Cpu Or Hard Drive Speed?, Trouble w/ Logic Options

[whickus]

I love using Logic, but I'm having trouble with it lately. When doing projects in 24bit/96KHz with about 3 audio tracks and 5 instrument tracks my Audio meter (on the Logic system performance gauge) goes into the red, but the CPU meter is at less than half. About half the time it'll actually overload and stop. Here's my setup:

Dual 867 G4, OS 10.3.5, 768MB ram, Logic Big Box 5.5, seperate 7200 rpm 40GB ATA/100 hard drive for audio files.

I know Logic Big Box (same as Logic Express) does not take advantage of dual processors, but it seems like a single 867 G4 should be able to handle more than 3 audio tracks and a couple instruments.

My question is: Is my problem the hard drive or CPU or something else? Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks for any help.

[whickus]

Thanks for the info, first off.

"In OS X, every program use both processors."

I've spoken to Emagic and they say Big Box and Express don't have "Multi Processor Support" (it also says this on their website). How would OS X use both processors in this case?

"Also, have you disabled journaling on the drive hosting the files? If not, you SHOULD."

How do I go about doing this and what is the benefit?

Thanks again.

This post has been edited by whickus: Mon 27 Sep 2004, 01:37