notice it most is after I have recorded a few audio clips when I click Play or Record sometimes the project will freeze for a few seconds. It will not play right away and when it starts to play it will be delayed at first. If I wait a few seconds the problem goes away and I can record another clip. Then the problem comes back over and over.
I'm not ready to buy a stronger laptop. I'm looking for strategies to reduce this problem. If I freeze extra Audio tracks that seems to help, but I can't freeze the track I'm working on at the moment, hence I still have the problem. One time I froze my Midi tracks that used a guitar synth and that seemed to help.
Is freezing tracks a good strategy to solve this problem?
Do I also need to remove the synth or is it no longer a drain on resources if the track is frozen?
Are there other strategies to get around this problem?
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