> you have like 10 channels of synths, what in there is super intensive The synth itself. Samplers, hardware emulations, and effects can eat a lot of memory an

> you have like 10 channels of synths, what in there is super intensive The synth itself. Samplers, hardware emulations, and effects can eat a lot of memory and CPU, to say nothing of a monster 100+ voice synth patch (very easy to achieve with unison, used in supersaw-type sounds) > What does freezing tracks mean and why is it so expensive? Freezing tracks means recording the output of that track to a WAV and using that output as a stand-in for the real thing. Freezing tracks isn't expensive, it's what you use when another plug-in is too expensive and you want to reduce your CPU load.