Henry, in addition to the questions Justin Phillips asks, I would add that the use of VST instruments can be very CPU and RAM intensive. The computer needs to read the data for each instrument into RAM so it's accessible when the file plays, and if you don't have sufficient RAM that can be a major bottleneck. Likewise, it takes a lot of processing power to put all the data together into a stream that comes out like music, so if your CPU is several generations old or doesn't have enough cores or is operating at too slow a MHz speed, that can be another bottleneck. If both CPU and RAM aren't up to the requirements of the library, then total frustration results. If you have instrument changes on some of the staves, that further complicates things.
And it isn't necessarily MM's fault. It could be their fault, but it isn't necessarily their fault. Using soft-synths is nothing like using good old-fashioned midi hardware which had none of these issues. David H. Bailey On 7/17/2012 1:56 PM, Henry Howey wrote: > I'm trying to convert an old file to VST instruments. The computer FREEZES > for several minutes for each one MM screws up again. > > Henry Howey > > Sent from my iWhatever > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
