On Jul 3, 2006, at 10:41 AM, forums@logic-users.org wrote: > Message posted by stephen maglio <stephenmaglio@highstream.net>: > > hi, as i have stated before i am coming from a pro tools > background. pardon > what i am sure is a newbie question, but is it possible that i am > really > running out of processing power when i get the following: mid > playback the > song stops and a dialog box which states "either disc is too > slow...". i > know my disc isn't slow. it looks like when i bring up the system > usage > window i am actually running out of processing power . however i am > only > using about 4 midi tracks each with ik philharmonic orchestra > sample plug > in. also i have a different song with 28 audio tracks (no plug ins > 88k rate) > which won't play either. thing is this song played fine on my digi > 002 rig. > i am using a different A/D converter - could this be the culprit? > or have a > just missed an obvious setting. i ahve tried all different buffering > settings - all to no avail. > > ibook G4 1G > 768ram > prism ada-8 converter w/ firewire interface > g-raid drive firewire > Your drive may not be too slow, but it may be going to sleep. Under the "Energy Saver" control panel make sure "Put Hard drives to sleep whenever possible" is not checked, and under "Options" be sure processor performance is set to "Highest" Stuart Holmes Holmestudio Music