Operation Manual

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE
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Redrum
D Do not use the Tone feature available on channels 1, 2 and 9.
In other words, make sure the Tone controls and their accompanying Vel knobs are
set to “0” (“twelve o’ clock”).
Mixer devices
D Avoid using stereo inputs when not required.
For example, if your sampler or Dr. Rex player is playing mono material, only con-
nect it to the Left input on a mixer channel. Leave the Right input unconnected.
D Do not activate EQ (Mixer 14:2 only) unless required.
If a channel doesn’t make use of EQ, make sure it’s EQ button is deactivated.
Distortion
D The D-11 Foldback Distortion will use up less CPU power than the
Scream 4 Distortion device.
Reverb
D The RV-7 uses much less power than the RV7000.
For some applications the RV-7 might do just fine, and will use up much less
power.
D If you are running out of processing power, try the Low Density algorithm
for the RV-7.
This uses up much less power than other algorithms.
Send Effects
D When you are using mono effects as send effects, you can connect the
effect returns in mono as well (disconnect the cable to Aux Return Right
on the Mixer).
This is true for the following effects:
• D-11 Distortion.
• Scream 4 Distortion
• ECF-42 Envelope Controlled Filter.
• COMP-01 Compressor.
• PEQ-2 Parametric EQ.
• DDL-1 Delay (provided the Pan parameter is set to center position).
• MClass effects; Equalizer, Compressor, Maximizer.
Songs and Memory
Requirements
Songs not only use up system resources in terms of processing power, they also re-
quire RAM (memory) to load at all.
The amount of RAM required for loading a song, is directly proportional to the amount
of samples used in the song. For example, a song only using Subtractors and effects
requires very little RAM.
If you are running out of RAM try the following:
D Close other song documents.
All open songs compete for RAM.
D Terminate other applications.
All running applications compete for the RAM available in the computer.
D Use mono samples instead of stereo.
Mono samples require half the amount of RAM.
D Try sample rate converting sample files to a lower sample rate.
Note that this will affect sound quality negatively. Also note that it will require an
external sample editor with good sample rate conversion facilities.