One suggestion I have to reduce delay before playback, is to turn off Human Playback.
Last year, using FinWin 2011 and Garritan-Aria on a 20 minute dance score for 18 instruments, I didn't have too much problem with delay at home with my desktop computer. When I went to the commissioning site in another state with a borrowed laptop which was newer but less powerful, the delay every time I clicked playback with considerable. When I deselected Human Playback it sped the process up immensely. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:13 PM, David H. Bailey < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
