[access-uk] Re: soundforge scripts ?
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:35:16 -0000
Thanks Damon, but do remember I'm using version 7 of SF, so placement of
options, where they
exist, could be different. Nonetheless, earlier versions shouldn't be
substantially
different, or so I'd have thought.
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Damon
ray you're a total star. I'll look forward to playing with these options
tomorrow morning. Much appreciated. Didin't even know this kind of thing
would appear in the documentation. Now everyone shout RTFM at me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: soundforge scripts ?
> Damon, here's what I hope will be relevant info from Sound Forge 7 help
> file. I thought it
> just might be of interest to a few on the list.
>
> My mind was turning to buffering, and this is mentioned here.
>
> HTH.
>
> From Ray
> I can be contacted off-list at:
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> Defragmenting your hard drive
> With time and usage, hard drives become fragmented, leading to
> discontiguous files and slow
> access. This is particularly true for older hard drives. Since Sound Forge
> is hard drive
> intensive, faster disk access equates better performance. Therefore, the
> initial step in
> improving system performance is hard drive defragmentation.
>
> The Windows Disk Defragmenter should be run prior to using Sound Forge.
>
> Increasing total buffer size
> The total buffer size value determines the amount of RAM used for
> recording to/playing from
> the hard drive. A total buffer size of 512 KB is recommended, but
> increased buffering may be
> necessary if you detect gaps during playback.
>
> Increasing the total buffer size requires additional memory. Combined with
> a large preload
> size, this may result in a delay when starting and stopping playback.
>
> From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.
>
> Click the Wave tab.
>
> Use the Total buffer size slider to configure an appropriate buffer size
> value and click OK.
>
> Increasing preload size
> The preload size value determines how much sound data Sound Forge prepares
> and loads into
> the sound card driver prior to starting playback. Preloading occurs
> between the time you
> click the Play button ( ) and the first sound of playback.
>
> Increasing preload size may eliminate the dropouts evident at the
> beginning of playback that
> are characteristic of slow and/or fragmented hard drives. The trade-off
> for increasing the
> preload size is a delay prior to the start of playback. The length of the
> delay is
> proportional to the size of the preload.
>
> From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.
>
> Click the Wave tab.
>
> Use the Preload size slider to configure an appropriate preload size value
> and click OK.
>
> Certain Windows sound drivers do not support this option. If you detect
> noise or dropouts at
> the start of playback and the system's sound drivers do not support
> preloading, turn off
> this option by setting the Preload size to 0.
>
> Meters
> If you experience gapping during playback and the play meters are
> displayed, turn them off
> by choosing Play Meters from the View menu.
>
> If you experience gapping during recording and you have the Monitor check
> box selected in
> the Record dialog, clear the check box to turn off the record meters.
>
> Passive updating for video and time displays
> If you experience gapping during playback or your computer just seems to
> be bogging down
> during playback, try turning on Passive Update. This will force the video
> and time displays
> to update only if there is time to do so. In most cases you won't be able
> to tell if it is
> missing some updates.
>
> From the Options menu, choose Time Display, and choose Passive Update from
> the submenu.
>
> From the Options menu, choose Video, and choose Passive Update from the
> submenu.
>
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