Thanks for your help so far:
For the AV you should exclude several folders
- peak/analyses
- collection
- program files/mixvibes
Especially the first 2 are important. As Cross is constant reading and writing the AV can cause significant delays (in computer time).
Not quite sure how to do this, I am looking into it! Same with the powermax for cpu...
But I can say I turn off the McAfee AV that I have....as far as the instances, they are random and doesn't seem to matter what kind of file! I can never duplicate the problem.....I do run the file thru MP3 gain at 93, and update the file name and genre in MP3@TAG
Thx
DDJJ