rmrm Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Hi all, Using 2017 MacBook Pro, 3.3GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM. BigSur 11.6.7. I'm not on my Logic computer right now but using a version of Logic maybe 1 year old. I ran out of room on my MacBook so I got an external SSD (Samsung T7 Shield, 1050mb/s read speed) for Kontakt libraries. The load time is fine but I have playback issues. I'm not sure if there's a problem with short/staccato notes but on sustained notes, some of them will cut off and sound like they're clipping. If I bounce the part to audio, the audio is fine (doesn't cut out) - it only seems to be in playback I have a problem. The person/thread below has a workaround for slow loading external Kontakt libraries (which might work for my playback problems too) but it's quite long-winded and I'd rather avoid. So my question is: (a) is this problem common / to be expected? (b) are there any other work arounds? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas007 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 What you describe sounds like buffer issue. In such case, you could try increasing those settings in the Audio/Device preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution JakobP Posted July 7, 2022 Solution Share Posted July 7, 2022 8 hours ago, rmrm said: I ran out of room on my MacBook so I got an external SSD (Samsung T7 Shield, 1050mb/s read speed) for Kontakt libraries. Did you format the new drive to APFS or MacOS Extended ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 19 hours ago, JakobP said: Did you format the new drive to APFS or MacOS Extended ? Thanks Jakob... I'm not sure tbh, it was fairly "plug and play". On "Get info" the format is "ExFAT" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 19 hours ago, Atlas007 said: What you describe sounds like buffer issue. In such case, you could try increasing those settings in the Audio/Device preferences. Thanks Atlas, will check/change these settings shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 7:33 PM, rmrm said: Thanks Jakob... I'm not sure tbh, it was fairly "plug and play". On "Get info" the format is "ExFAT" That's probably your problem, ExFat is a no go with Logic... An example: Disk Overload 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 33 minutes ago, JakobP said: That's probably your problem, ExFat is a no go with Logic... An example: Disk Overload Awesome, thank you Jakob In the middle of a deadline I don't need the libraries for but will try this as soon as I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 3 hours ago, JakobP said: That's probably your problem, ExFat is a no go with Logic... An example: Disk Overload Sorry, I just re-read your initial question... Which out of APFS and MacOS Extended are better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, rmrm said: Sorry, I just re-read your initial question... Which out of APFS and MacOS Extended are better? From a quick Google looks like APFS for newer Macs and SSDs but if anyone feels differently please feel free to let me know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, rmrm said: Sorry, I just re-read your initial question... Which out of APFS and MacOS Extended are better? If you don't need to use the drive also with older macs then go for APFS Edited July 11, 2022 by JakobP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmrm Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Awesome, appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakobP Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 You're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 11 hours ago, rmrm said: From a quick Google looks like APFS for newer Macs and SSDs but if anyone feels differently please feel free to let me know Indeed that's pretty much it, APFS is the recommended format for current and recent Macs. Here's the official recommendation from Apple: https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/file-system-formats-dsku19ed921c/21.0/mac/12.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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