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Conserving CPU in Virtual Instruments
10/30/2006

It's not just notes that eat up your computer's precious processing power. Events such as modulation or pitch bend use up resources as well. If you have a modulator within a virtual instrument you're building, but aren't planning on using it, delete it. If you leave it there, it'll just sap more CPU resources every time you play a note.

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