not wishing to upset anyone, and a merry xmas to all;
but frankly , as ive had probs in the past i dont use fancy
instrument plug ins/vsti in biab.
ive found often some can consume lots of resources. and thus impact biab sometimes.
so i use the kiss concept.
i might generate the midi's in biab, but then load into reaper where i can experiment till my hearts content with different vsti/instruments/libs.
also i have a midi kbd/no sounds hooked up over usb i do midi traks with in reaper.
i mainly use biab for.
1. rt's/bed traks.
2. i like to play along on the pc kbd and see what melodies are genned. if i like one , i send it to the daw.
3. sometimes if i wanna get a song idea down fast in biab.
i just use midi. /maybe a drum rt. till i have the chord
arrangement matching whats in my silly head. lol.

frankly, and i know some will disagree. BUT i feel the right place for big sample orchestral libs, and fancy vsti's or really anything that needs lots of resources (particularly
from a tech perspective if the user has a low power pc) is
proper daw multitrack software. (reaps/pt/mixcraft/samp/whatever daw you use.)
thus please support my wishlist item, where i mention the need for a feature in both biab and rb thats an early warning system before a pc gets overloaded.
ive seen it time and again on low power pc's.
it crashes cos of overload. ie the pc is being asked to do too much.
intel i9 or threadripper amd matched with ssd's out the ying yangs different story.

IN ADDITION if youve installed your fancy high resource needy
plug in libs on the same drive as windows resides on you might run into severe problems.
any major eg sample lib i would install on a seperate drive, so one doesnt run into drive contention probs. ive seen this many times too.
my rule is keep the OS lonely by itself on its own drive.
(particularly non ssd // old style hard drives.)
otherwise the OS might say "i dont give a hoot what you want
mr user , i reign supreme, my needs come first" lol.

as an example i like the "dune" plug in synth software on certain things. its got some neat sounds.
but i use it in the daw. i also have a geetar plug in i like,
but i dont use it in biab.
i believe its best to use biab to what it does best.
generating traks. its ok to use the biab supplied plug ins.
they are low resource useage. eg the dx effects etc.

i dont know bout halion. looks neat, but if you load it into a reaper trak, then reaps will tell you its pc resource useage.

best to all. dont eat too much turkey. lol.
muso.

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 12/13/20 03:30 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)