PC configuration for SoundForge

damien-b wrote on 9/28/2022, 6:32 AM

For my first post I wonder if I might seek advice.

My system:

Ryzen 5 3600 @ 4.1GHz.

32GB  PC3200 RAM

Asus B350 Plus MB

Corsair 600W PSU

GT 1030 fanless Graphics card

500GB M2 for OS, and another in a PCIe slot for files.

DIO 2496 sound card. (Best investment ever).

Windows 10

All up-to-date, with latest drivers and BIOS.

 

I do not game. I write using MS Office, and edit (not create) stereo audio files. No video. Hence, I have no need to upgrade Graphics or, perhaps, anything else.

I use SoundForge 6e. That remains my preferred version. The deal breaker is that Statistics works quickly and its presentation is excellent. (Percentages alongside dBs).

So, my question is.…  I upgraded this system from a Ryzen 1600 a while back, and there is no appreciable difference in the speed in which audio files are processed when using Waves DX plug-ins. (Which is what I was seeking). Is there a particular configuration I should be applying? Or is SoundForge itself the limiting factor?

You can tell I like things simple. Bearing this in mind (please) I would appreciate any comments and advice. Thank you.

Damien

Comments

SP. wrote on 9/28/2022, 6:43 AM

@damien-b You upgraded from a Ryzen 1600 with 3.6 GHz? 4.1 GHz is not much faster, just about 14%.

damien-b wrote on 9/28/2022, 7:17 AM

@damien-b You upgraded from a Ryzen 1600 with 3.6 GHz? 4.1 GHz is not much faster, just about 14%.

Thank you. That is correct, but it also allows a significant increase in RAM speed, and I already had that 3200 RAM.

Irrelevant to my question, but a side issue was my intent to build a 1600 PC for a young nephew, and I had the lower speed RAM for him, so it was win-win.

Are you saying that I should have expected a 14% increase in processing audio files?

SP. wrote on 9/28/2022, 7:26 AM

@damien-b

Are you saying that I should have expected a 14% increase in processing audio files?

At best, depending on how much CPU speed the plugins can use.

rraud wrote on 9/28/2022, 11:03 AM

Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @damien-b.

The user interface from Sound Forge 6 and Sound Forge 16 is basically the same, so you will not have to completely re-learn it. The Fx Chainer is now modal and the 'Record' procedure is different than the SCS (Sony) versions. SF-16 also supports all VST Plug-in formats and has dark and light color options. If your have plug-ins that do not work in the 64 bit version, you can also install the 32 bit (x86) version which shares much of the settings and user customizations with the 64 bit version.

You can try out the 30-day trial version. If you decide to purchase, you will not have to uninstall and reinstall, just re-activate with your license info Magix will email you. Your SF-6 serial code should also entitle you the 'upgrade' discount
You can also purchase the '365' subscription version, which is identical to the perpetual version.

damien-b wrote on 9/28/2022, 11:52 AM

Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @damien-b.

The user interface from Sound Forge 6 and Sound Forge 16 is basically the same, so you will not have to completely re-learn it. The Fx Chainer is now modal and the 'Record' procedure is different than the SCS (Sony) versions. SF-16 also supports all VST Plug-in formats and has dark and light color options. If your have plug-ins that do not work in the 64 bit version, you can also install the 32 bit (x86) version which shares much of the settings and user customizations with the 64 bit version.

You can try out the 30-day trial version. If you decide to purchase, you will not have to uninstall and reinstall, just re-activate with your license info Magix will email you. Your SF-6 serial code should also entitle you the 'upgrade' discount
You can also purchase the '365' subscription version, which is identical to the perpetual version.

Thanks for that. I've tried every version up to 14 but did not suit me for the reasons stated. 7 and 8 were ok, but for whatever reason won't install correctly in Windows 10. The backward steps came in 9, and remain. Just my preference. Sound Forge is really important to me, so much so I only recently moved to Windows 10 when I found a solution to the WinHlp problem.

 

rraud wrote on 9/28/2022, 1:53 PM

'Some' third-party Direct X plug-ins will not run at all (or not normally) on 64 bit versions of Sound Forge. They do however run normally on the 32 bit Magix versions of Sound Forge installed on 64 bit Win 10 PCs. I do not have any Waves DX plug-ins,but my old 32 bit VST Waves plugs which run normally using Waveshell 9 and 10.

I have otherwise tried Sound Forge 9, 10 and 11 which behaved normally on 64 bit Win 10 PCs,

FWIW, I also tried Sound Forge 4.5 on a Vista PC, and that ran OK. 4.5 was published around the time of Windows 95. and I originally had it on a Win 98SE PC. I had used Sound Forge 3 as well on the recording studio's PC where I worked in at the time. .. a hundred years ago.. so i seems