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Subject:Extended Recordings... Posted by: stevesomatic Date:11/22/2001 8:06:44 PM ok so here's my question, hopefully someone can help: i'm a dj and i lately have started recording my mixes to the computer rather than a cassette tape. i've done it a few time so far, recording into sound forge. most of the recordings are about an hour long. every time, though, there have been glitches in the recording where the song will skip and discombobulate and then come back to normal. each time it has been at a different point in the recording, so i dont know what the problem is. can anyone help? should i use a different program? thanks in advance. Steve [veracity000@earthlink.net]
Subject:RE: Extended Recordings... Reply by: Rednroll Date:11/24/2001 10:29:45 AM It's probably a hard drive problem. You can change the buffer size to something larger in the Preferences menu and that may help. You most likely have a fragmented hard drive which will cause the hard drive to have to jump around quickly to different locations and may cause a glich when a large jump happens while you're recording. Also, you should use a 7200 RPM hard drive, over a 5400 RPM when doing audio applications. It is also best to have Sound Forge installed on one hard drive and having the audio being recorded onto another physical hard drive. Also directly from the Sound Forge Help menu>Trouble shooting>Optimizing Sound Forge: If you experience skipping or gapping, this may be caused by the overhead introduced when the Microsoft Sound Mapper performs format conversions. To check this, make sure that your sound card supports the data format you are playing or recording. The easiest way to do this is to choose a playback and record device other than the Sound Mapper. If Sound Forge is able to play and record the sound using the sound card’s Wave driver, then the Sound Mapper is not causing the gapping. However, if the Sound Mapper must be selected to play or record the format that you are having trouble with, you should convert your sound data to a format that is directly supported by your sound card. This will remove all overhead required to translate the sound data for your sound card. When the sound data format is directly supported by your sound card, the Sound Mapper will simply pass the data to your sound card, which requires negligible overhead. For more information about the Sound Mapper, see Sound Forge and The Microsoft Audio Compression Manager.

It's probably a hard drive problem. You can change the buffer size to something larger in the Preferences menu and that may help. You most likely have a fragmented hard drive which will cause the hard drive to have to jump around quickly to different locations and may cause a glich when a large jump happens while you're recording. Also, you should use a 7200 RPM hard drive, over a 5400 RPM when doing audio applications. It is also best to have Sound Forge installed on one hard drive and having the audio being recorded onto another physical hard drive.

Also directly from the Sound Forge Help menu>Trouble shooting>Optimizing Sound Forge:

If you experience skipping or gapping, this may be caused by the overhead introduced when the Microsoft Sound Mapper performs format conversions. To check this, make sure that your sound card supports the data format you are playing or recording. The easiest way to do this is to choose a playback and record device other than the Sound Mapper. If Sound Forge is able to play and record the sound using the sound card’s Wave driver, then the Sound Mapper is not causing the gapping.

However, if the Sound Mapper must be selected to play or record the format that you are having trouble with, you should convert your sound data to a format that is directly supported by your sound card. This will remove all overhead required to translate the sound data for your sound card.

When the sound data format is directly supported by your sound card, the Sound Mapper will simply pass the data to your sound card, which requires negligible overhead. For more information about the Sound Mapper, see Sound Forge and The Microsoft Audio Compression Manager.