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Absolute · 29th August 2005

Hey guys

When working in the box does it matter much if you process some tracks(with effects) offline? To clarify, I usually process everything in the final mixdown...but if I process some of the tracks before that, in order to gain more cpu room, will it degrade

those tracks on final mixdown..or does it not matter?

gsharp · 29th August 2005

Supposed to be the same, on paper. Whether it really is is up to the particular plug-in manufacturer and your DAW, and whether or not the output from a real time insert and the offline version are truly the same. To test it you could do it both ways and invert one and see if they null.

theblue1 · 29th August 2005

What he said.

It really shouldn't make any difference. But then the road to hell is paved with reasonable assumptions...

Test it and make sure.

Absolute · 29th August 2005

thanks guys

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Absolute Lives for gear Joined: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 1,142 Thread Starter	? for Digital bit experts Hey guys When working in the box does it matter much if you process some tracks(with effects) offline? To clarify, I usually process everything in the final mixdown...but if I process some of the tracks before that, in order to gain more cpu room, will it degrade those tracks on final mixdown..or does it not matter?

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29th August 2005	#2
gsharp Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 722	Supposed to be the same, on paper. Whether it really is is up to the particular plug-in manufacturer and your DAW, and whether or not the output from a real time insert and the offline version are truly the same. To test it you could do it both ways and invert one and see if they null.

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theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	What he said. It really shouldn't make any difference. But then the road to hell is paved with reasonable assumptions... Test it and make sure.