posted 11 May 2003 20:30            

If a track uses a submix from another track as its input, then the DSP resources do *not* "free-up" when no Sound is playing in that track.

This is a bug.

posted 12 May 2003 12:26            

Three other simultaneous tracks use "compin" as their input. This all compiles and runs fine, but it utilizes most of my DSP resources.

When the Timeline advances past the end of these three Sounds, so that only the "input processor" Sound is still active, the DSP usage is still high.

What I wanted to do is place a second Sound in a track following one of the completed Sounds, but I don't have enough resources. This would work fine if the completed Sound would return the resources, as it would if it was *not* listening to a submix.

posted 16 May 2003 15:11            

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Originally posted by SSC:
Try splitting your "input processor" Sound into two (or more) sequential bars rather than one long bar. The first one should end when the first group of three destination tracks' sound ends. Begin the second copy simultaneously with the next Sound on a destination track. In other words, when there are no Sounds on the destination tracks, there would also be no "input processor" Sound.

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In my actual Timeline, I want to keep two of the three Sounds active and listening to the "input processor" submix. Fortunately they can withstand a brief drop-out, so your suggestion does work.

However, I am still puzzled over why it behaves this way. Why should a submix be treated any differently from a "normal" audio input into a track? Oh well, the question is largely rhetorical, as it does what it does.

(It does get frustrating though, because Kyma "does what it does", and I spend an awful lot of time trying to get it to do what *I* want it to do.)

Thanks for the work-around.