## Bypass all switch

Device/Module Wishlist

Original topic on PlanetZ: https://forums.scopeusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=15213

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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:56 pm
by Music Manic
Is it possible to have a bypass switch that deactivates all plugins in Scope in one go?
Need this to free resources for recording.
Thanks

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:18 am
by hubird
at least you'll have to differ between inserts, sends or 'chained in line' plugs...

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:58 pm
by symbiote
I don't think so. The MultiFX has a Bypass button tho, that should turn off all the effects inserted into it. I'm not sure it actually unloads them from DSP tho.

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:29 pm
by at0m
It doesn't. For the DSP's to unload, you have to switch off the inserts.
Maybe some mixer presets could do? I'm not too keen of presets on the SFP mixers, but hey if it does the job for you... Do mind tho at what stage you save and recall presets. One 'mixer blank' preset for all projects will not do since it can screw up mono/stereo channels etc. But you can make the preset before recording, delete some fx, save again, record, restore previous preset...
Then again, I'm not too fond of all this on- and offloading of DSP either. It's slow, and each time something unnoticably small goes wrong your project will get more and more buggy.
If you have poly synths, it's very easy to set these to 0 voices. With post-Pulsar OS 2.04 devices, you can do that from the livebar, with older devices (Three-0-three, dubsub,...) you can make a preset that has 0 voices and save that.
All in all, SFP is not made to load and unload so much. You'll see
So how do the others do it? They record before the system is on overload. Or set higher latency. Or set SFP to low priority, or set the sequencer higher priority. Optimise the system to get less interruptions while recording.
Have fun.