Drive spinning to death

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
gswitz
Max Output Level: -18.5 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 5694
  • Joined: 2007/06/16 07:17:14
  • Location: Richmond Virginia USA
  • Status: offline
2017/08/15 01:40:37 (permalink)

Drive spinning to death

I have 4 hours of 12 tracks at 48 and every time I open it to break another song into a child project my drive spins to death.
 
I've been doing this same kind of project long enough to notice that things seem to have gotten worse recently.
 
I'm guessing all the Sonar developers are using SSDs these days and perhaps they've started to make choices that presume I am too.
 
Time to upgrade?

StudioCat > I use Windows 10 and Sonar Platinum. I have a touch screen.
I make some videos. This one shows how to do a physical loopback on the RME UCX to get many more equalizer nodes.
#1

2 Replies Related Threads
    mettelus
    Max Output Level: -22 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 5321
    • Joined: 2005/08/05 03:19:25
    • Location: Maryland, USA
    • Status: offline
    Re: Drive spinning to death 2017/08/15 06:39:25 (permalink)
    A file that size is most likely fragmented pretty badly. Iobit Smart Defrag is a nice free utility which will allow disk optimization. It can be slow, so best to do when stepping away from the computer for a bit.

    ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (Wi-Fi AC), i7-8700k, 16GB RAM, GTX-1070Ti, Win 10 Pro, Saffire PRO 24 DSP, A-300 PRO, plus numerous gadgets and gizmos that make or manipulate sound in some way.
    #2
    dcumpian
    Max Output Level: -34 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 4124
    • Joined: 2005/11/03 15:50:51
    • Status: offline
    Re: Drive spinning to death 2017/08/15 12:29:36 (permalink)
    I would recommend using something simpler, like Audacity or Wavosaur to break up the WAV file first. Sonar may be trying to do things that a simpler wave editor won't.
     
    Regards,
    Dan

    Mixing is all about control.
     
    My music:
    http://dancumpian.bandcamp.com/ or https://soundcloud.com/dcumpian Studiocat Advanced Studio DAW (Intel i5 3550 @ 3.7GHz, Z77 motherboard, 16GB Ram, lots of HDDs), Sonar Plat, Mackie 1604, PreSonus Audiobox 44VSL, ESI 4x4 Midi Interface, Ibanez Bass, Custom Fender Mexi-Strat, NI S88, Roland JV-2080 & MDB-1, Komplete, Omnisphere, Lots o' plugins.    
    #3
    Jump to:
    © 2024 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1