I am also running win7 64bit, but I have 16GB of RAM in there. I don't think *that* would make quite as much of a difference as we are seeing, though. I suppose it is possible that with windows, plus finale and stuff running, you are hitting a point where your memory is full and it starts paging madly to try and process the rest of the file. If this is something you do a lot, then it may well be worth investing in a few more GB of RAM. It would be a fairly cheap experiment, and just *could* make all the difference to you.
I guess a test would be to time an attempt, then kill off as many background and system processes as you can get away with, and time the same thing again. Unless the memory limit is enforced by finale, that should show quite a difference. If the limit *were* enforced by finale, then I would probably be getting the same result regardless of my extra RAM. Phil. At 11:35 AM 9/13/2013, you wrote: >I don't think the speed of my machine is an issue. It is a dual core >AMD running Win7 64-bit, with 6GB of physical RAM. There are certainly >faster machines around, but this one is feast enough. The first 75% of >the file is generated very quickly, then it grinds to a halt. I had >this same problem on Finale 2011, and I mostly use 2012 now. > >I have given up hope that it will be fixed on 2012, but I do expect that >the new Finale should have a big emphasis on DAW integration and >rendering of audio files. > > > > >On 9/13/2013 6:52 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > > I've observed that the process has several > stages: the initial 'scan' (which > > is what also happens before ordinary playback with VST and human playback), > > what appears to be a compilation of the actions into a temporary file, and > > saving the compiled information into the > final audio file. Each stage is shown > > -- a dialog box, then a percentage on the > status bar, and finally the progress > > bar on the status bar. > > > > It can fail due to various bugs, but that's > mostly the first stage (and also > > fails the same way on human playback). If the > file plays back all the way, it > > should also save all the way. It's a fairly intensive process, though, > > demanding lots of CPU and memory, so if your machine is older, slower, or > > 'underpowered', it's going to do a lot of > extra work swapping information on > > and off the hard drives. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
