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Improving performance with digital audio
Improving audio performance
• 32 bit audio clips.
• Audio clips that are not all of the same bit depth.
SONAR X2 project files may contain new features that will be missing if opened in SONAR 4,
including:
• Clip effects and clip automation:
• Effects are removed.
• Automation envelopes are orphaned.
•Groups:
• SONAR X2 groups are preserved but will not be completely functional in SONAR 4.
• Controls may be removed from groups.
• Groups can’t be added to or changed.
• Group names will be truncated.
• SONAR 4 may add extra groups to the project.
Re-saving a SONAR X2 project file in SONAR 4 may permanently remove the project data
described above.
Improving performance with digital audio
When a project contains many tracks of digital audio or when many real-time effects are in use, your
computer may have difficulty keeping up during playback. When this occurs, you'll hear portions of
the audio drop out, stutter, or pop. Or maybe your project responds slowly to real-time effects and
volume changes. In an extreme case audio playback may stop altogether. If you experience a
dropout, a dialog box appears with suggestions for fixing the problem. This section covers
performance issues specific to digital audio, including how to get the more tracks of audio, more
real-time effects, lower latency and how to fix audio dropouts.
For more information, see:
“Getting the most out of your computer” on page 1189
“Mixing latency” on page 1192
“Dropouts and other audio problems” on page 1197
“Reduce GUI updates to improve playback performance” on page 1196
Getting the most out of your computer
The maximum number of audio tracks you can expect to play on your computer depends on the
audio sample rate, the speed of your hard disk, and the speed of your computer’s CPU.
The effect of your CPU on audio track throughput is much more difficult to quantify. Throughput is
affected by the type of chip, clock speed, the number and type of real-time effects in use, cache size
and settings, and many other factors.