"disk too slow" message when using ext hd.

From what you've described it doesn't sound like you're asking too much, however have you tried Locking Tracks which you are no longer editing?

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How much free space is available on your internal drive?

GB is a real resource hog, it seems like it's always trying to use every spare CPU cycle it can.

Have you made sure nothing else is running? Also, try closing the Mixer part of GB, I have found that the meters are a major drain.

All in all, though, I am puzzled. My recording machine is a wee little 800Mc iBook with only 640KB, and right off the bat I start by recording 8 drum tracks at a once, then start adding guitars and so forth.

I've seen others with the same issue, so you're not alone, but I don't understand why some people have this issue B-(>

One other quickie ... when GB tosses up the error msg and you dismiss it, do you try playing it again? Sometimes it takes awhile for a song to be fully loaded into memory and there are a couple f false starts as data is loading.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. It's supposed to help predict hard drive failure... it's not relevant, I'm afraid.

It is possible that whatever SCSI card you're using isn't offering a great data transfer speed. That seems to be the most logical reason, but I don't use SCSI on any OS X machines, so it's just a SWAG.

Is your hard drive USB or Firewire? 3.5"(desktop) 2.5"(laptop) size hard drive inside the case?

Is your hard drive USB or Firewire?

It's neither, he's using a SCSI drive.

That really is strange, but just so you know, that's not going to hurt anything. IOW, you don't have to stop because the playhead turned orange, you're computer is not going to burn up, however it does mean that you're coming close to the limits of your machine.

Unfortunately, as I mentioned, none of my OS X machines have a SCSI card, and the machines that have built-in SCSI can't run OS X, so I don't even have a way to mess around with this.

The SCSI protocol is fast, so like I said, the only thing I can think of is that the card you're using isn't enabling the full potential bandwidth.

You might want to check around some of the other forums, see if there are any other folks using a SCSI card and if they know of any data transfer limits due either to the card, or the OS X drivers.

Sorry I can't offer a better answer. ~~Hang