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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0010281 | ardour | other | public | 2026-04-14 10:22 | 2026-04-14 10:47 |
| Reporter | udoprog | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Summary | 0010281: selecting a midi track in edit view with a heavy plugin on is laggy | ||||
| Description | When I create a midi track, and add the Surge XT plugin to it. When i try to select it, it takes a few seconds for the selection to take effect. I'm guessing this is because the plugin has some kind of overhead. It makes it very difficult to get into a fluid workflow with any midi tracks that uses a "heavy" plugin. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | * Create a new empty project * Add a midi track with the Surge XT or other heavy plugin. * Selecting the track in the Edit view now takes a long time compared to other kinds of tracks. Since the delay likely differs from system to system, you can exacerbate the issue by simply stacking a ton of plugins on a single track (which is what I've done in the attached video). I've tried it with ACE Fluid Synth as well, and while I can use more instances of the plugin before selection lags, it also does cause lag. | ||||
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Why your track have 9 instances of Surge XT? How it works and what kind of behavior it's supposed to have? |
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I only use one instance! As written in the description, more instances makes the issue of track selection being laggy more noticeable which might be needed if you have a faster system than I do. |
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I noticed that the issue is the bottom panel which has plugin controls. It apparently takes a while to populate. Hiding the bottom panel makes the lag go away. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2026-04-14 10:22 | udoprog | New Issue | |
| 2026-04-14 10:22 | udoprog | File Added: Screencast_20260414_121627.webm | |
| 2026-04-14 10:31 | DopplerNyquist | Note Added: 0030236 | |
| 2026-04-14 10:35 | udoprog | Note Added: 0030238 | |
| 2026-04-14 10:47 | udoprog | Note Added: 0030242 |
