gdgross Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 2011 MacBook Pro 17" quad core 8GB ram, 750GB internal HD only Logic 9 Some internal plugins, some UAD plugins with the UAD solo-2 expresscard device I'm getting the disk too slow error fairly frequently now. I've increased the buffer size to the max (1024) and frozen about half the tracks in the project. (usually I'll keep the original comp, bounce to a new track and do all my editing/plugins/etc on the new track, so I can get back to the original comp or takes if needed. Then I'll mute/freeze/hide the original comp/take folder track.) The error is happening on multiple projects. Do I need to move the audio to an external drive? If so, what's the best way? My interface is an apogee ensemble (uses the FW 800 port on the MBP) and typically I'll have a monitor plugged into the thunderbolt port when I'm tracking as I keep the MBP in another room since the fan gets a little noisy sometimes. That means I'd have to daisy chain, using either FW400 (ensemble only has FW400) or thunderbolt. (I assume there are thunderbolt HDs out there, but I haven't looked...) Would daisy chaining on the FW port affect the ensemble's performance in any way? Thanks! Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 How many GB of space left available on your HD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Plenty - I think I've there's at least a couple hundred GB free in the drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Have you tried unplugging the UAD and not using it, see if the errors disappear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Haven't tried as I've been away from the computer for a few days, but I will this week! Thanks for the advice! Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 No problem, let us know how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 OK got back to the computer this morning, and disabling UAD plugin instances didn't really reduce the frequency of the error much, as far as I could tell. So, I'm looking at purchasing an external FW or Thunderbolt drive. (looks like the thunderbolt drives are more expensive though...) One quick thought though, would partitioning my internal HD and moving the audio to the new partition have the same effect? There's plenty of space on my drive and it's a 1TB so I've got plenty more. Thanks!! Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 One quick thought though, would partitioning my internal HD and moving the audio to the new partition have the same effect? It would probably make matters even worse. What is your HD meter (in the Transport bar) reading when you're getting the alert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Looks like it's about at the top of the meter when I get the overload error.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdoubleyou Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Is your internal a 5400 rpm? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Is your internal a 5400 rpm? 8) Yes indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Haha I posted this in the temp section, not realizing the new forum was almost up. Ordered a G-tech 2TB FW800 external drive; this will be more than enough space for me I think. What's the general advice on where to store sample libraries? Same external hard drive as the logic projects? Another external drive? Or keep them where they are on the internal drive? I don't have a whole lot: kontakt, some kirk hunter stuff, some slate drum stuff. This and more would easily fit with the audio and the projects on the new drive; I just want to know what's considered the best method. THanks! Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymio Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I have my samples on their own drive and that's what i would recommend. With the cost of drives these days...why not? I have 4 drives in my Mac Pro- system (which includes Logic), one for audio, one for samples, and one dedicated to Time machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgross Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Cool, ill plan on transitioning the samples to an external drive then, too. I'm working on a MacBook pro with one FW800 port, and I'll already be daisy chaining my audio interface and (now) external drive for audio/logic projects...think it would be ok to add another drive to the bus? Interface is an apogee ensemble and apogee recommends It be the first device in the chain, which means that the bus will be running at fw400 as the ensemble only has fw400 ports. Would USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 be fast enough? (do the mbpro USB ports even support usb 3.0 anyway?) Thanks again!! Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subject.matta Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hi all, I am just starting to build up my set up and I also quite often get this error message, I have the below iMac spec and also have an external 250gb hard drive with my samples saved. 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 1920 x 1080 resolution 4GB (two 2GB) memory 500GB hard drive1 AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB I have recently purchased a firewire sound card which is not yet connected, so just using headphones plugged directly into the imac at the moment (rubbish i know), could this be causing the issue. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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