soundfonts just slow it down man, I've noticed this for a couple years now.

True. RAM lets your computer multitask better, allowing more programs to be open at once. It doesn't make it any faster (but it does make it slower if you have little RAM, not having enough memory to render and stuff). SubWoofer, I think you're thinking of the processor

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1GB. There actually isn't a HUGE difference in rendering when you have more RAM. IIRC RAM is only more useful for if I wanted to do something else on my computer whilst the song is rendering.

The kind of answer I was looking for is something like a tool that will strip the soundfonts to only the samples I have used throughout the song. Or an option within FL that does something similar.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I think the only way of speeding up the issue is having more RAM and/or processor power, sadly :\. How much RAM are you working with right now?

It's nothing like that, I have tried all sorts of different export options with always the same or very similar outcome.

If you try a side by side comparison of a song made with VSTi s and a song made with soundfonts. I can vouch the one made with soundfonts will render slower. It's only a fair test if you make the song the same length and have the same amount of instruments/effects. It would be easier to do this with the song being around 2 minutes. Much easier to judge that way.

Soundfonts are sample based therefore every single sample has to be accounted for. It's the way FL reads a soundfont that makes it slow, or at least something along the lines of that.

So that is what I already know, what I was asking is if there is a way to speed it up, however I am actually done exporting and it doesn't really matter anymore. I didn't fix the issue, I just sent the .FLP to a friend.

This is the only thing I could think to ask. I've never really had a problem with soundfonts myself, however I rarely use them now. I don't know if having ASIO4All would help with the export at all but it wouldn't hurt to make sure that you're using that for sound instead of your primary soundcard drivers. The only times I've ever had a problem exporting were when I didn't have ASIO4All selected.

i never have trouble like this with soundfonts
umm is your resampling interpolation set to 6-point hermite on export?
also is it still just as slow if you export to wav?

have you tried using a different soundfont player to what you are currently using

it seems like it would be a problem with the soundfont player instrument rather than an inherent problem to soundfonts

However, I don't have problems when I'm using other VSTi's to export, it's usually faster.

I guess SOUNDFONTS are just filed oddly causing FL to take longer to assemble your .mp3 or whatever.

With FL, the more synths and stuff you use, the slower exporting is.
I know that when I make an almost entirely sample-based song, it renders amazingly fast. But make a similarly-complex song with synths and soundonts and other generative thingsand exporting will take longer (something to do with converting the synths to samples, i guess)

My solution: take a teaspoon of cement in your morning tea and harden up!

I'm having trouble exporting a song that uses a lot of soundfont VSTi's, I'm using FL studio with setzers SPC soundfont.

Am I supposed to do something to the soundfonts before I export them or something? It's a lot faster at exporting when I don't use soundfonts.

Any tips on speeding it up? (Besides the typical lower the bitrate etc.)