Rendering - Soundquality

[johnderekbishop]

Hi, Ive been wondering and trying to find out about rendering tracks:
why does Live render tracks so fast compared to cubase, logic, pro tools?
Does this affect soundquality?
Do the external effects get the right processing when it is done so fast?

[kleine]

Hi, Ive been wondering and trying to find out about rendering tracks:
why does Live render tracks so fast compared to cubase, logic, pro tools?
Does this affect soundquality?

No, it´s a "offline" process.

Do the external effects get the right processing when it is done so fast?

If your set contains an External Audio Effect or External Instrument that routes to a hardware effects device or synthesizer,
the rendering process is a bit different. In this case, rendering the master output happens in real time.
If you render individual tracks, all tracks that don't route to an external device anywhere in their signal paths will be rendered offline.
Then, any tracks that do access these devices will be rendered in real time.

See the manual p. 46 ff for details.

Best,
Christian