Hi Rich-- Valuable feedback. There are a couple
of mentions on the forum about it being slow, but
none about excessive CPU usage. As its in Beta,
now's a good time for input:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid=3D72&ca=
tid=3D619&flcache=3D5812062
Rob D.
At 4:15 PM +0000 10/28/06, Rich Peet wrote:
>Thanks Rob. I downloaded and tried this yesterday.
>I posted a quick review here but it seems to have gone to message
>heaven and not to this group.
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>This application is hurting in a lot of ways.
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>It takes forever to load a large file.
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>I then loaded a small wave file as this application only works with a
>few audio file types. In simple playback of this small audio file the
>CPU load was huge. My DSP has a 0% CPU load itself so this was a good
>hardware choice to check the software out. For example Audition 1.5
>uses about 1% CPU load to update the video screen on audio playback of
>a stereo 16 bit file. Soundbooth was using over 50% on a two track 16
>bit wave file. This is on a very fast computer which translates to
>badly written software.
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>Even for a computer challenged user I can not recommend this software.
>I recommend any free audio edit software over this.
>
>Rich Peet
>
>--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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>> Adobe:
>> "A brand new audio application in the spirit of
>> Sound Edit 16 and Cool Edit 2000, Adobe=AE
>> Soundbooth=81 gives creative professionals the
>> tools they need to quickly clean up, customize,
>> or create new sounds and to create customized
>> music soundtracks for their projects. Download
>> the installer below .. and provide us with your
>> feedback before the Soundbooth build expires on
>> 02/28/07... Adobe Soundbooth is focused on
>> creative professionals without audio expertise,
>> or those who prefer an application focused on
>> making short work of the most common tasks they
>> handle every day. The tools in Soundbooth remove
>> the mystery from editing while preserving superb
>> sound quality."
>>
>> For Intel-based Macs (OS X 10.4.3 or greater) or
>> Windows (XP SP2). Not for Mac Power PC's.
> > http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/soundbooth/
>>
>> Rob D.
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/audio-art-tech-gallery/
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