Disc is too slow. (record) (-10004) help!!

i got this message the other day for the first time...

CoreAudio:

Disk is too slow. (Record)
(-10004)

i was recording my band with two room mics just for fun the other day and this happened about three times. I was recording straight to the hard drive of my macbook pro because i did not bring my external drive. i was using a firepod connected via firewire 400. i was recording only two channels of audio for the two room mics and no plug-ins except for maybe one EQ on a track. does anyone know about this kind of error message and what it entails?? if i knew how to post a picture i would put up a picture of my audio driver settings. maybe i am doing something wrong there. i was recording our drummers drums the other day with 4 mics equaling 4 tracks and this did not happen, but i was not recording nearly as long. does anyone possibly have any advice??? if i was too vague in description i will answer any questions...

Macbook Pro 15" 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo 3GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Lacie 320Gb external HD 7200rpm via firewire 800

Posted on Feb 3, 2008 12:49 PM

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Feb 4, 2008 6:44 AM in response to nick5105

Couple things -

Recording to the internal drive is never a great choice but you shouldn't have problems recording 2 tracks, or even 4. Is you disk getting full? I would try to make sure I have at least 10% of the drive open (4GB free on a 40GB drive, for example).

Check your maximum record time by pressing the "A" key and set it to the lowest usable value. 15 mins. is a good start, esp. if you have limited drive space, like when recording to the internal HD.

Enable the Larger Disk Buffer in the Audio Prefs. This always seems to work for me.

Is all your software up-to-date? Are your fire pod drivers current?

Check your RAM. Apple Menu-> About This Mac -> More info. Bad RAM is a common problem, often overlooked.

That's all I got...

-John

Feb 4, 2008 7:27 AM in response to John Curley

My hard disk isnt even near full. about half is free. and my recording time is set to 15 minutes also. and i have the larger disc buffer enabled as well.. the only thing i can think of is the firepod drivers may not be up to date. everything else is current. and as for my ram i have 3gb and it is fine. i will look for up to date drivers. as this seems to be the only logical thing right now..
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here are my driver settings.

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