Freezes when I start recording audio

I have 20 iMacs in my lab here at school. When I log in as the user, everything works fine. I can record audio directly into Garageband and iMovie with no problems. When other users use the same computers, they cannot. When they click on the red button to record in either application, the program freezes, and they get the spinning disk until it is force quit. It happens over and over.
The account I am using is not an administrative account. In fact, when I try the same thing using the admin account, it freezes when I try to record!
Any suggestions? This just started happening a month or so ago. Before that, it was fine for everyone. I suspect that it might be related to some updates, but I don't know for sure.
The same thing happens whether people use attached mics or the internal mic, by the way. Every other aspect of the programs is fine. It's just recording that's a problem.
This is wreaking havoc with podcasting and moviemaking.

adam_glazier wrote:
I found a cludgey fix to my problem, but at least I can record
Set Logic's temp record path to write to the local drive. It only hangs when I set my temp record disk to be my external USB 2.0 drive.
Glad to hear you're back recording, even through kludgey work-arounding!
Also, you may have indicated the underlying cause of the problem. The fact that it goes away when recording to your internal drive suggests the USB drive as the culprit.
Everyone I know who uses Logic records to firewire drives. Firewire handles time-sensitive data like audio better than USB, and so while USB might work OK under certain circumstances, it may be the cause of your grief. Perhaps if you were recording to an external firewire drive rather than USB, there wouldn't be a problem.

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