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Subject:Records in spurts Posted by: rcharlton Date:11/26/2004 3:11:35 PM I'm a novice here... trying to use Sound Forge 6 to record from an audiotape recording. Things used to record fine but now when I start recording, I just get segments of the audio file on the SF recording, almost like samples. I can tell it's not working because when I start recording the input timer shows 1, then it'll be 2 or 3 secords before it shows 2, etc etc. Before it was a continue rolling time. I switched from Line In to Wave Out Mix on my Recoding Controls and all of a sudden it worked again. Thought I just had selected the wrong input. But after erasing what I'd recorded and starting again, same old results. What is happening? Thanks.
Subject:RE: Records in spurts Reply by: rcharlton Date:11/26/2004 3:54:08 PM UPDATE: I have figured out what is wrong but don't know why. I must keep my Recording Control ON TOP for the recording to progress normally. When it's minimized or in background (by clicking on the Sound Forge program, for example) it immediately starts picking up on bits and pieces. Click on the Recording Control again and bring it to the top, and recording resumes normally. I assume there must be an easy answer to this, but I don't know what it is. Thanks.
Subject:RE: Records in spurts Reply by: Chienworks Date:11/29/2004 8:54:12 AM You may now have a lot more background processes running than you used to, and there isn't enough processor power available to keep Sound Forge going full speed when it's in the background. Check to make sure you don't have anything unnecessary running. Have you run virus & spyware scans lately? Have you installed any new software or hardware? HP scanners & printers are notorious for installing many background programs that are pretty much entirely unnecessary. I'm sure other brands do as well. If you're using Windows XP you can bump Sound Forge's priority up to above normal so it will still be given more processor cycles even when it's in the background. You might also turn off the rapid time counter display in Sound Forge to save a few more cycles, though this shouldn't be necessary. For comparison, i've recorded with Sound Forge on a 66MHz 486 system with a web browser, word processor, database, media player software, and a few others all running simultaneously without an skips. For that matter, probably the foreground application at the time was Solitaire instead of Sound Forge. If you're having this much trouble i would suspect that you have viruses or spyware sucking up processor cycles.

Subject:Records in spurts

Posted by: rcharlton

Date:11/26/2004 3:11:35 PM

I'm a novice here... trying to use Sound Forge 6 to record from an audiotape recording. Things used to record fine but now when I start recording, I just get segments of the audio file on the SF recording, almost like samples. I can tell it's not working because when I start recording the input timer shows 1, then it'll be 2 or 3 secords before it shows 2, etc etc. Before it was a continue rolling time. I switched from Line In to Wave Out Mix on my Recoding Controls and all of a sudden it worked again. Thought I just had selected the wrong input. But after erasing what I'd recorded and starting again, same old results. What is happening?
Thanks.

Subject:RE: Records in spurts

Reply by: rcharlton

Date:11/26/2004 3:54:08 PM

UPDATE: I have figured out what is wrong but don't know why. I must keep my Recording Control ON TOP for the recording to progress normally. When it's minimized or in background (by clicking on the Sound Forge program, for example) it immediately starts picking up on bits and pieces. Click on the Recording Control again and bring it to the top, and recording resumes normally. I assume there must be an easy answer to this, but I don't know what it is. Thanks.

Subject:RE: Records in spurts

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:11/29/2004 8:54:12 AM

You may now have a lot more background processes running than you used to, and there isn't enough processor power available to keep Sound Forge going full speed when it's in the background. Check to make sure you don't have anything unnecessary running. Have you run virus & spyware scans lately? Have you installed any new software or hardware? HP scanners & printers are notorious for installing many background programs that are pretty much entirely unnecessary. I'm sure other brands do as well.

If you're using Windows XP you can bump Sound Forge's priority up to above normal so it will still be given more processor cycles even when it's in the background. You might also turn off the rapid time counter display in Sound Forge to save a few more cycles, though this shouldn't be necessary.

For comparison, i've recorded with Sound Forge on a 66MHz 486 system with a web browser, word processor, database, media player software, and a few others all running simultaneously without an skips. For that matter, probably the foreground application at the time was Solitaire instead of Sound Forge. If you're having this much trouble i would suspect that you have viruses or spyware sucking up processor cycles.