Dedicated process, Separate process, or buggy mode?

[Cableaddict]

Can someone explain the difference between these three options, selectable on a per-plugin basis within the FX window?

I'm crashing a lot & suspect a few plugins. Have been reading the manual & lots of threads, and still don't understand the differences here. The manual literally says to ask in the forums.

SO:

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I don't want to run all plugins in ONE separate process, since I know one is (likely) bad, and I can't run EVERY plugin in separate processes as this bogs down my CPU.

For a per-plugin solution, which setting should I use, via the FX browser?

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Also, will one of these choices be better than another, in terms of telling me which plugin has crashed?

-thanks.

[Cableaddict]

RELATED QUESTION:


Let's say one has set a bunch of suspect plugins into one of these modes, then

A: later finds the problem and wants to put all the rest back to the "community"process.

or

B: Does NOT find the problem, and wants to put a few MORE plugins into separate / dedicated / or buggy mode, without having to check every single plugin as to how they are currently set.


Is there a way to call up a window that shows all plugins in a list, with the above choices shown to their right, all at once?

[Mercado_Negro]

Please read this first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_(computing)

Dedicated process: each plug-in runs in a dedicated process
Separate process: several plug-ins run in the same process

If you choose to run a plug-in in a dedicated process then it will run alone in that process (if you set several plug-ins to this mode, they will all run in their own processes). It will see all your available RAM and will not share it with anything else. It will also use CPU on its own.

If you choose to run several plug-ins in a separate process then they will all run in that process. They will share RAM and CPU load.

For your question above: No, there's no such list. You have to a) check every plug-in to verify its state or b) write it down.

[Cableaddict]

Originally Posted by Mercado_Negro

Please read this first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_(computing)

Dedicated process: each plug-in runs in a dedicated process
Separate process: several plug-ins run in the same process .

That can't possibly be correct. In the FX window you can assign a SINGLE plugin to EITHER dedicated or separate. The manual says the same thing, but then doesn't elaborate.

- And what about "Buggy plugin" mode? What the heck IS that?

DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY KNOW?

Originally Posted by Mercado_Negro

For your question above: No, there's no such list. You have to a) check every plug-in to verify its state or b) write it down.

Bummer. Well, there SHOULD be.

[Cableaddict]

Another questions:

If you set a few plugins to one of the "individual" process settings, what happens if you THEN go to the prefs window, and select "run native only," or even "run all plugins in a separate (all together) process?

Does this overwrite your previous settings from the VST window?

[Cableaddict]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS? (I'm sort of desperate here.)

- or point me to a clear & concise thread that does so?

thanks.