Noticable delay when transferring from/to tracks with realtime effects.
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Description
### Bug description
If the User moves a clip from/to a track with many realtime effects, there will be a delay between those actions.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Launch AU4
2. Create 3 tracks
3. Add multiple effects to a track
4. Generate clips
5. Move clip from track with multiple effects to a different track and vice versa
6. Observe result
### Expected behavior
There should be no delay
### Actual behavior
There is a delay
### Audacity Version
Audacity 4.0 beta 3
### Operating system
OS independent
### Additional context
Related: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/9041
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the delay in AU4 beta 3 using the listed steps: create tracks, add multiple effects, generate clips, and move clips between affected tracks. Trace the clip-transfer path and realtime-effect handling, then verify that moving clips produces no observable delay.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100