Running Out Of Cpu Power, help please! Options

[anakinsrightarm]

hellooo i have a macbook pro with 1ghz ram. i run pro tools LE 7.3 and have had the issue of running out of cpu power. i get the error message "you are running out of CPU power. Remove some RTAS plug ins or increase the cpu usage limit in the playback engine dialog. (-9128)"

i am not running that many tracks (3-4) and only about 2 plug ins and i am still getting the problem.
i also increased the cpu usage limit in the playback engine dialog with no luck.

i thought it had to do with not having an external hard drive, so i picked up a glyph 050 250 gb hd. on other forums they said it didnt have to do with the hard drive, and to come here.

thanks

This post has been edited by anakinsrightarm: Wed 2 Apr 2008, 04:23

[qusp74]

Ok.... MAYBE I overstated the RAM issue a just a little bit... but coming primarily from a 3D visualization/graphics background I can never get enough of it. I still have a G4 with 1.5gig ram in it (my secondary machine) and it performed most things I needed up until a couple of years ago. thing is however that the memory a processor requirements of todays plugins (and operating systems) is getting pretty huge. Also... to put 4gig into a G4 years ago would've almost cost you more than the machine itself (if it was even possible; some OS's couldn't address that much) nowadays though with the memory capacity of current machines being 16gb+, buying yourself a couple of gig will cost no more than a cheap date and a movie. It IS possible to struggle by (and produce some excellent results); by adapting your technique to suit. Sometimes the old saying 'less is more' is very true. But as I've said here on this forum more than once 'It all comes down to how much you value your time'. I would liken 1gb RAM on a Core duo Macbook to putting a REV limiter on a BUGATI Veyron.

cheers and good luck

This post has been edited by qusp74: Sat 5 Apr 2008, 15:35