How to make a plugin Inactive with in a rackspace

General discussion about Gig Performer
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Instead of deleting a synth from a rackspace, Is there a way to make a synth inactive within a Rackspace?
I right clicked on the synth, but the dropdown menu doesn’t seem to have that feature.

thanks,
Joel

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You should be able to “bypass” it.

This should eliminate any cpu being used by it, but this will not affect (as far as I know) the ram imprint of the plugin.

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Define “inactive”!

Bypass disables audio thread processing which is generally what one wants. You can’t actually REMOVE a plugin, nor can you stop it from running any other threads that might be there. Unfortunately, there are plugins that don’t STOP doing other things even when there’s no need for them (because audio is stopped) - the only recourse is to report the problem to the developer

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Inactive: to disable the plugin/synth (without removing the plugin/synth) so to free up DSP.

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So…is “Bypassing” the same as making it Inactive ?

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It’s all in the manual.

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That is my understanding.

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It will free up any DSP that is being executed in the audio thread. :slight_smile:

By the way, it’s not always necessary to do this. Well behaved plugins will automatically reduce their audio thread CPU load if they’re not actually producing any sound. Also remember that when you switch from one rackspace to another, the plugins in the previous rackspace are automatically bypassed (with possibly a short delay if you’re using patch persist)