SF 11 is a far more complex program than SF 6. The way that SF handles the file being edited has changed because it is now a multi-channel editor and every time you do something that causes SF to write out the edited files to protect you from yourself, it takes time to complete the process.
How quick the process will be is dependent on the read/write speed of your hard disk. If you are working on a large file, that is to say, 4 or 5 hour mp3, then it will appear to be slow. The only setting that you might change is the location of temporary files. If you use a separate drive for the temporary files, there may be some gain but that will depend on the read/write sppeed. And, no, using a solid state drive will not really improve things that much because the Windows way of reading and writing to disk pretty well negates any gain there may be in using a SSD. The mp3 codec does appear to be slower than in SF 6 but you must remember that the program is doing a lot more processing than SF 6 did. Opening, editing and saving in wav format may be slightly quicker but you will eventually have to convert it to mp3. However, I find that for files of an hour or less the performance is on a par with SF 8D. The moral of the story may well be that the Sony people did not anticipate that SF would be used to edit 7 or 8 hour long files. Bob Nelson -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Sapergia Sent: Sunday, 13 July 2014 1:38 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Need Help with Sound Forge Pro 11 Hi, After recently getting a new 64-bit PC with Windows 7 Professional, I decided to upgrade Sound Forge from 6.0D (which I've used for a number of years) to the latest version, Pro 11. However, I've noticed that this new version seems to be rather sluggish when compared to 6.0D. For instance, if I have two files loaded, and I switch to the other file by either using the Window menu or pressing Control+Tab, it seems to take awhile before I can do anything again. With 6.0D, going to a new window was instantaneous. There have also been times where I'll be doing some editing, and the program will seem to freeze for a couple minutes. When this happens, I lose speech, but can Alt+Tab to another program, such as WinAmp. Eventually, everything works fine again, but I find this very frustrating. If anyone else is using this version, have you experienced these issues? Are there any settings I should adjust to make it work more smoothly? Thanks. Yours Sincerely, Kelly John Sapergia Show Host and Production Director The Global Voice Internet Radio http://www.theglobalvoice.info Personal Website: http://www.ksapergia.net Business Website (KJS Productions): http://www.kjsproductions.com Follow me on Twitter at: KJSapergia
