Buddy Bell

I've been monitoring CPU temperatures and fan speed while doing various CPU intensive tasks (thanks to cleamon for recommending iStat - it's great). Turns out my fan is shutting off once the temperature reaches about 70-80C (precisely when its needed). It's doing it with non-logic tasks like video too, so that eliminates my idea that it was an Izotope plugin that was somehow causing the fan to stop. So I guess the fan just needs replacing.

Thanks. I started it up with the back plate off just to see if the fan was actually moving (which is was), but I couldn't really work out a way to put it into use safely and see the screen properly. I was a bit nervous about dropping the laptop or getting fried. I was hoping for some kind of diagnostics software that gives more information than simply if the fan is running or not and the RPM. I suppose I'll try and replace the fan as a first step. Cheers.

I'm running Logic Pro X and processing audio with a combination of Logic Pro effects and a modest selection of third party plugins. A few days ago I started getting system overload messages on sessions that have previously been running without issue. CPU/HD both maxing out and refusing to play even 1 second of audio. I noticed my Macbook Pro (Early 2011) was getting extremely hot, but I wasn't hearing the fan. I checked the fan speed and sure enough, it showed 0RPM. So I shutdown, took off the back plate, removed the fan and gave everything a general clean (it was actually pretty dust and fluff free). There was nothing noticeably wrong with the fan so I put it back in, screwed the back plate on and fired up a moderate Logic session. Now the RPM showed readings between 2000-3000RPM on playback. So I commenced mixing... all was fine until about 6-7 minutes later when it started getting super hot again. I checked the fan and once again it showed 0 RPM. So I repeated the process - this time with a smaller session (only a few plugs engaged). But same thing happened; about 10 minutes of normal operation then heat and system overload. Something I noticed was that both times it seemed to start heating up after instantiating iZotope Neutron. I realise Neutron is loading up multiple effects, but I've been using this a lot without any problems and with much larger sessions with convolution reverbs etc... Is this typical behaviour of a fan simply wearing out over time? or could Izotope Neutron or even Logic be somehow interfering and cutting off the fan? Is that even possible? Are there any other diagnostics I can do to help isolate the problem? I use the laptop daily for work so sending it into repair/maintenance is the last resort. Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I've recorded an e-bow guitar track sliding between notes instead of hitting each note separately. Can I convert this to a MIDI track if I'm wanting it to retain the slides? I know I can do this if I use a MIDI-keyboard and roll the pitch bend wheel but a guitar and e-bow suits me better. I'd like to then apply the resulting MIDI to strings. I'm running Logic Studio 8. My Apologies if I haven't made myself clear. I'm pretty new to MIDI. Thanks.