Error mesaage: disc is too slow

My system keeps stoping and Im geting error message (-10010) disc is too slow or overloaded
whats the fix?

The "disk to slow" error occurs, when GarageBand needs more memory for real time processing.
It usually helps to restart the Mac before recording - this will free all available RAM at once.
And do not run any other applications concurrently, that like to hog memory, like Safair, iPhoto, iMovie.
Is your project on an external drive? Connect the drive to the fastest port you are having. Don't daisy-chain the connection.

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?"Disc is too slow" error?

During recording of a song (4 simultaneous real instrument tracks via usb interface) GB cut out on me and left me with the error message "Disc is too slow". Assuming this means the hard drive, does anyone know why this happened or steps to prevent it. We were 4 mins plus into the song, and what we got sounds fine, just got cut off.
I was thinking maybe I need a buffer setting adjustment. I thought I remembered seeing a way to change buffer size in exchange for delay in monitors. I could not find that function when looked today. Any thoughts on this aspect?
Thanks for any help you have

The "disk to slow" error occurs, when GarageBand needs more memory for real time processing.
It usually helps to restart the Mac before recording - this will free all available RAM at once.
And do not run any other applications concurrently, that like to hog memory, like Safair, iPhoto, iMovie.
Is your project on an external drive? Connect the drive to the fastest port you are having. Don't daisy-chain the connection.

No Audio Playback due to Error Message "Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001)"

Out of the blue, no audio playback. Was working just fine earlier today.
I repeatedly get the error message:
Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
NOTE: I have more than enough disc space. That is NOT the issue.
I also just got a second error message:
Part of the Project was not played
This project has too many real instrument tracks to be played in real-time. To optimize performance, see the 'Optimizing GarageBand performance' page in GarageBand Help.
NOTE: Odd as I have only 2 tracks in the GarageBand file.
Any others experience this? Suggestions?

Have a look into the Preferences folder (YourUserFolder/Libraries/Preferences/) and trash all Logic preferences.
You'll have to setup the program again.
cheers
rob

Disc is too slow or system overload

"Disc is too slow or system overload"
right in the middle of a project. stupid question. what can i do? won't even play. can't even bounce it.

Was dealing with that, among other system/disk response issues last weekend. This weekend I researched it extensively and found 2 things that, knock on wood, so far have seemed to resolve my issues. One Mac white paper suggested that when using an external drive, you must format it as MAC Extended, and NOT include journaling. This paper was dated in 2006, but the theory made sense to me, so I tried it. BTW, it also emphasizes that you NOT get rid of journaling on the main HDD of the computer. The other thing I stumbled across was a little download calls "ProKitUpdate 4.5". It is supposed to make your 'professional' apps run smoother. I also downloaded and installed that. I then set up a test with 8 inputs, recording at 48K x 24 bit (what I was doing weekend before last), and recorded for about 2 hours. During that test, I had no beachballs, no dropouts, no 'disk is too slow' errors, and as a matter of fact, no errors at all. At this point, I'm feeling more comfortable with the setup, but am still planning on some more testing before I assume the problem won't happen again.
Charley

Why am I getting this error message, "Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001)"

Hello all! I've been using GarageBand for a while now and I've accumulated quite a few files. Along with all of my movies and iTunes library, my internal hard drive filled up rapidly and I didn't catch it. I received a warning message on my screen one day saying that my hard drive was nearly full and I only had a few MB available. I'm using a 150 GB Solid State Hard Disk on my 2009 MacBook Pro (2.6 GHz Intel Cre 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM). I remembered reading a while back that it's better to use an external hard drive for pretty much everything when using Garageband, so I bought one. I now have a seagate 500 GB, 5400 rpm external (USB 2.0) and I moved ALL of my movies and music over to it. I freed up around 60 GB of space on my internal hard drive in doing so.
So now that I've given you a little background, let me explain the issue I'm having. Before I noticed that my hard drive was full, I started receiving this error message:
Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
Upon receiving this message, I was unable to do pretty much anything in GarageBand. I couldn't listen to tracks, export to iTunes, or do anything! All I'm using GarageBand for is editing. My band and I do all our recording (and mixing) offsite at a separate studio and i just deliver a 2 track stereo signal (L/R) to my MacBook. From there, I just cut the individual tracks from a block of 30-45 minutes of recording because we just record our entire studio session and mix everything there. I pretty much never have more than two tracks and a few effects going at the same time.
After I realized that my disk was nearly full, I consulted my brother-in-law. He's head of the IT Deartpment at a major hospital here in West L.A. and he told me that I may have created a problem with the cache by filling up my internal hard drive and that I may still have issues with performance even after I free up space. He then told me that I may need to reboot my MacBook a few time to "free up the cache" (or something close to that, sorry guys I'm not that tech-savvy). It seems he may have been right, as I'm still experiencing the same issue. I rebooted around 10 times overall to no avail. I'm still using my internal hard drive to store the files that I'm working on (temporarily) because USB 2.0 is way too slow for my liking, when using GarageBand.
I've read quite a few articles on this offering solutions such as:
1. Do a complete Uninstall and Reinstall of GarageBand
2. Clone my hard drive to my external, format it, and reinstall everything back on it
3. Get a hard drive that supports Firewire 800 (The HDD I bought is USB 2.0, but it has two USB cables to increase speed, but I only have 1 port and I tried a powered USB Hub, but this HDD won't work with it for some reason).
4. Use different editing software.
5. Take it to Apple!
Will any of these things fix my problem? Are some better than others? Before I do anything, I wanted to ask this question on the furum to see if anybody had an easier (or cheaper!) solution. Any suggestions, tips, or advice would be much appreciated, as my band is starting to get on my case about finishing our CD! Thanks...

Have a look into the Preferences folder (YourUserFolder/Libraries/Preferences/) and trash all Logic preferences.
You'll have to setup the program again.
cheers
rob

I just installed Lion and the newest version of Logic express 9 (9.1.5) and every time i playback audio I get this error message: [Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010) . Never had any issues before now...

I just installed OSX Lion (10.7.2) and updated to the newest version of Logic express (9.1.5) on a macbook and every time I playback audio I get this error message: [Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010) 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]
Never had any issues before now... any ideas?

Have a look into the Preferences folder (YourUserFolder/Libraries/Preferences/) and trash all Logic preferences.
You'll have to setup the program again.
cheers
rob

Error message: "Disk is too slow or System Overload."

When I try to record from the line-in on my MacBook Pro (2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HD), I get after some time (that can range from a few seconds to a few minutes) the error message: "CoreAudio: Disk is too slow or System Overeload. (-10010)".
This is weird because I get that error even when recording into an empty project. I have no such error on my old PowerBook G4 (867MHz, 512MB RAM) with the same version of Logic Express (most recent). Both computers are fully up-to-date.
I also get that error on my MacBook Pro very often when I'm working on a project and it's getting pretty annoying, it sorts of halts the process each time...
I also have Mail, iCal and Adium running at the same time as Logic Express, none of which use much CPU so the problem can't realistically be from them...
Any help to resolve this issue or at least shed some light on the potential cause would be greatly appreciated!

Simply having idle applications in the background is probably fine, but I certainly believe that something like Mail checking for new messages in the middle of recording in Logic could cause problems.
I would also check Activity Monitor to see if you have any background processes running that you aren't aware of. My wife's iBook slowed to a crawl once, and I discovered that a printer driver she installed to use a printer at work was using about 80 percent of the CPU.
-Eric

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...

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

"disc is too slow or system overload" -- L8 and Leopard

Hi all, I'm mixing something on Logic -- a two track piece, one an a Addictive Drums drum track, and a bass with some effects from Guitar Rig 3, and L8 keeps freezing during playback with the message above ("disc to slow or system overload.") This never happened to me before. Can anyone suggest a culprit and solution?

yeah ...i've always had a dedicated firewire audio hard drive so i don't think its that....i think its the software instruments and 3rd party plugins....they're probably draining more power than usual<</div>
Right, the external hard drive only makes a difference with audio tracks.
although Addictive drums might be streaming samples from the hard drive.
You say the instruments and plugins might be draining more power than usual? Perhaps it's Logic 8 and Leopard using more CPU power than Logic 7 and Tiger. Have you had the CPU/Drive performance meters visible when the overload message appears? Is it the CPU meter that's spiking or the drive meter?
pancenter-

"Disc is too slow. Prepare 100001" message??

Using GarageBand has caused me a few crashes lately and I am getting the above error message frequently. Is my Mac about to break? Thanks in advance.

We see a similar message all the time over in the Logic audio forum. Garageband is a subset of Logic Pro using the same basic underlying technology.
This usually means that the program cannot pull all of the data (audio samples or recorded audio) off the disk in time. However, it can also mean that the CPU was tied up with DSP processing (reverb, chorus...etc) and couldn't devote enough cycles to handle Input/Output without a data error.
It can also mean your hard drive is running low on free space
As Douggo mentions.... it would be helpful to know more about the Garageband song that's causing this to happen.
One thing you can do is set the audio buffer to a larger size... with in Garageband is called, Optimize for more tracks... or something like that.
pancenter-

Logic error-hard drive too slow or system overload (new macbook!)

have made a few short tracks with logic with no probs. when i have tried to play the demo songs which have many tracks, i get an error msg saying hd too slow or system overload. i have a new macbook, 2.4, 2mb ram, 250 gb hd (with loads space left). airport turned off when using logic. what gives???

Samples that I am using are located on a 7200 external HD.
Is your external formatted for Mac? If you didn't buy it from a store that sells mac drives specifically, it's probably formatted for windows. You must reformat for Mac or you'll have a lot of performance issues.
I've a Macbook 2,2 Ghz Core 2 DUO with 2Go of RAM.
You should get more Ram, it's really cheap these days.
Airport is disconnected. My AUdio Buffer is 1024 in the Logic preferences.
Make sure the I/O Safety Buffer is OFF, and then set the buffer size at 256 or 512.

Disk is too slow (Record)(-10004) error..so sick of this.

Hello all,
I can no longer record more than three tracks in logic without getting the error message "Disk is too slow (Record)(-10004)". When this happens, recording is stopped.
At first I suspected my drive was faulty, maybe slowing down. So being in the middle of a session that took me 2 hours to set up, I called for a break and rushed off and bought an external Seagate 7200rpm firewire 800 drive. I installed it and set it as the recording path for the project. There was no change, the same error occured.
I then switched the target drive to another internal one I use for Time Machine - same problem occured.
It seems to me that this problem has nothing to do with my drives. I am at a loss to explain it. I have looked for hours online for a solution but while many have experienced this there seem to be few answers out there.
Unless I find a solution this will be my last project with Logic. I tried and tried for the last 5 years to use this program but things like this keep happening. It's glitchy with UAD cards, Duende, RME interfaces, Midi controllers, Hard Drives, RAM and external clocks. I've had problems with them all over the years. I will most likely switch to Cubase which I feel is inferior for editing and loops, but at least it seems to be stable.
If anyone has any insight I'll try and fix it, but I just can't keep shelling out money for a program that just doesn't work.

I am experiencing a similar problem & have been receiving the same messages, even while recording as little as one track and playback has become an issue as well. However, THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. I have heard of people with this same problem, where they receive this message out of nowhere after logic has been working perfectly for them.
I also would like to note that I am running all settings in logic for optimized recording and playback (audio & buffer settings etc etc etc)
THIS IS NOT A HARDWARE ISSUE, at least in my situation as I am running a fast internal HD & have ample memory. Please reach out if you feel like you have a pragmatic solution to this issue.
This may be a possible lead on the fix... I remember reading this post from a user "soundsgood" in 2008 who was having a similar issue..I don't understand completely his solution, but if someone could enlighten me, I feel that this might be the solution to our issue
+"Okay - forgive me 'cause I'm a newbie on this forum and if somebody else has already figgered this out, I'm sorry.... I've been having the same problem all of the sudden after many years of crash-free and error-free recording. I've read everything. I've pulled my hair out. I've done dozens of clean installs. I've repaired permissions so many times I can do it blindfolded. And sitting here tonight, it dawned on me.... there are TWO places Logic is sucking data from: wherever you've got your SONG files stashed, of course.... but it ALSO NEEDS TO ACCESS THE STARTUP DRIVE (or wherever else you might have your Apple Loops installed). I was watching my drives being accessed during a playback of a fairly complicated tune (most tracks were frozen of course), and both of the afore-mentioned drives were going berserck with accesses. We're all focusing on our dedicated audio drives, but forgetting about our boot drives (where Logic usually resides along with most or all of our loops). I carbon copy cloned my boot / operating system (including Logic) to a different (in my case, an external firewire) drive and the problem disappeared. Could've been because the cloning process de-fragged all the loops & stuff, or maybe my OS just likes snatching its sample/loop info from an external drive. Worked for me... so far....... let me know if it works for others....."+

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
Hope this information helps,
Vicente Tulliano

Logic Express "disk too slow or system overload"

Hello,
I'm brand new to all this and have just started going through the tutorials that come on the DVD with the Mark Sitter book for Logic Pro and Express. i have a brand new MacBook Pro and can't seem to get beyond the first ten seconds of the demo song without it bogging down with an error message that reads "Core Audio: Disc is too slow or system overloaded. (-010010)". The funny thing is that the CPU meter is barely registering any activity. Any words on this for a rookie?
Thanks.
Darthpolski

I found some Hard Drives that seem to be super small and FW800 with a rotational speed of 7200. They're made by a company called GTech. i think it's called the Mini. Has anyone had any experience with these for my application? I have a Lacie but was hoping to keep the system a bit more concise.
Thanks,
Darthpolski

How do I fix the problem 'disk is too slow' and what does it mean anyway?

I'm transferring casete tapes to the Mac via the input line. I've transferrred nearly 100 with no prouble, but sudddenly today two things have gone wrong (see separate question for the other one). This one is that suddenly the error message 'Disk is too slow' comes up. also the track (the top one, not the bottom edit section one) is bright red instead ofthe usual dark purple.
What's gone wrong and how do I fixit?

Sorry about the lack of terms: lazy of me I admit. Having read up Garageband Help, I think I've got the answers. Yes, by the top part I mean the track in the timeline. The bottom part is the same track showing up in what is headed the 'Audio Region' The bright red is the colour the track is in the timeline during recording, and it stays like that until after stopping recording I click somewhere in the timeline section (not necessarily on the track itself) at which time it just goes the normal kind of dull greyish colour an unselected region does.
Thanks for telling me how to see the HD info. Its 250GB, of which I've used about 23GB. The first computer I worked on as a programmer back in 1962 had a 400KB drum (the first disks didn't arrive until 1963) as its random access backing store - and yes, that is a K. The machine also came with 12KB of RAM and 4 tape decks, was the size of a hotel kitchen, and cost about $200,000. You young people don't know how lucky you are

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