Similar alternatives to Sound Forge?

[Lincoln Burrows]

My computer: Windows 7, Core Quad 9450, 2 GB/RAM, HD 7200 RPM...

I was trying to use the last Sound Forge version to edit two files (they are not that big, only a couple hundred Megabytes) with 2 hours each, but SF is incredibly slow in my machine.

It takes a lot more time to do simple things if the file I am handling is from that size. But I am sure this must be some SF limitation, unless we need a supercomputer to do simple tasks such as copy and paste from a file to another.

Also: any ideas how may I improve the loading times?

It's amazing how SF makes my PC slow when I am editing large files.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

I was trying to use the last Sound Forge version to edit two filesWhat SPECIFICALLY are you doing when you say "edit" these two files?

[Lincoln Burrows]

Hi!

What SPECIFICALLY are you doing when you say "edit" these two files? Anything you try to do with SF makes the computer slow.

A few examples:

1) Cut the interval between 2 and 4 minutes from file #1 and replace by the same interval located in file #2;

2) Select the entire file and change to a higher volume;

About 1), I must say it's even hard to play those files if they are a couple hundred megabytes (MP3) and with over 2h each. It seems almost like trying to watch 1080p in a Pentium III.

My point is SF is using too much CPU when handling those files.

[setarip_old]

Check out the following (The entire page) :

http://www.sonytalk.com/sound-forge-slow-with-large-files-t74564.html

[john33]

Firstly, I'd suggest 2GB of RAM is way too little for a quad, you should up it to 4GB if you can. That will speed up your system and reduce use of the swap file. Secondly, don't forget that if you are editing two mp3 files that these will be decoded for use within Sound Forge, in common with most sound editors. This will not only be time consuming, but also CPU intensive. If what you want to do is simply 'cut and paste' between the files, you could try using mp3DirectCut from: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html as this will allow you to perform a number of operations on the mp3 file directly which is quicker and avoids the need to decode and re-encode with the intrinsic quality loss.

[Lincoln Burrows]

Firstly, I'd suggest 2GB of RAM is way too little for a quad, you should up it to 4GB if you can. That will speed up your system and reduce use of the swap file. Secondly, don't forget that if you are editing two mp3 files that these will be decoded for use within Sound Forge, in common with most sound editors. This will not only be time consuming, but also CPU intensive. If what you want to do is simply 'cut and paste' between the files, you could try using mp3DirectCut from: http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html as this will allow you to perform a number of operations on the mp3 file directly which is quicker and avoids the need to decode and re-encode with the intrinsic quality loss.I think that will be my main problem, besides the ammount of RAM:

Defrag your drive often.I am used to deal with large files with 1 GB and more each, and even Blu-rays decrypted with 20-30 GB. I usually upload those files to my private account and then delete them from my Hard Drive, and I keep doing this over and over, but I never defrag my HDDs because usually I don't have 15% free space to do that.

So my HDDs must be really, really fragmented.

Thank you for all tips, I am going to check if those measures can improve my loading times.

But I am not simply trying to do copy-paste tasks, but trying to sync a file, so I am dealing with a dubbing. It's complicated and I need both files open at the same time (with each one with over 2 hours)...