I use a lot of different drawbar, percussion, C/V settings through the course of a gig. Am I better off having a “Master” organ Rackspace and creating variations for the different settings, or a different Rackspace for each of them?
You can of course use variations for different organ settings, but be aware of the fact that variations only capture the values of the widgets that are on your panel! That means, if you want a complete organ setting, you need to have each and every available parameter of your organ plugin, being mirrored with a corresponding widget! If this isn’t the case, you won’t be able to use variations as you plan to do it!
Use the forums search to find ready made rackspaces for some of well known organ plugins.
EDIT:
This is the most important place to crawl through if you want to find a “ready made” solution…
Most (not all) organ plugins are physically modeled. So, as I understand it, having multiple instances of organ plugins (even using the same drawbar and other settings) does not consume ram as much as multiple instances of the same sample-based sound.
So, I would just create another rackspace with a new instance of the plugin. Easier, and probably less chance of user error. (But others may have a different view).
On the other hand, if you were using a sample-heavy instrument and you wanted to tweak something that does not require loading different samples (e.g., changing effects, maybe using a keyswitch to use different (already loaded) samples), it might be more worthwhile to set up widgets to tweak the plugin (rather than use a new instance).[Disclaimer: this is based on my experience and understanding of ram use in GP. But, no real analysis/data of how ram is utilized)
Thanks for the clarification. I have already built a Rackspace with all the widgets I use to control my organ sounds. I can now alter it for the changes I need and save it as a Variation under that Rackspace. I know there are Rackspaces(some really nice ones too) other members have submitted that I could have used, but created my own so I could get accustomed to doing it.
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