Sony 7 manual Increasing preload size, Turning off the playback cursor and record counter

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Increasing preload size

The preload size value determines how much sound data Sound Forge prepares and loads into the sound card driver prior to starting playback. Preloading occurs between the time you click the Play button () and the first sound of playback.

Increasing preload size may eliminate the dropouts evident at the beginning of playback that are characteristic of slow and/or fragmented hard drives. The trade-off for increasing the preload size is a delay prior to the start of playback. The length of the delay is proportional to the size of the preload.

1.From the Options menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.

2.Click the Wave tab.

3.Use the Preload size slider to configure an appropriate preload size value and click OK.

Note: Certain Windows sound drivers do not support this option. If you detect noise or dropouts at the start of playback and the system’s sound drivers do not support preloading, turn off this option by setting the Preload size to 0.

Turning off the playback cursor and record counter

The playback cursor and record counter options determine whether these displays are updated during recording and playback. If you detect dropouts and skipping at high sample rates (greater than 44,100 Hz), turn these displays off to minimize processing overhead.

1.From the Options menus, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog appears.

2.Click the Perform tab.

3.Clear the Show the position of the playback cursor and Show the record counter while recording check boxes and click OK.

Turning off the play (output) meters

Sound Forge’s play meters use a small amount of processing overhead during playback. However, if you detect dropouts during playback and previous fixes have failed, try turning off these meters.

From the View menu, choose Play Meters. The check mark adjacent to the command is cleared, indicating that the play meters are turned off.

Turning on passive updating for video and time displays

Passive update options lower the priority of redrawing the video and time displays during playback. When these options are turned on, the displays update only if there is ample time. Frequently this goes unnoticed, and enabling these options minimizes playback overhead with little or no inconvenience.

Turning on passive updating for time displays

From the Options menu, choose Time Display, and choose Passive Update from the submenu. A check mark appears next to the command to indicate that this option is turned on.

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