JoshJ Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hey guys, Why does logic always take a while to pause and process after I stop recording audio during playback? Sometimes it even pauses just after I hit record, even BEFORE I recorded any material. This slows work flow down a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Please add your Logic version and system info to your signature: Forum Rules - please READ THIS before posting (#5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 If I were a betting man... I'd guess you are using an external drive and that external drive happens to be a 'Green' drive... which parks and turns off if you don't use it for a short while, hence the delays you are seeing... and/or its a USB2 external HD... which is slow by nature. Of course, i don't gamble because i always lose.. so I could well be wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshJ Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hi N6Smith, I have an external HD plugged into my mac but I am not using with logic so it shouldnt enter the equation - any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshJ Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Ps, when this pausing occurs, a little processing window pops up also. Even if there is not pause in playback, this window still pops up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 How much space left on your internal HD? What does that window say? You should record and save your projects to an external firewire 800 drive to take load of your internal HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hi N6Smith, I have an external HD plugged into my mac but I am not using with logic so it shouldnt enter the equation - any other ideas? Actually it can.. as it seems Logic (or an OS X File System routine... as other apps do this too..) can and does check for other HDs installed and so that can cause a pause or delay if one of those HDs is 'green'... and parks the head... so they are slow to respond to any file system request... Other than that, triplet's questions/points are worth looking into, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshJ Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 How much space left on your internal HD? What does that window say?You should record and save your projects to an external firewire 800 drive to take load of your internal HD. Hey Triplets. Thanks for the reply.. I was always told by apple to keep 10gb free on my Mac HD to make sure apps run smoothly. Is this enough for Logic? Will upgrading the DDR RAM in my Macbook Pro make more room for apps to run also? I have attached the window below: This window stays up whilst recording then when I stop recording there is sometimes a pause in playback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6smith Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The amount of HD space you should keep free, is not 'fixed' to a certain amount but generally speaking should be no less than 20% of the available total space of the HD where your system files reside.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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