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10.6 Audio Waveforms Take Forever to Load

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25 Oct 2021 22:53 #116984 by JoeEditor
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1 hour clip, have to cut out curse words and nudity for TV broadcast. Used to load up almost instantly, at least within 15-20 seconds. Let it sit for 3 hours, still not finished generating wave forms. Unacceptable.

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27 Oct 2021 04:09 #117016 by Struggling_Editor
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Same issue here.

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27 Oct 2021 14:24 #117026 by nobbystylus
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Similar issues here - 'generating audio waveforms' is taking forever despite the cache being a fast SSD - I can't work as I'm doing a lot of dialogue / interview editing. FCP is unusable today,

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27 Oct 2021 15:32 #117033 by Freddy123
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I tried to go back to 10.5.4 and use a new library but somehow the old version crashes every few seconds. Working with Proxy files doesn't help either. I am pretty disappointed with Apple.

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27 Oct 2021 17:11 #117038 by nobbystylus
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So it seemed that I'd got rid of this problem with a cache location change, preferences delete, restart and reopen, but on a different project its returned. Now I'm in an endless loop waiting for a project to 'load', which I'm guessing is caused by the same issue.

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30 Oct 2021 23:27 - 30 Oct 2021 23:27 #117100 by jefgibbons
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Long time lurker here, and I'm having the same problem! Mac Pro 2013 Trash can, Big Sur... editing is impossible....... new MBP won't be here for another month! If anyone sorts this out, please let us know! I'll post back if I sort it out as well. One thing that's weird is now when I quit it says "Quitting background tasks" even though there is nothing going on.
Last edit: 30 Oct 2021 23:27 by jefgibbons.

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01 Nov 2021 11:49 #117106 by Lenski
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Hi all - I joined this forum just to make the point I have exactly the same problem. Things that took 5-10 seconds now take minutes or hours. This is completely ridiculous! I don't use FCP to make my living but if I did my business would fall apart. How does one complain to Apple about this?

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01 Nov 2021 19:51 #117117 by Doodlebug1st
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Yes! I have exactly the same problem! Had no issues a week ago, brand new MacBook Pro, finally learnt to consolidate libraries to speed things up and using proxy files. Put in some clips 2 days ago ready to edit today, no issue then only now! Every time I blade the clip or move a clip around the audio waveform disappear and can take 20-30 second to reappear… only if I do nothing on FCP. Audio still plays but it’s slowing down my productivity.
So what’s changed?? A recent automatic update to FCP that’s what. There’s a bug in the system that needs sorting… no at home work around that I can see apart from spending 30 times longer editing 😡

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04 Nov 2021 15:52 #117245 by VideoMonkey
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Having this same issue with slow load times of projects and libraries. Also whenever I try and open Title Generators all of final Cut crashes! I recently updated to Monterey at the same time. Not sure which is causing the issues? The new FCPX 10.6 or Monterey? Or both? I have many clients I work for (do video for a living) and this is unacceptable to be this wonky from an upgrade!

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06 Nov 2021 00:42 #117275 by MrJoeCastellon
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So apparently I had automatic updates on, and this morning I got unexpectedly upgraded to 10.6.

I'm noticing that the audio waveforms on my clips in the timeline are taking FOREVER to load, which wasn't the case previously. Anyone else notice this?

i.e. you make a cut in the timeline (or just zoom in or out) and the waveforms disappear and take 4-5 seconds to reappear.

I saw MKBHD's review of the M1 Max MacBook Pro 16 and he mentioned the delay in the waveforms refreshing. I KNEW it had nothing to do with it being the M1 model as it is happening to me as well. I am using an early 2015 base model MacBook Pro 13 and for me the waveforms are taking between 4 to 25 seconds to refresh whenever I make cuts/trims in the timeline. 

I edit primarily based on waveforms, so this is slowing me down so much more, as if the sluggish performance of my old MacBook Pro wasn't enough 😩

I hope Apple comes up with a fix for this soon because it's driving me crazy.

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06 Nov 2021 14:45 #117291 by goosman
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First-time poster chiming in with the same issue. OS 11.6.1, FCP 10.6, M1 Mac Mini, audio in the clips is stereo, AAC 48k, video is h.264. This happens with a library that was updated from a previous FCP version, as well as a library that was created with 10.6.

As one example, a six-minute clip takes ten minutes or more to redraw a waveform in the timeline when adding effects or making any edits.

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06 Nov 2021 16:10 #117293 by Tom Wolsky
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Does this improve if you optimize the media to use ProRes proxies?

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06 Nov 2021 16:47 #117294 by MrJoeCastellon
Replied by MrJoeCastellon on topic 10.6 Audio Waveforms Take Forever to Load

Does this improve if you optimize the media to use ProRes proxies?

I tried proxies, but there was no improvement at all. 

I use 1080p mp4 videos from Canon SL2 with an extra audio track recorded in Audacity and exported to wav. Playback has always been smooth as long as I don't add any visual plugins. My first cuts are based on waveforms to remove silences and mistakes, and I have always been able to do it quickly and smoothly even on my 2015 base MBP.

FCP 10.6 broke something with the waveforms 😞 

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06 Nov 2021 16:55 #117295 by Tom Wolsky
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Does your filmstrip load, just not the waveform? Optimized having the same problem?

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07 Nov 2021 01:26 #117298 by MrJoeCastellon
Replied by MrJoeCastellon on topic 10.6 Audio Waveforms Take Forever to Load

Does your filmstrip load, just not the waveform? Optimized having the same problem?

Everything loads, but the waveforms disappear whenever I cut/trim and take ages to reappear.

Optimized, proxies, same deal. Started happening with FCP 10.6 😞 

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07 Nov 2021 19:59 - 07 Nov 2021 20:01 #117322 by Struggling_Editor
Replied by Struggling_Editor on topic 10.6 Audio Waveforms Take Forever to Load
If you are suffering from this or similar issues with the recent update please take a moment to report it to Apple.   Apple can't fix what they dont know about, and they will hopefully fix the squeaky wheel first -so make it squeak! *COMPLAINING ABOUT IT ON ONLINE FORUMS DOES NOT GET IT FIXED*
it is very quick and simple to report the issue at the Apple website, here: www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html
Last edit: 07 Nov 2021 20:01 by Struggling_Editor. Reason: emphasis added for additional 'umphff'

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07 Nov 2021 20:44 #117325 by nobbystylus
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I have sent Apple messages on these issues.

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08 Nov 2021 16:39 #117359 by nobbystylus
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So another day more slowdowns and crashes - today I crashed for the 3rd or 4th time just opening up a project and noticed this in the crash report...

Crashed Thread: 59 BGTask: FFThumbnailRequestManager Dispatch queue: thumbnailrequestvideo (QOS: UNSPECIFIED)

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08 Nov 2021 22:52 #117371 by MrJoeCastellon
Replied by MrJoeCastellon on topic 10.6 Audio Waveforms Take Forever to Load
I have no idea what happened because I haven't made any changes to my system, but it seems the waveforms issue has been resolved.

I am again able to quickly and smoothly do my cuts/trims based on waveforms as they refresh instantly again.

I'm so glad because this was really holding me back and I can't yet afford a new M1 Mac Mini 😂

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09 Nov 2021 03:53 #117376 by JoeEditor
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I'm still having issues.

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