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Adobe 2.0 Jinx?

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Gregg Rivers

I wasn't having a problem before, but now Adobe 2.0 seems to be having trouble running on my computer (Dell Demension 8300, Windows XP Pro, 3gig Intel P4, 2 gig RAM 80 gig HD) Anyone have any ideas on why this software would lock up? I had imaging I needed to do this weekend and couldn't get it done! :mad:
 
Memory leak? Hit ctrl-alt-del and check to see what you have running in background. How much memory you got? I think Adobe 2.0, while having some shiny features is, overall, a waste of money when compared to the speed and reliability of 1.0-1.5.
 
I have 2 gig of memory, but theres a bunch of stuff running in the background. I've checked it all to see if it was spyware or whatever and my Norton, spybot and another software I ran all came up clean! I'm thinking you may be right about 2.0! :-\
 
I for one switched back to 1.5 shortly after installing 2.0 for a couple of reasons. First off, I couldn't stand the interface of 2.0, 1.5 doesn't crash nearly as often, and 2.0 didn't render effects as efficiently. I did like like the multiband compressor in 2.0 though. I'll stick with 1.5 until Adobe works out the kinks.
 
2.0 runs too slowly on my computer. I don't mind the interface (though it is a bit of a learning curve), and I like a lot of the options in the multitrack editor being available up front. However, it just plain runs slowly. Additionally, the multiband compressor is nice, but I can get the same effect (and even more) out of Sound Solution.
 
Our prod director absolutely loves the new 2.0, but the jocks have gone back and re-installed 1.5 on the other prod stations. Speedy and reliable. And lets be honest, most of the prod we do doesnt need all the bells and whistles of 2.0

However, our prod director seems to know how to make 2.0 hum, and is doing stellar work with it.
 
Yeah I hated 2.0 when it first showed up..I went back to 1.5. But got more comfortable with it (especially in it's ability to take an existing video and allow me to match up VO work in multitrack mode) It does take a little finessing to get it the way I want. One thing that dlowed things down a lot was the external HD I was using to save audio tracks on. I needed to assign a section of the main drive (the one that the program runs on) to hold temp audio files. I had the external drive doing that and it ran S-L-O-O-W at best.

I am using an OLD Dell p4 with 1GB of ram, and it flies along quite well now.

Really Adobe should have called it something other than Audition as it is really nor an improvement so much as a new program..almost a hybrid of PTLE and AA1.5
 
Gregg Rivers said:
I have 2 gig of memory, but theres a bunch of stuff running in the background. I've checked it all to see if it was spyware or whatever and my Norton, spybot and another software I ran all came up clean! I'm thinking you may be right about 2.0! :-\
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Gregg: do this --

start / run / type msconfig and hit enter

when the window opens, select startup, then disable all and restart your pc.. 2.o will run fine after that..

Have a great day...
 
Nor-r-r-ton!

The Norton Consumer Suite of antivirus/antispyware/firewall/etc. eats up LOTS of memory and CPU cycles. It will slow your system down 10-15%. When you run an application that wants lots of resources, it will slow to a crawl.

Another performance drag is Microsoft's Defender anti-spyware. It's not nearly as bad as Norton until it starts running a automatic scan, which is scheduled automatically during installation. If the computer isn't on at the scheduled scan time (2AM?), a scan will run whenever it feels like it, and your system will come to a screeching halt.

Norton corporate isn't nearly as bad as the consumer product. For my money, I'd lose Norton and go with Computer Associates (my-etrust.com). Much better product, more frequent updates, and doesn't degrade system performance nearly as much. If you're behind a router with a built-in firewall, I'd skip the firewall and live with the router/Windows firewall combination.
 
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