Computer is getting slower and slower

I work heavily in music [Finale, Sibelius, MIDI, composing & playback] and my system's been fine until recently. Now I get midi-logjams, ever longer lag times on both audio & midi, even creeping into regular web browsers and such. I've checked and/or replaced all cables. Checked and repaired the drive and permissions. I've even done an archive & reinstall with all updates back to OS 10.4.11, and nothing as seemed to help this. My CPU seems to be running hotter than normal so I've even pointed an extra fan at the tower after having carefully cleaned and vacuumed all vents and fans, etc. Still no help.
I've replaced my old MIDI unit from an old M-audio midisport usb 8x8 with a new MOTU usb 8x8, then a new M-audio midisport usb 4x4 to cut the number of channels. No help. Does anyone have any ideas why my computer is now suddenly slowing down and seemingly overworked? Using activity monitor, my CPU will at brief times get to 90% capacity, but I've never seen it get to 100%. Similarly, RAM never gets above 40% used.
I'm at my wits end, but really not prepared to go to an Intel Mac and OS 10 quite yet.
All ideas appreciated!

What size hard drive do you have and how much free space? Lack of free space is a major slowness cause.
Look at these links
Mac Tune-up: 34 Software Speedups
http://www.macworld.com/article/49489/2006/02/softwarespeed.html
52 Ways to Speed Up OS X
http://www.imafish.co.uk/articles/post/articles/130/52-ways-to-speed-up os-x/
Tuning Mac OS X Performance
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
11 Ways to Optimize Your Mac's Performance
http://lowendmac.com/eubanks/07/0312.html
The Top 7 Free Utilities To Maintain A Mac.
http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/thetop_7_free_utilities_to_maintain_amac/
Mac OS X: System maintenance
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640
 Cheers, Tom

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