Vegas performance tip for long projects on a single track

CDM wrote on 8/29/2002, 11:09 AM
I've discovered (and confirmed with SF) a huge performance tip for those of you who do heavy editing on a single track, or have large projects in general:

Use multiple tracks for your editing and this will free up resources and any slugginess in general. As soon as you find perfomance slow down, drop your material to a new track and suddenly it's like a new project.

I found this because I was editing an audiobook which can easily get to be up to 6 hrs long. After a few thousand edits, the zooming and general performance of Vegas became very slow - thus editing became slow. So I decided to create a new track and continue editing on that one and it was as though I had created a whole new project.


Hope this helps some out there...

Comments

drbam wrote on 8/29/2002, 12:00 PM
<<So I decided to create a new track and continue editing on that one and it was as though I had created a whole new project.>>

Interesting. I've noticed this slowdown/sluggish thing occasionally as well (while doing extensive editing). My sessions are usually between 10-15 min long and always multitrack (never over 24 tracks tho and minimal plugins). Did you use the "Duplicate Track" feature or did you copy and paste (I don't know if this would make a difference but it occurred to me to ask).

Thanks,

drbam
CDM wrote on 8/29/2002, 12:41 PM
I just created a new blank track and copied the remaining material to edit (leaving the other edits on the first track) onto the new track
drbam wrote on 8/29/2002, 12:52 PM
<<I just created a new blank track and copied the remaining material to edit (leaving the other edits on the first track) onto the new track >>

Thanks! ;-)

drbam
wcoxe1 wrote on 8/29/2002, 3:45 PM
Now THIS is what this forum is all about!

Thanks!
Rednroll wrote on 8/29/2002, 3:57 PM
"Now THIS is what this forum is all about!"

I totally agree. It's been a long time since I've seen any posts where users share helpful tips. I remember those days a couple years back, where Charles and myself, along with a few other users had swapped techniques and this forum was more of a learning environment where everyone shared helpful information.

When they split the forums into Video/Audio user forums, I really had wished there was a way to split them into, Whinners and bitchers/knowledge sharers. It's too bad we have to sift through a 100 posts of "Why doesn't Vegas have ASIO?" to get one morsal of helpful information that benefits your actual work technique.

Thanks Charles
Jacose wrote on 8/29/2002, 4:31 PM
great post