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bbart34
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CEP 2.0 used to be smooth redrawing screen during playback. Now it's smooth except when auto-scrolling (which is most of the time). Question: which of my setting may have changed?
Reggaesoldier
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When's the last time you defraged your computer? There are a number of things that could slow you down, that have nothing to do with the program itself. I've never used cool edit, so you may have had some setting changed. But your problem sounds more like a memory issue.
thajeremy
registered abuser
I agree...Defrag, clean up your cookies, if your DAW is online, use Spybot and AdAware(both are free from download.com) to get rid of any spyware, and if possible, upgrade your RAM to atleast 512 if its not already there. All of these could slow down your system. Also, CEP/AA really eats up memory, so upgrading RAM will help your system even if it doesnt solve your current problem.
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Pope on a Rope
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I've been having the same problem lately too, plus I had a 256MB memory module shit the bed on me. Luckily a friend of mine had a spare to get me back up to 512MB.
I was going to defrag one drive each night while I slept, it takes a long time with lots of diskspace. I'm going to hold off now until I back up all my sessions. I did defrag one drive with all my session and .wav files. When I went to do work on one of my sessions it was somehow all fucked up. All the tracks are no longer in synch. Back up your stuff before you defrag. Now I have to do the entire song over from scratch. Hopefully nothing else got wrecked.
I can't be certain if it was defragging that caused the problem or if I have a new disk problem that is just beginning to manifest itself. Just to be safe I recommend you back things up first.
I was going to defrag one drive each night while I slept, it takes a long time with lots of diskspace. I'm going to hold off now until I back up all my sessions. I did defrag one drive with all my session and .wav files. When I went to do work on one of my sessions it was somehow all fucked up. All the tracks are no longer in synch. Back up your stuff before you defrag. Now I have to do the entire song over from scratch. Hopefully nothing else got wrecked.
I can't be certain if it was defragging that caused the problem or if I have a new disk problem that is just beginning to manifest itself. Just to be safe I recommend you back things up first.
dobro
Well-known member
In my experience, defragging never screws up any data on a hard drive, and I've defragged a lot.
Recently, I've stopped defragging, cuz computer heads convinced me that the new processors and computer speeds can handle data scattered all over the hard drive without sweat. (Having said that, I *do* have two hard drives on my machine, one of them dedicated to audio only.)
But you should be backing stuff up all the time in any case. Rule number 1 of using computers for data: if it isn't backed up, it's ready to be lost.
Recently, I've stopped defragging, cuz computer heads convinced me that the new processors and computer speeds can handle data scattered all over the hard drive without sweat. (Having said that, I *do* have two hard drives on my machine, one of them dedicated to audio only.)
But you should be backing stuff up all the time in any case. Rule number 1 of using computers for data: if it isn't backed up, it's ready to be lost.
Spaztic
New member
I am a computer tech and not to be a dick but the processor has nothing to do with finding data. Defraging arranges the data on the HD platter so the HD heads can access it faster. You can have the fastest processor in the world and still have shitty hd performance. So defraging is important if you use your computer on a normal basis.
and yes backing up is very important. I have a HD dedicated to just that!
and yes backing up is very important. I have a HD dedicated to just that!
dobro
Well-known member
Oh okay, so tonight I'll defrag. lol