Klarinet Archive - Posting 000171.txt from 1999/07

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Electronic Edits and miscellaneous noises
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:17:36 -0400

>
> > 1. Can this be caused by the cheap surge protector I am using?
> Probably not.
>
> > 2. Can this be caused by the computer being hooked up to the server (but
> no
> > programs actually in use) via hard wire?
> Possibly - but probably not. Easiest way to check is to disconnect it..
>
> It is most probably caused by hard disk access during playback or
> recording.
> Ensure you've plenty of memory (256 Mb and more is common for
> recording/editing - 256 Mb of 100 Mhz DIMM SRAM costs barely over
> $200 these
> days, and with a typical program you can edit somewhere around 10 minutes
> worth of 44KHz Stereo 16 bit sound without disk accesses) and if you're
> using Win95/98 make sure you tell Windows your a server machine
> to get more
> memory allocated for disk buffering
> (Control-panel->System->Performance->File System->Typical Role = Network
> Server and Read Ahead Optimization Full)
>

This is probably only part of it. Audio, in general, needs a perfect system
to run on. All hard disks MUST be completely optimized before you do any
work. Especially with Sound Forge, disks become really fragmented quite
quickly. Get a copy of Norton System works and do a full optimization (not
just defragmenting)if you get more than a couple percent fragmentation.
That and like Mark said, get at least another 64 megs of memory.

I used to run Sound Forge on a Pentium 120 with 96 megs of memory and a
dedicated 8 gig drive for sound files. I ran perfectly and I could do files
of 20-30 or more easily. It took forever to use, but it worked quite well.
Remember stereo CD sound (44.1 kHz, 16 bit) takes about 10 megs per minute
on your disks.

Have fun playing with your new toys.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com

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