XP limits you to 2 or 3 gig of RAM, I'd guess this is the bottleneck (if there is one)
Either that or using a single drive to READ existing tracks and WRITE incoming audio at the same time.
Much better to set the Temp Audio Directory to a separate drive for the Temp Audio Directory. This is where the incoming audio gets written to.

The program defaults to a user folder on the C: drive. If you can change this to a second drive it may help, but I'd guess RAM is more the issue.

Open Task Manager, go to Performance tab & try to record multiple tracks .. is the processor stressing? (above 80-90% steady)
Is RAM getting maxed out? (how much free)
Is the swap file size getting large? (if it is the drive may be thrashing)

These three things can tell a lot about how a system is handling audio.


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