JazzMac251
Inspired
Anyone else running into some serious CPU bottleneck issues? I have one preset that has Wah, Drive, Vol, Trem, Delay, and Rev (Hi-fi) and that's 83% right there. That leaves two empty blocks. Forget trying to throw in another drive, 2nd delay block, or 2nd reverb block. The unit will start chugging like a train (if you can even add those blocks at all). Not only is this a drag because it's forcing empty spaces on my board, but this problem is magnified exponentially when trying to create useful FX spillover.
Okay, we still have to use Fractal's tried-and-true, cobbled-together, "sorta gets the job done, usually", method for FX spillover, i.e. daisy-chaining spillover blocks between presets. Fine. But hold on a second. I'm already running into CPU bottlenecks with just a single delay and reverb block. That's the very reason I'm having to spread my board over multiple presets in the first place. Forget having to add the other two! Not to mention that you're already going to have to use up half your pedalboard just to get spillover! I guess I'll have to either give up AT LEAST half my pedalboard or just not have spillover at all. The latter is not really an option.
Also, no global blocks. Damn.
This is a pretty big disappointment. Why is the processing power of this unit so hampered? Why does Fractal not take spillover seriously AT ALL? How is this really acceptable? The effects in this thing are seriously the best in the biz, but the CPU bottleneck and the continued lack of spillover are about to push this long-time Fractal supporter right out the door. I just don't know if I can justify spending $1400 on something with this many limitations.
I mean, SERIOUSLY, half the pedalboard gone just to have spillover!??? COME. ON.
Okay, we still have to use Fractal's tried-and-true, cobbled-together, "sorta gets the job done, usually", method for FX spillover, i.e. daisy-chaining spillover blocks between presets. Fine. But hold on a second. I'm already running into CPU bottlenecks with just a single delay and reverb block. That's the very reason I'm having to spread my board over multiple presets in the first place. Forget having to add the other two! Not to mention that you're already going to have to use up half your pedalboard just to get spillover! I guess I'll have to either give up AT LEAST half my pedalboard or just not have spillover at all. The latter is not really an option.
Also, no global blocks. Damn.
This is a pretty big disappointment. Why is the processing power of this unit so hampered? Why does Fractal not take spillover seriously AT ALL? How is this really acceptable? The effects in this thing are seriously the best in the biz, but the CPU bottleneck and the continued lack of spillover are about to push this long-time Fractal supporter right out the door. I just don't know if I can justify spending $1400 on something with this many limitations.
I mean, SERIOUSLY, half the pedalboard gone just to have spillover!??? COME. ON.