@jasensmith said:
... maybe you truely are having some serious issues but have you considered maybe changing your workflow? 1 minute to open a plugin is still too much?
Thanks for your insight in your workflow and the PC side of life. But you are missing the point. There are two things here:
- A) time to open the plugin
- B) time to load the preset/samples
You are aware of that, right? I'm not talking about loading the preset/sample, of course that takes time if you load thousands of samples and your instrument is 1GB big. If I wanted to speed that up I would stuck 4 SSDs in my MacPro in a RAID0 configuration. All I'm talking about is to just open the freakin' plugin that usually takes from instantly (most of Logic's plugin) to a couple of seconds (Omnisphere, Play, etc). Which of your plugin on your PC takes 1 minute to open, I don't know any on my Mac.
I'm a a huge proponent of workflow that's why I'm so bitchy about the two issues with VI that stop my workflow cold dead, the VI authentication and the implementation of the VI interface (Mac only). What you are talking about has nothing to do with workFLOW, they are a "workAROUND" for a problem. You are not optimizing your workflow, you are minimizing the damage to your workflow.
Of course, loading gigabytes of samples into your RAM takes time and you start that and then doing something. There is no way around that. When you put on the kettle to boil water for the tea, you don't stand there, staring at the stove and watch the water get hot. Of course you get your other stuff in the kitchen ready for the breakfast.
But what would you say if you buy yourself a Ferrari with a keyless entry like many cars have nowadays. The only problem is that the Ferrari company is concerned about auto theft so they came up with a brilliant idea. Ever time you want to get into your car, the car key sends a signal to some third party that does a background check to see if you are the rightful owner of that fine piece of automotive. Great idea, not a single Ferrari theft since then. However imagine you pick up that hot girl at the club, get to the car, beep-beep, now you stand around with her for 5 minutes until the background check has cleared. Of course you can change your "workflow" and while the girl is waiting you can polish the hood, clean the mirrors, etc...
Now replace the Ferrari with VSL and the hot chick with the producer sitting in your studio who says "oh, I understand you have to load the samples" and you say "no, nothing is loading yet for the next 5 minutes"
Do you understand what I mean? I don't have an issue as you suspect in form of getting it fixed with troubleshooting, I have an issue with the form of authentication that is implemented by VSL.