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Improving performance with digital audio
Improving audio performance
Your project may simply be too “complex” for your computer
Your computer may not have enough processing power to deal with all of the tracks, clips, and real-
time effects used in your project. You can upgrade your computer hardware (see
computer hardware: more RAM, a faster CPU, and a faster disk drive”
on page 1317) or you can
simplify your project’s content so it demands less processing power.
If possible, try reducing the complexity of your project in any of the following ways:
• Reduce the number of real-time effects used in your project. Instead of generating the effects in
real-time (nondestructively) during playback, consider applying the effects offline (destructively),
before beginning playback.
• Reduce the number of distinct tracks being played back simultaneously. Consider “sub-mixing”
several of your audio tracks into one track (using the Track view
Tracks > Bounce to Track
command), and then archiving the individual tracks which were combined in the sub-mix.
(Archived tracks don’t use up any CPU resources during playback, leaving more CPU resources
available to properly play the non-archived tracks.)
• Where possible, record audio using a mono source, rather than a stereo source. Mono clips
require less processing power than stereo clips.
• Avoid using overlapping audio clips. Where possible, combine/blend overlapping clips into a
single clip, which uses less processing power.
• Thin the amount of MIDI controller data and the number of SysEx messages in your tracks.
• If you can't reduce your project's complexity, or if problems persist even after the complexity has
been reduced, proceed to the next step.
Upgrade your computer hardware: more RAM, a faster CPU, and a faster
disk drive
If your project makes extensive use of real-time effects (plug-ins), you should consider upgrading to
a faster CPU. If your primary concern is playing or recording a large number of tracks, a faster CPU
will help, but you may find that adding more RAM, a faster hard disk, and/or an improved hard disk
controller may help even more.
The following are some tips on upgrading your hardware:
Audio problems are often caused by a hard disk which is transferring data too slowly. The disk could
simply be physically incapable of reading and writing data fast enough, or the disk controller could
be causing too much CPU time to be consumed when transferring audio data to/from the disk.
Consider upgrading your equipment as follows:
• Ensure that your hard drive controller is NOT configured to operate in “compatibility mode” which
can greatly slow data transfer to/from your hard disk and make it almost impossible to record/play
audio in Cakewalk reliably. To do this, go to the Control Panel and double-click on the System
icon. Click the
Performance
tab. At the top of the
Performance
screen read the entries across
from
File Systems
and
Virtual Memory
. They both need to say
32-bit
. If they mention
MS-DOS
Compatibility Mode
, then your computer has a serious problem, beyond the scope of what a
Cakewalk technician can fix. Your computer is processing the audio data very slowly and
Cakewalk will not work properly until the
MS-DOS Compatibility Mode
problem is eliminated.
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Страница 1: ...SONAR X3 Reference Guide...
Страница 4: ...4 Getting started...
Страница 112: ...112 Tutorial 1 Creating playing and saving projects Saving project files...
Страница 124: ...124 Tutorial 3 Recording vocals and musical instruments...
Страница 132: ...132 Tutorial 4 Playing and recording software instruments...
Страница 142: ...142 Tutorial 5 Working with music notation...
Страница 150: ...150 Tutorial 6 Editing your music...
Страница 160: ...160 Tutorial 7 Mixing and adding effects...
Страница 170: ...170 Tutorial 8 Working with video Exporting your video...
Страница 570: ...570 Control Bar overview...
Страница 696: ...696 AudioSnap Producer and Studio only Algorithms and rendering...
Страница 720: ...720 Working with loops and Groove Clips Importing Project5 patterns...
Страница 820: ...820 Drum maps and the Drum Grid pane The Drum Grid pane...
Страница 848: ...848 Editing audio Audio effects audio plug ins...
Страница 878: ...878 Software instruments Stand alone synths...
Страница 1042: ...1042 ProChannel Producer and Studio only...
Страница 1088: ...1088 Sharing your songs on SoundCloud Troubleshooting...
Страница 1140: ...1140 Automation Recording automation data from an external controller...
Страница 1178: ...1178 Multi touch...
Страница 1228: ...1228 Notation and lyrics Working with lyrics...
Страница 1282: ...1282 Synchronizing your gear MIDI Machine Control MMC...
Страница 1358: ...1358 External devices Working with StudioWare...
Страница 1362: ...1362 Using CAL Sample CAL files...
Страница 1386: ...1386 Troubleshooting Known issues...
Страница 1394: ...1394 Hardware setup Set up to record digital audio...
Страница 1400: ...1400 MIDI files...
Страница 1422: ...1422 Initialization files Initialization file format...
Страница 1463: ...1463 Misc enhancements New features in SONAR X3...
Страница 1470: ...1470 Comparison...
Страница 1518: ...1518 Included plug ins Instruments...
Страница 1532: ...1532 Cyclone Using Cyclone...
Страница 1694: ...1694 Beginner s guide to Cakewalk software Audio hardware sound cards and drivers...
Страница 1854: ...1854 Preferences dialog Customization Nudge Figure 518 The Nudge section...
Страница 1856: ...1856 Preferences dialog Customization Snap to Grid Figure 519 The Snap to Grid section...
Страница 1920: ...1920 Snap Scale Settings dialog...
Страница 2042: ...2042 View reference Surround panner...