making tracks in a daw

Question

I only use 1 track in reaper daw, with 30 vsts. Most are off some are on. But in reality all of them are on, cause i can here them as a build a bunch of vsts in a track strip. Which i like. Is it better to open 8 track strips, over just 1? esp. Because i use a 8 channel interfaces. Would it sound better to have more tracks with vsts spread around, over just using 1 track insert. Thakyou, michele v

Answer 1

In terms of Performance: Is it better for CPU to spread VSTs across tracks?

yes, especially if:

1. Some plugins (like reverbs or synths) are CPU-heavy, and you’re stacking them all serially.

Using 8 tracks might help REAPER and your system distribute the load more efficiently, especially if you’re using multicore processing.