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bouncing to wave question
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| ASFSE |
ok so here's a silly question...
i'm workin on a track, and i want to bounce everything to wav, i did so and now when i load up all the wav files into my sequencer(FL) i get extreme choppy playback even tho my CPU meter reads maybe...15-20%
before bouncing, my CPU meter was at about 40%, and the track played fine...now after bouncing to wav, it's starting to act up?
i was trying to avoid this by bouncing...what am i doing wrong lol?:D |
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| Zombie0729 |
| choppy playback? like does it stall? are you seeing blank spaces in the wave forms when it shouldn't be? are they looped correctly? |
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| ASFSE |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
choppy playback? like does it stall? are you seeing blank spaces in the wave forms when it shouldn't be? are they looped correctly? |
it stalls, yes. the waveforms are fine, looping is fine... |
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| DigiNut |
How many files did you bounce?
If you're trying to play 24 tracks off a crappy old hard drive, it's going to skip. It's not the CPU anymore that's limiting you, it's actually your drive.
If you have multiple drives, definitely bounce your audio to a dedicated one that's not being used for programs, system, pagefiles, any of that stuff. I have a "Samples" drive for this express purpose.
If not, you're SOL - you have to find the right balance between disk usage and CPU usage. Or, route a couple of channels to a group and bounce them into one file as opposed to a separate file for each track. |
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| MaxC |
| How much RAM do you have and how many tracks are you trying to play simultaneously? |
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| CReddick |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
How many files did you bounce?
If you're trying to play 24 tracks off a crappy old hard drive, it's going to skip. It's not the CPU anymore that's limiting you, it's actually your drive.
If you have multiple drives, definitely bounce your audio to a dedicated one that's not being used for programs, system, pagefiles, any of that stuff. I have a "Samples" drive for this express purpose.
If not, you're SOL - you have to find the right balance between disk usage and CPU usage. Or, route a couple of channels to a group and bounce them into one file as opposed to a separate file for each track. |
+1
HD bandwith is a bitch. Depending on your system, I'd suggest a Serial ATA setup or even a RAID if you're doing crazy stuff. |
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| ASFSE |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
How many files did you bounce?
If you're trying to play 24 tracks off a crappy old hard drive, it's going to skip. It's not the CPU anymore that's limiting you, it's actually your drive.
If you have multiple drives, definitely bounce your audio to a dedicated one that's not being used for programs, system, pagefiles, any of that stuff. I have a "Samples" drive for this express purpose.
If not, you're SOL - you have to find the right balance between disk usage and CPU usage. Or, route a couple of channels to a group and bounce them into one file as opposed to a separate file for each track. |
damn, this is def the problem...the HD is about 2 yrs old, and it has about 4 gigs out of 160 left of free space lol.
i have 13 tracks playing at the same time...
looks like i need to get a dedicated drive! |
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| thoughtlessjex |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
defrag brotha |
Even that won't help if he has too many files going. Defragging can free up a lot of space, but it won't speed you up that much. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by thoughtlessjex
Even that won't help if he has too many files going. Defragging can free up a lot of space, but it won't speed you up that much. |
yes it will
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| Storyteller |
it could.
However it could be the software as well. I've been playing with ableton 5 a while ago and it experienced playback problems with about 10 wave files at a time, while cubase had no problemse playing more, and bigger wav files alltogether. |
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| thoughtlessjex |
I know what defragging is. Unless you've not defragged in years, never done it before, or just deleted a hell of a lot of files, it won't change the speed of your Hard-drive that much. Why? It's like cough syrup. It alleviates the symptoms, but it doesn't solve the main problem, which is that your harddrive isn't big or fast enough. |
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