 Mbox Performance Issues? |
 Sat 19 Jun 2004, 20:33
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i have been using my mbox/ibook g4 800 for about five mos. with no problems up until about a week ago, i started getting a message saying cpu usage is holding off usb audio, increase h/w buffer or remove plug-ins. i get this when my h/w buffer is already as high as it can go, and i'm only running like four tracks with no plug-ins at all. how could this be? i'm running osx 10.3/pt le 6.2.2
i'm not using an external hard drive, could this be part of the problem? thanx |
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Mon 28 Jun 2004, 16:25
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 25-Jan 04 From: Corvallis - US Member No.: 34,056 |
Schoppito,
Please define "serious" audio work. I have a good friend who uses a mac powerbook and an 828 with no external firewire drive, and he has produced 4 albums. Futhermore, he assists other musicians with their projects. I modeled my setup after his based on what I perceived at the time was a rock solid recording situation. His situation is different from mine; however, in that he does mainly step recording. Obviously, step recording is not as processor intensive; however I still think a newer powerbook should be able to handle at least 4 track recording without the aid of an external firewire 7200 disk. From my experience, however, this is not the case! It sounds like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy an external firewire drive. Wish I would have known this before I dropped 2 "G"s on the powerbook! |
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meadows.83 Mbox Performance Issues? Sat 19 Jun 2004, 20:33
smokinshaman What is the speed of your current hard drive? My ... Mon 28 Jun 2004, 01:33 schoppito It´s not possible to do any serious audio work on ... Mon 28 Jun 2004, 10:01 schoppito Yes Shaman you´re right. Seriousness is relative.... Mon 28 Jun 2004, 18:22 papisax Dear Forum,
I have a Powerbook G4 800 with a L3 c... Sun 4 Jul 2004, 17:06 eskiemo1127 I have a new powerbook G4 and protools LE and I ha... Tue 27 Jul 2004, 23:30 natobasso I run Pro Tools LE/Mbox on my iMac G4 800Mhz and a... Thu 6 Jan 2005, 19:41
gdoubleyou For the BEST performance, an external 7200rpm fire... Thu 6 Jan 2005, 22:03 |
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