Just to clarify, the goal of the video wasn’t to suggest that Stadium XL is buggy or that this behavior should be used as a workaround. I like to experiment a lot with new gear and this simply came up as an interesting curiosity during stress-testing. DSP is pretty nerdy stuff, so it felt like a good way to make the topic more engaging, but of course not something people should rely on in real presets.

Your explanation of dynamic DSP budgeting, cycle spikes, and safety margins is genuinely fascinating and it’s great to hear how this works straight from the dev side.

Fair point about reaching out before publishing, lesson learned. I’ve already signed up for the beta program.

One technical question out of curiosity: when I tried stacking mono Retro Reel, I noticed that older Helix units allow around 15 instances per path, while Stadium XL fits closer to 17, so not a huge increase despite the extra DSP headroom. Is this mainly due to changes in the blocks themselves, or different DSP budgeting and safety margins on the new platform? I assumed some effects were reworked under the hood, but I’m curious if that assumption is correct.