Hi all. I'm running Sonar X2a and my OS off a Crucial M4 SSD, and to load VSt's and get into Sonar it is lightening quick, but i'm puzzled as to why it seems to then be taking quite long to load an actual project. I've tried opening a blank project to test speed times, and also one with only about 5 tracks of drums on, and the average time it's taking to load the latter one is 22 seconds. For a project that's only 1.09MB in size, am i right in thinking this is a bit too long from a SSD?? I have 12GB of RAM by the way and my setup is new- only had my pc and everything else for about three weeks. Any feedback appreciated.

Are your CWP files (project files) stored on the SSD or the normal hard drive?  Check your Preferences to confirm.

Hi- Yes the CWP files are also on the SSD. Is 22 seconds slow in your opinion? Just wanted to add- as my set up is new, this is only the second project on my computer, which is why i thought it even odder it should be loading in that time.

You should keep your "working project folders" on the C drive with cake. 

Move them to a storage drive when they are finished and accessing them is not as critical.

Loading Sonar to start with should only take a few seconds and same deal with projects. I don't pay too much attention to the actual load times of either the program or the projects. 

My main concern is that they do load and that the system is stable. Whether it's 10 seconds or 30, it's still faster than tape for loading a project and getting ready to work.  I'm generally doing something else during the loading anyway... grabbing project lyrics or setting up the guitar, so the actual time to load is inconsequential. 

I as well am experiencing very long project load times..... Even a one-track tune with a VST soft-synth track takes forever to load up.....
Alas, yes, better than "the old days".... ha ha ha ha ha......

Even a one-track tune with a VST soft-synth track takes forever to load up.....

Does that VSTi load samples into RAM?
If so, that's part of the load time.

Nope, it wasn't a "sample" VST...

 Sorry Jim- I wouldn't have a clue to know if it is or not. Can you tell me how i determine if it is please? Ohh...just saw that comment wasn't aimed at me. Doh... :)

Even when I load a project with a few instances of Kontakt in the tracks, it really doesn't take more then a few seconds longer than a 100% audio project.

Loading Kontakt and the instrument (samples) you have selected for that instance will only load the samples specific to that instrument into the memory. A few extra seconds at best. 

When I load a project with Kontakt or another sample driven synth in it, I can see the synth load and the samples too... it pops up in a smallish window while it's loading...all the synths show in that window as they load. IIRC.... I've not been working much with specific synths recently and memory is short... 

To me X2 does take a bit longer to load a project. It doesn't bother me that much, though.