Hey gang, I’m making a custom unit and I’m trying to lower the CPU before releasing it.
The most wasteful thing I can tell I’m doing is having to make it stereo chain for the sole purpose of panning the final result.
Is there a way to maintain a mono signal right up until a stereo panner is introduced? would save me about 18% of CPU.
Also is there a way to stop the signal from going to the next (on the right) unit without having to use a closed VCA?
There is no nice way to do it at the moment but there is a hack. Add a GainBias control to the Custom Unit and the mono chain in there. Then inside the (stereo) Custom Unit’s patch, insert a Mixer Channel and assign the GainBias control as the input to both the left and right of it.
Thank you for the tips Brian, would you mind give me feedback on the CU before I share it?
I want to be sure not to be wasting precious resources.
55% on 48kHz is way more than I expected
People on the forum can also give you feedback, which gives you the benefits of an iterative process between multiple people – it doesn’t need to be one-and-done