Constant system overload errors

Since yesterday I can't play any project anymore. When I hit play the projects plays for two seconds, slows down and a system overload error pops up saying 'system overload or disk too slow'. Logic crashes after that.
Nothing on my system has changed, no new plugins, no system changes. Many of the project files are on an external drive but it's working nicely and is not in sleep mode or anything.
Any tips?

I am not having system overload, but I do want to comment on the CPU meter. I noticed last night that running 3 tracks rewired through Reason 4, and an EXS instrument, my Logic 8 CPU meter indicated one core (second one) at 60-70% at times, with the other core (first one), barely being used. While running this, I launched Activity Monitor, and then hit "CPU" to watch the activity. Guess what, Activity monitor showed no perceptible difference between core usage, with both running at maybe 20-25% for the whole system, including Logic 8. I wonder if Logic 8's problem with system overload is simply a bad monitoring scheme. It is clearly wrong. I can imagine that if I had one or two more tracks running, I would have hit a limit, even though Activity Monitor would have shown my cores at less than 50% usage. Lame, Apple. Take care of this.

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Disk too slow and system overload error

I like many other users am having problems with the "disk too slow or system overload error (-10010)." It only seems to occur during playback attempts, seeing as I recorded with no problems yesterday, and only began happening today (granted, I have not tried recording anything since this started happening). I have tried changing the buffer size (still occurs at all levels), and, as per noted in a similar post, ensuring that my computer does not at any time put drives to sleep. All my sessions are stored on an external Toshiba Canvio Connect 2.0 TB drive connected directly to my computer via USB.
My setup (I know that this is going to draw a lot of criticism) is a macbook air with 2 gb 1067 MHz DDR3 ram and a 1.4 GHz intel core 2 duo processor, running OS X 10.9.3. While I am fully aware (I promise) that these are well below the recommended numbers, I have been using this configuration since June without any problems whatsoever.

Clancy,
No problem!
I also added it to the Useful links and resources for Logic Pro X page in the tips sections....
Cheers..
Nigel

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Im having system overload error when i run sound modules form external hard disk.
Please advise what i should do to correct the error .Thank you

There's 12 or 13 tracks using a few trilogy and a few stylus plug ins and a few standard logic plug ins. I havent tried freezing any tracks coz im still messing with the sounds. I was just hoping there was a preference i could change for a quick fix.
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Disk is too slow or system overload error with Logic 9.1.4

I have am running Logic 9.1.4 on a MacPro 2 X 2.8 Ghz (Intel) with 8GB of RAM running OS X 10.6.7.
I recently updated to Logic 9.1.4 and was trying to record one track of vocals on a session on which I had previously worked on a few weeks earlier with no issues.
But today I got this error over and over again:
Disk is too slow or System Overload.
Occasionally I would get the message below with the error, but not always:
The Sudden Motion Sensor may have parked the hard drive head, or the disk performance is not sufficient to read or write all audio tracks, or the system was not able to process all data in time.
I don't have a lap top and tried a few fixes found here (buffer size increase ,rebooting etc.). Again, I recorded several tracks of vocals on other days with absolutely no problems. But today couldn't record more than a few seconds at a time without getting this error. The only difference I can think of is that I updated to the latest version of Logic 9 (9.1.4) rather than whatever the previous Logic 9 version was.
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ISSUE RESOLVED!
So after messing around with this for over 4 hours today, I think I have resolved the issue.
The issue seems to have been primarily with my main vocal track, which was frozen while I was recording a harmony vocal. The main vocal track was actually made up of about 20-30 take folders which I had swiped to make one good take. I was hoping to take a good hard listen at my swipes during mixing once all recording was done, so I had never merged into one audio track. Besides, like I said, this track was frozen so I figured it was already playing back as though it was one audio file.
So I just merged all the takes in this track into one file. Counterintuitively, unfreezing about 10 tracks also seemed to improve performance in the meters. Which makes me wonder whether I should use freezing at all? Both these things together seem to have made all the difference.
In the process, I also learned how to run Logic 9 in 64-bit mode, although this (at least by itself) didn't seem to make any difference other than making AmpliTube inoperable.
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Is there anyone out there that NEVER gets system overload errors?

If so, what hardware do you have. I'm thinking of upgrading to a new iMac so I can record in peace (no overload errors). Can you please share your GOOD experiences. Is there hope?
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What format(s) do you work in? What length of project? Do you output to AC3? I have no problems with AME for short projects or to output the same size/format -- for instance, I can usually output full HD for Blu-Ray but experience lots of crashes if scaling down to SD for DVD. The crashes also occur above certain lengths, usually 20 min +. With audio, I can output 5.1 uncompressed WAV in the same format (for instance, 16 bit) but if I try to output 24 bit (which AME is supposed to be able to do) I get "Encoding Failed - Unknown error." In fact the error log is ALL that very helpful message, always when transcoding to another format/bit depth/size. When outputting 5.1 to AC3, AME freezes up and fails at around 20 minutes.
Our systems are very silimar -- the current system is i7 proc with 6gb ddr3 ram on a gygabite GA-EX58-UD3R.
A have not had any huge issues really with AME for short videos or output to FLV for web.
But the workflow I use is something that CS4 is SUPPOSED to be able to do. And the very unusual issue is that I have seen posts about the same type of errors (with ImportProcessServer etc) on Macs as well.

Disk is too slow or System Overloaded ERROR

I have logic studio and a macbook pro and keep getting the following error message: Logic Pro: Disk is too slow or System Overloaded (-10010) Not sure how to fix it. Any suggestions?

It's a bug in logic. It's been there since multicore CPUs came out.
Try putting your fx on a bus/aux rather than on the same track as the instrument.
That way it will trick logic into using a different core for the different tracks.
I've seen this problem on dual quad core CPU mac pros, so it has nothing to do with your CPU performance.
Also if your recording to the internal harddrive whilst playing back audio from it you might run into problems when using bfd2 or addictive drums or any other large sample library type plugin.
In my MacBook pro I took the DVD drive out and put in an SSD for the OS in its place.
I then use the internal mechanical drive for recording and samples etc.
This solved all my issues and made everything so much snappier.
It's dead easy to do too. Infact it works so well I'm thinking about getting a standard MacBook pro (so I can do the same thing again) instead of the retina one.
I'd refuse to buy a retina one until I have seen logic play back 1 instance of bfd2 a few audio files whilst at the same time recording a guitar through amplitube 3. I'm not paying £2000 if it can't do that. (you'll be surprised)
Like I said my old one couldn't do it due to the overloads you mention until I did the DVD drive swap trick.
The retina looks good but, 1/4" thinner is one thing, but having to carry leads and adapters for everything it kind of defeats the purpose!
I would need a thunderbolt to FireWire adapter (which aren't out yet) a FireWire 800 lead and a FireWire 800 to 400 adapter jut to plug my apogee duet soundcard in! ***?
I'd buy a thunderbolt audio interface but their are no mobile ones. The only ones that are out are large ones for the studio (And mac pros don't even have thunderbolt)
It makes no sense, no sense at all!
You couldn't make it up. At least they have dropped the dongle from logic so I can plug my mouse in.
Emagic should release a pc version again. These quarterly decade updates are getting boring!
Where's logic X?

Disk is too slow or System Overload Error on new Core i7 iMac

Well I just unboxed the new supercomputer, 27 inch iMac with Core i7 and 8gigs of ram. Spent several hours installing Logic Studio 9 and for an opening act I loaded up the demo song by Lily Allen. Too my utter dismay within seconds of playing the demo in Logic Pro I was greeted with the error "Disk is too slow or System Overload.(-10010)".
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I am running on less of a machine than you are, so I have experienced similar problems, even when playing back 4 audio tracks while recording 2 all at once (usually with significant plug-ins on the 4 playback tracks).
The easiest solution I've found, without modifying how your plug-ins run, buying hardware, etc., is to "Freeze" the tracks that aren't being worked on at present. It "renders" all of what the plug-ins are doing so that the CPU and hard drive are not taxes nearly as much while playing back. It just takes a few seconds to render them once, and then your playback/recording drops the amount of resources it requires tremendously.
The easiest way to activate a freeze on a track is to right-click on the track name in the Arrange pane, select "Freeze" so the button that looks like a snowflake appears next to each track. You can click and drag down the contiguous tracks that can be frozen to turn the option on (or individually click to turn them on). You will then need to play the project to "render" the tracks and freeze them. Next time you play the project, it will run with many less resources and should save you from seeing that message.
As an aside, you may also want to make sure that you are not running any other applications. I found that another app in the background (Connect360) was running on my Mac and sharing my iTunes to my XBox 360, which was also making a good use of the hard drive at the same time. Any other applications running while Logic is running should be closed to ensure the best performance possible in your audio editing environment.
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Logic giving me System Overload-error in a specific project

Hi everyone. I've got a huge problem on my hands. I have a 25-audiotrack project that I'm mixing for someone else. The audiofiles are .wav, all stereo, 16 bit 44.1kHz if I'm not mistaken. I've set them up on 25 audiotracks in Logic. I haven't even got to the point of putting on effects or anything, so it's just clean tracks with no effects and running no Buses either.
However upon playback, I constantly get this error:
System Overload.
The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time. (-10011)
Now, I'm running OSX 10.4.7 and Logic 7.0.1 on a dual G5 1.8gHz with 1.25GB RAM. My soundcard is called ESI Juli@ (it's not exactly hi-end but it works). I have a 80ish GB harddrive 7200rpm with 8.5gb free space.
I'm quite a newbie, so I'm thinking it's my audio settings that's the problem. I've tried switching them around a lot but no help. I/O Buffer Size is set to 1024 (highest number available), Max number of audio tracks is set to 86 (plenty atm), and I've checked "Universal Track Mode" and "Larger Disk Buffer". My Process Buffer Range is set to Large. But nothing works...
Anyone got any pointers? I'm thinking I SHOULD be able to handle 25 tracks of audio + more without problems. Thanks for any help you might be able to give!

well,
25 stereo is a 50 mono tracks
Its may be hdd speed problem
First chek your OSX System preference
Go to Energy Saver section
There must be an option: Put the Hard Discs to sleep when possible
If it cheked - unchek it
I have a 80ish GB harddrive 7200rpm with 8.5gb free space
Try to empty your HDD on 50%,because when HDD is full on 90%(like in your case)data transfer speed go down up to 3time
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By raising the Max. Numbers of Audio Tracks to 255 in my CoreAudio Driver Preference, LP7 is running smoother with Less OverLoad Errors at I/O Buffer Size 256>1024.
Try it Out and Let see if your system improve.
Chap
"Never to Late to learn new tricks"

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Constant "System Overload" messages on one song only

All my other songs work fine but I keep getting the
"Core Audio 'System Overload'" messages on one
particluar song. I have four audio drum tracks, and
one vocal track. I have two instances of Stylus RMX,
one Stylus Trilogy, and one EVB3. I also have a TBO
piano track which is admittedly a very large sample
and broken down into three EXS instances. I did have 2
instances of Space Designer but I ditched them in an
effort to get this song working.
i've been working on this track for longer than i care
to admit and i never had such problems but lately the
only way to get through the song is to have everything
frozen. I can get by with the Kick or the Snare
unfrozen but if i try to listen to them BOTH unfrozen
i immediately get the above message. Makes it nearly impossible to line the tracks up.
I run Logic 7.2.1 on a G5 2x2 w/ 4.5 gig RAM.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, JP
power mac g5 2x2 Mac OS X (10.4.7) logic 7.2.1 4.5 gigs Ram

somethings corrupted, yes.
to migrate: if all midi/Vis are perfectly the way you want them - use export in the file menu to render them.
if they aren't yet, make these into basic midi files and export the midi to the songs folder giving it a unique name.
all other live type audio files - vocals, etc. if cut up into small regions would be better off as one file starting at bar1. make these.
if using a tempo map, take a snap of it (jpg) for reference and take one of the original arrange page as well. just to be sure.
get one of the standard templates that come with the app and use it to start this new version off. there should be no file corruption there.

Disk is too slow or System Overload Errors(-10010)

Hi, It may have been a mistake, but for the 1st time in a long time, I updated my system and software two days ago, after which i tried to runm Logic 9. During playback, I am not getting a random error message that "Disk is too slow or System orverload. This is a system that has operated error free for the past eighteen months, no problems, until now! What really puzzles me about this is the part about "motion Sensor" ! My system is a Mac Pro Desktop unit and not a laptop, and definitely not equipped with and motion sensor(s) at least not that I am aware of.
Can nyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks in advance

Hi
rockfort wrote:
Did you repair permissions after the OS update?
** I don't know how**
To repair Permissions, in the Finder, use the Go:Utilities function, and run Disk Utility.
In Disk Utility, select the boot drive partition on the left and click on "Repair Disk Permissions".
rockfort wrote:
Free space on the OS and/or Project drive(s)?
** 1.78TB space free on the drive**
So, are you recording /playing back your projects from your System drive?
This is not generally recommended. Instead one should really use an second (Project) drive either Internal (no good for an iMac) or external Firewire/Thunderbolt drive (depends which iMac you have).
Further, the error message you have been getting is a general "Disk too slow" and/or "CPU overloaded" message.
It would be worth keeping an eye on the System Performance meter in Logic whilst playing the project (Double click on the CPU meter in the Transport or use :Options:Audio:System Performance) to see if it is CPU or Disk related
CCT

Disk is too slow or System Overload- error

After going through the community I found around 91 posts regarding the same problem. Since I was having the problem,hence,instead of fiddling around myself,I took my Macbook Pro and got it serviced at an Apple Authorised Service Station. Got the Hard Disk formatted. Reinstalled Software OS X 10.8.5 and Logic Pro X. Came home and just dragged an audio file to test, and guess what ??? Nothing has changed.I did not connect any audio interface, did not open any plug ins. Since my HDD is formatted, I don't even have many Apps installed. Just tried to keep everything simple !! This is really frustrating. I lost a project and incurred financial loss because of this.

Arnab,
If it were a serious bug in LPX then wouldn't most of us be suffering the same thing? As that's not the case... then it's more likely to be something specific to your system/hardware/configuration
Now, having said that... i will say that some people reported issues such as the 'graphical lag' problem.... when they were still using Mountain Lion with LPX but after upgrading to Mavericks/LPX .. the issues seem to basically vanish.... or at least we see very few reports of that problem these days.
So maybe, you should try using Mavericks and see what happens....
Note: Mavericks actually places larger demands on the hardware it seems... due to its new graphical routines for example... but it also seems to fix quite a few long standing issues too so it's a bit of a gamble but worth a try I feel... especially as you basically have a clean Mac anyhow.... with little else installed at this stage.
You can always go back to Mountain Lion if it doesn't work out for you....
Finally: Apple aren't actually here.. This is a User Community made up of and supported by users just like yourself... so if you wish to discuss this with Apple themselves, contact them directly....
http://www.apple.com/contact/

Oh yeah, another SYSTEM OVERLOAD thread! Can anyone help please?

Really? I should be getting constant system overload errors running a dual 2.5Ghz G5 desktop with 2 gigs of RAM, and I'm only running a project with 5 virtual instrument tracks and nothing else? And I froze the four tracks I'm not recording to. I've checked every setting I can think of to minimize processor load. Is there some secret thing I don't know how to do? Any and all help appreciated.

the place to look is the 'console' app. that contains all the logs and system events you can shake your stickiest stick at.
However...I very much doubt that will help you.
Unless the programmers can give more meaningful error messages or enough Logic users complain, perhaps nothing will be done and maybe some 'next release' update might fix 'some' of the problems.
But you are right, it is frustrating and the messages are all but useless.

Error Message: Disk too slow or System Overload

hey guys
during playback i keep receiving an error message reading: Disk too slow or System Overload. I was wondering if anyone knew the cause of this?
Thanks for any info

I am sorry to hear that you are having those problems. I found this thread in the discussion board about a user having the same issues with the "Disk too slow or System Overload" error message.
Read the thread and this may actually help you to understand what is going on:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1456048
Also, make sure you download this update that may removed several issues with your computer and any Final Cut Studio software.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/ProKit45
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