On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:12:57 +0100, Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 04:25:20 +0000 (UTC), Rick Ruskin
wrote:
Out of nowhere these 2 ultra reliable programs will not record worth
****. Both stumble and stall while tryhing to record. 16 tracks -
48kHz/24 bit. used to be no problem. Now neither work @ 16bit. I've
tweaked both Windows (XP Pro) and the p;rogram settings.
Any ideas whatmight be going on?
Check your sound card driver settings (I presume you are using ASIO).
It could be that your buffer size has been reduced (these things
happen) below the point where windows can keep up. That will cause
stalling. In general for recording you can make the buffer as big as
you like because latency is not an issue. If you are multitracking,
then it needs to be as low as you can make it without stalling.
Audition 1.5 and before use the standard Windows MM drivers rather than
ASIO. How much processing power is Audition using when it is stumbling?
Could it be looking for a system device that isn't there? Is your hard
disk fragmented or dying? Have you tried recording at 16 bits or 32 bits
(CEP/Audition is very clunky with 24 bit files).
I had Cool Edit Pro record 16 tracks simultaneously on a 233MHz Pentium in
Windows 98 so it shouldn't need much processing power.
Oh - and one other thought... Have you tried any other software? Reaper
would be worth trying as it also comes with its own performance meter and
is possibly more efficient than Cool Edit/Audition.
Cheers,
James.
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