by illinformed » Sat May 06, 2006 10:55 am
I've been using the RFX and EOS 4.7 pretty extensively over the last couple of months or so. It's still an absolute bitch and now I need stereo synths more than ever. I think I'm going to have to go back to 4.6 however I'm really making the most of the compression effect at the mo.
Anyway my observations have been this.
The RFX is extremely sluggish when editing effects in the Bus Screen. If you try and apply midi modulation tweaks in that screen then it's a joke, you can hear the RFX choke. Remedy, get out of the Bus Screen when applying RFX modulations.
When flipping from the Bus screen back to Multimode, the effects kind of reset themselves and have to load in again, I think this may be what's happening with you Halifax. It's so frustrating having to wait for the delay to catch up with itself. I have my RFX setups change when a Multisetups changes. This adds more problems if something is using a delay - lots of pops and clicks. The answer is to stopping using any sounds that are going to the delay before you change setup.
Internal clipping seems to occurs at low volumes within effects, especially with the Compressor plugin.
The Compressor (obviously) exaggerates the random panning effect. This also applies if you are using Left and Right and mono channels as it results in pops and clicks where the sample has the beginning randomly cut off.
Dont get me wrong, I still love the RFX and it is turning into an invaluable tool especially for live use. It's just that you have to do an awful lot of groundwork to make a bank useable (free from panning problems or pops and clicks). Come on Emu, just go back to 4.6 (panning free), add FAT32 and the Compressor Plugin - you can drop everything else. Is it me, but does the LowPass filter sound much better in 4.6 too?
Andrew