D.D. Jackson Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) This is a new development and I'm not clear on what's changed. Recently when starting any larger Logic session with my normal (large) template (and after waiting for all sounds to load, etc.), I initially get a "disk too slow" followed by "system overload" message. However, after moving the transport beyond the session and letting it play "in the clear", the problem seems to correct itself and the session subsequently plays normally. It's still annoying, however, to have to wait for the program to temporarily "halt"/"crash" before I can start actually working, and this is definitely a recent development, so I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on what might be causing this? Much thanks in advance - Sincerely, - robjohn Edited October 22, 2017 by robjohn99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D. Jackson Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 I should add that I've already maxed out the buffer at 1024 (but, again - never had this problem before). - robjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D. Jackson Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) And actually, one more update: I'm realizing that even the "moving the playhead to the right of my session and playing first" approach ALSO results in the error. So at this point it's unavoidable and I'm wasting time every time I first open a session waiting for the problem to eventually fix itself, before I can move on. Thanks again for any thoughts - robjohn Edited October 22, 2017 by robjohn99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 When you open your template, what does the CPU meter say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D. Jackson Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share Posted October 22, 2017 Just a "spike" here are there as things were loading into RAM, but mostly the following: Basically this: Then when I first hit play (with just the template - no actual data in the session), I immediately get the spinning beach ball, followed by the following: and the "System Overload" message, which, when I click out of it, causes the CPU/HD meter to go back to the first state. After subsequently pressing play again, the meter looks like this: but there is no further "overload" message, and the system basically runs (though I occasionally not to stop/start the first time playing through a session that already has data, and/or reset audio in the Audio/MIDI setup" app before getting things to "settle down"). Never had this problem before so very strange. Thanks for any thoughts - - robjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherking Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 some ideas: run disk first aid. run the hardware test (to check your hard drive). you could also reset the pram, and the smc. it could be a drive issue tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.D. Jackson Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions. A question: my default template mostly uses sounds stored on various external drives (not the main Mac HD). But I presume I should typically run first aid/hardware test on the Main drive (at least first), and not the others? - robjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcristo Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 It sounds to me like one of your drives getting ready to crap the bed. Run first aid on all drives for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.