-
All replies
-
Helpful answers
-
Sep 7, 2015 2:54 PM in response to 2hanzby The Art Of Sound,Also, I've recording to an external 7200rpm drive and use a separate monitor.
1) What connection type is your External HD?
If it's a USB2 drive then that can easily cause spikes because of how USB2 places a load on your CPU whenever data is being written/read from the HD...
Use a FW800 or Thunderbolt External HD enclosure to limit this load issue....
2) Using an external Monitior also adds a load to your system resources which again can cause spikes or general system overload problems...
However, one of the best things you can do is to follow this bit of advice from the Troubleshooting guide for System overloads...
Logic Pro X: System Overload messages - Apple Support
- Avoid having a Software Instrument track selected in the Arrange window. When a Software Instrument track is highlighted, Logic must devote enough CPU resources to insure that anything you might play live into the track can be processed. Be particularly aware of Track Stacks that include multiple Software Instrument sub-tracks. When you are mixing, try to keep an Audio or external MIDI track highlighted as you work. Only select a Software Instrument track or Track Stack at times when you are actually working with that particular track.
Otherwise, the rest of the tips in that document are worth heeding.......
...and note: Make sure you have turned off Kontakt's own memory server in it's own preferences/settings box...