"Disk Limit" warning

I've started getting a warning message come up telling me: "Disk Limit--Soundtrack Pro is dropping audio because your computer's hard disk cannot deliver all the audio in time. Try removing some long files or quitting other applications."
I don't get it. As you can see by my stats below my machine should be able to handle this, no? I've quit most apps. Plus I have a 2T HD that's only 1/4 full so it's not a space thing. What would be causing this? What does it mean by a "long file"? I'm only working with a tutorial at the moment so it's hardly some kind of power-user situation.

Are you running everything from one hard drive?
If so, you will likely see a benefit from adding a FW800 RAID 0 drive to that has been designed for A/V applications to store and playback your media files. Drives in this class include offerings from Caldigit, G-Technology, Granite Digital and others.
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