Cutting Audio files is taking a long time ?

[Landslide]

In the middle of a big project with lots of editing and something new is occuring i havent experienced before.

 

When I use the scissors the to cut audio it can take several seconds or more before im offered the crosstool for positioning..... and then its really clunky to move.

 

I guessing the computer is struggling to locate / read the file.

 

All these files are on the main hard drive.

 

Im running 7.2 on a G5 2.3 Ghz oldskool PPC......

 

I back up regularly / have plenty of hard disk space available.

 

I must admit ive never run any de fragging software /tools on this machine - is that the problem ?

[Holger Lagerfeldt]

De-fragging is not the answer on OS X. Do run a Disk Utility check up though.

 

You should check your permission settings for both system and audio drive.

 

Hm, I see you have your audio on your main drive. It's usually recommended to have your audio on a separate drive. This might help.

 

If all else fails try running OnyX (free download from www.versiontracker.com ) but always remember to backup beforehand.

[sensibubble]

do you have a lot of split audio files in your arrange page?

it could be that the graphics card could be slowing things down.

I used to get the same problems when haveing hundreds of split audio files in the arrange.

If you do have a lot of splits then try gluing blocks of them together and cleaning away any unnecessaries from your project.

hope that helps

[Landslide]

Thanks will try the disk utility settings....

 

Split files ? Not sure i follow - do you mean lots of seperate regions of the same file ? Or L & R split files - I dont use them.

 

Thnks for all the info .......gonna back up first !

[David Nahmani]

The more regions in your project, the slower it's going to behave. Merge some of your regions into a new audio file.