[Joel Porter]

Thanks everybody for the input, I will definitely be trying out some things here.

We have just 2 channels of audio. All 3 camera files have the same audio (for 6 tracks) but the extras are deleted and we just use 2.

It sounds as if there simply isn’t much to do except wait for processes to finish either before of after the editing, or turn into proxies.

Would it help to initially cut the file into 2 or 3 pieces each?

I will also look into getting RAID drives as well as it seems one lone SSD and laptop may just be too slow.

[Joel Porter]

Should I move this to the Final Cut Pro X forum then? Sorry, just new here.

1. So it has to be a raided drive for best results? They’ve even taken the files direct to desktop SSD and still had those issues. I thought an SSD would be just as quick as a RAID. Maybe not?

2. I’ll check on the proxy option. To be clear, they export first to Wondershare simply to reduce file size and make it work, then use those files from scratch to edit. Which yes, it is not so great as the quality loss is evident.