How much do you get out of PT LE? CPU Usage?

[TristanB]

I have Pro Tools 8 LE for my home setup, using an mbox 2 mini, and a late 2010 Macbook Pro. I use HD at the studio. So I am currently running a session with an average of 4 plugins per track, roughly using 40 tracks. My CPU Usage is 35%, no where near done with the mix either. How does your LE system treat you and whats the most you have gotten out of it without losing any integrity.

[psycho_monkey]

Originally Posted by TristanB

I have Pro Tools 8 LE for my home setup, using an mbox 2 mini, and a late 2010 Macbook Pro. I use HD at the studio. So I am currently running a session with an average of 4 plugins per track, roughly using 40 tracks. My CPU Usage is 35%, no where near done with the mix either. How does your LE system treat you and whats the most you have gotten out of it without losing any integrity.

How do you "lose integrity"?! It either works or it falls over...

Assuming you're on the highest buffer size?

40 tracks/4 plugins a track is a relatively hefty session...most of the time I don't go above 4 plugins per track (and more usually 2 or 3, and even then one is usually a trim plugin) so from a personal point of view, unless you've got 10 aux sends to add, I struggle to see how you're going to run out of power if you're only using 35% of the available power - in theory, you could double everything in your session and still have power to spare (in practice, it'll probably fall over before then). If you need to use 8 plugins per source to get an acceptable sound, I'd look at the tracking first!

[RTR]

I never had any luck with a mbox, or USB for that matter...it is not pro tools, it is the mbox IMO

[couch11]

Originally Posted by RTR

I never had any luck with a mbox, or USB for that matter...it is not pro tools, it is the mbox IMO

MBox has nothing to do while your are mixing. All it serves as is a monitoring source. It doesn't do any processing and the only thing being sent to it is a 2 track mix.