I've been making music for a couple years now and i often reach the point where the MIDI input lag gets too much because of all the effects and instruments, so I end up leaving the song at whatever state its in out of frustration.  I just learned what "freezing" a track is in a DAW. I'm so mad i didn't know this (frankly obvious) thing sooner. Now i'm scared that there are other obvious things I don't know and I don't know what I don't know. Did this sort of thing happen to you.
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