6.01: Clips Redrawing Waveforms .. persistant
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:22 pm
Im noticing an issue in 6 that was also a sporadic issue in version 5:
I often need to drag large numbers of pre-warped full length tracks into the Session to either audition tracks for re-organization on my harddrive - or to make adjustments to clip parameters and re-save.
Three scenarios:
1 - When dragging clips that have previously been on my grid - Live "re-draws" the waveform ... the waveform area in Clip View is covered by a milky white film, which is then uncovered left to right by a normal dark look to the clip
NOTE: Live calls this "sample analysis" .. if you try and save the clip while this is happening, it gives the error 'cannot save until sample analysis is complete'
2 - If Live has never seen the clip before in the grid (new warped batch from another drive, say) the waveform is completley blank - then Live "uncovers" the waveform ... all markers and parameters are normal when uncovered, but this takes time and resources
3 - If a clip is on the grid - then - I move the clip to a new harddrive location in the Live browser - again the clip goes completely blank and needs to be "redrawn" from scratch (as in #2 above)
In actual fact:
The only time Live does not seem to need to do some kind of re-analysis on the clip, is when
- It has already been "seen" by Live on the live grid, and
- It is in the same location it was in the last time it was seen
In the case where we are moving the clip to a new location on the drive - this is somewhat understandable - however in the other instances this is taking up resources and ... when dealing with large numbers of clips ... it has hard-crashed Live more than once
For ableton:
Why does Live need to constantly re-analyze clips when all the information has been settled after the clip save process?
Isnt this a waste of resources, and when its this pervasive, a possible bug or oversight?
.
I often need to drag large numbers of pre-warped full length tracks into the Session to either audition tracks for re-organization on my harddrive - or to make adjustments to clip parameters and re-save.
Three scenarios:
1 - When dragging clips that have previously been on my grid - Live "re-draws" the waveform ... the waveform area in Clip View is covered by a milky white film, which is then uncovered left to right by a normal dark look to the clip
NOTE: Live calls this "sample analysis" .. if you try and save the clip while this is happening, it gives the error 'cannot save until sample analysis is complete'
2 - If Live has never seen the clip before in the grid (new warped batch from another drive, say) the waveform is completley blank - then Live "uncovers" the waveform ... all markers and parameters are normal when uncovered, but this takes time and resources
3 - If a clip is on the grid - then - I move the clip to a new harddrive location in the Live browser - again the clip goes completely blank and needs to be "redrawn" from scratch (as in #2 above)
In actual fact:
The only time Live does not seem to need to do some kind of re-analysis on the clip, is when
- It has already been "seen" by Live on the live grid, and
- It is in the same location it was in the last time it was seen
In the case where we are moving the clip to a new location on the drive - this is somewhat understandable - however in the other instances this is taking up resources and ... when dealing with large numbers of clips ... it has hard-crashed Live more than once
For ableton:
Why does Live need to constantly re-analyze clips when all the information has been settled after the clip save process?
Isnt this a waste of resources, and when its this pervasive, a possible bug or oversight?
.