Is this Normal???.. When I export a track, or a mix it seems to take between 2-4 hours    - It never used to take this long.
 
I used to mix on my desk top but I've recently purchased a Toshiba Pavilion dv6-6135dxEntertainment PC ( laptop ) { its substantially faster and I'm yet to have any buffering issues whilst playback}
 
so when it first arrived I got all excited and I loaded sonar 7, x1 plus some external plug ins. like WAVES...
 
so to combat this issue I've completed removed all external plug-in although some remnants still exist ( in the plug in manager I still see wavereverb + other in the DMO but I have recently excluded them in the manager)
 
Prior to this I have removed all sonar products, upgraded to windows 8 from 7 - I've followed instruction in cakewalk FAQ how completely removing cakewalk which included the registry etc...
 
I've reloaded sonar x1 some issue occurred, I've reloaded x2 and still the same issue occurred. I can't keep going on like this.. take 2-4 hour to mix down a track in ridicules - ANY ADVICE
 
Hardware
HP Pavilion dv6-6135dx Entertainment PC
Processor AMD A8 -3500M APU with Randeon (tm) HD Graphics 1.5GHz
Memory 6 GB
System 64 bit  OP system ( currently on windows 8), x64 based processor
 
Interface
I'm using the laptops + I have a Mbox 2 + M audio Ultra 8r ( not the best interfaces but they have proven to work correctly with my desk top)
 
Is it the Laptop??.. shortly not - is there something I should disable - this lap top is a gaming laptop
 

no, it should not take that long.

check to see what else is running; i.e. antivirus - could cause an issue like this.

Thanks for the advice Beagle, I appreciate the comment..
Last night I jammed with a few muso's and one of the guys mentioned that it might be all those pitch correction and auto transient corrections I do...

I still think its far to long.

That's 2 to 4 hours too long. It usually takes about 10 seconds to 3 minutes depending on the project size and whats in it.

Its not your antivirus. Its either something in your project like Audio Snap and/or V-Vocal and /or your export settings. I bet you have  enabled audio snap enabled or v-vocal and it trying to render everything before it exports. Check for that.


CJ

those pitch correction and auto transient corrections

Try freezing tracks that you have made pitch and/or transient adjustments to (I think the general recommendation is to bounce them when you are through comping and archive the original tracks).  These tracks need to be reprocessed - often in real time- one at a time when you export.
 
Glen

I think Cj's correct.  you might try bouncing or freezing individual elements as a way to trouble shoot where the problem is.  I sub mix down to about 14 tracks then spit out OMFs and stereo mixes a lot and all that never takes but 10 minutes on a slow day. 
 
 
EDIT>>I did not see GColbert's post.  He is on the right path also

If you're seeing "Processing...." in the status window at the top, make sure any AudioSnap tasks you've done are right and then bounce those track/lanes to Clips. (Right-click over the track/lane and select Bounce to Clip(s) ). You can't un-do those changes after a Save, but it will slow down your export if you don't bounce.

When you Export a Mix, the best-case is you will immediately see that it's "Mixing Down". If you see "Processing Audio" or something like that, there may be a track/Lane(s) that should be bounced to clips before mixdown to save you some time.

Hope that helps!