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> 2011/12/10, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com>: > >> I'm with you Per. I can't wait for the day that there is a CPU efficient >> software that lets you easily switch between effects patches with a midi >> command and send those into Mobius/Sooperlooper. Only the effects patch >> currently used is using CPU. Allows tails to finish from previous >> effects >> patches….. On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Raül Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com> wrote: > well, plogue bidule does exactly that, several versions ago. Yes, that's correct. Before Mainstage existed I always used Bidule to switch between effect patches. In fact, when Mainstage came around it was like a copy of my Bidule setup, but better sounding and less CPU intensive. But my Bidule Group for dynamically awaiting the previous patch's tail to go down before closing the old line is still better than the fixed number of seconds overlap Mainstage uses (BTW, if anyone wants to pick up this custom made Group it is named "Tailprsv". Should be shared by the deep hackers at the Bidule forum, or I can send one by email). My reason for using Mainstage rather than Bidule today is not this simple patch switching but the better (and way less expensive) effect plugins and virtual instruments (synths, sampler) that comes as part of MS. It's just ridiculously cheap that you now get all that for $30. On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:17 PM, todd reynolds <toddreyn@gmail.com> wrote: > Wait... I do this with the effects chain in Live's Audio Effects rack all > the time using the chain selector, overlapping delays and all... Yes, many do so. The difference is that Live doesn't fully offload CPU load for devices not in use. Mainstage can do that because it loads every plugin into RAM when you boot up the application. I happily use Live now but there is no way I could keep 55 alternative patches at hand, in Live, to be instantly loaded by kicking a foot switch, each one of those patches almost maxing out the CPU when active. In Live I go with a different approach: I set up a couple effects I might use and simply turn them off or on (like the rack trick you mentioned). Since the last Live 8 upgrade Live has gotten way more CPU friendly and I'm noticing here that exactly the same number of third-party effects use less of the CPU when run under Live compared to when run under Mainstage. But that's not the point in using Mainstage. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen