does muting conserve cpu in live?

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:53 am

hey... just wondering here... im migrating from tracktion and have just purchased live full 7 today.

i was playing with my little eee pc and have noticed the cpu levels dont go down when i mute... could just be the netbook, but just wondering - if mute doesnt conserve cpu, what does? freeze?

thank you

RonC

Comatoze · Post by **Comatoze** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:01 pm

Either freeze or turn the instrument off.

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:47 pm

Muting will not affect CPU - as suggested you could freeze the track (if it's midi and you don't want to tweak it), turn off any vst on the track or just stop the clip.

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:39 am

ahh so i have to click on the on off vst. im wondering why muting wont disable that, it could be set up to disable all cpu for the track. wouldnt that be a nice feature?

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:32 am

That's not really what mute is for TBH.

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:30 am

ahh ive got what you mean. you can mute say a delay / reverb, and it will still process it... i understand that.

sooo there isnt any way to cut off cpu on an entire track with a single click? that is kind of disheartening for me

its either click on every single device/vst to turn off, which is cumbersome, or wait the time it takes to freeze?

RonC

forge · Post by **forge** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:36 am

it is for Live use - it would be utterly impractical having it switch of every device when muting the trck

it would mean you couldn't reliably mute tracks and bring them back in in time with the music

rpc9943 · Post by **rpc9943** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:03 am

right i understand now what im asking was not to mute then, now i am asking if its possible to disable an entire track with a single click.

thats all

RonC