I'm getting "the disk is too slow (prepare)" message

I'm getting "the disk is too slow (prepare)" message when trying to do literally anything in garageband right now, even with all other programs shut down, correct energy saver settings, and only one audio track in garageband.
Everything else on my macbook pro is running fine, iMovie, Safari, etc... so it seems like a garageband problem to me. I updated garageband, have reset computer multiple times, I don't know what else to do... it feels like garageband is keeping all of my recent projects open in the background at once, but when I check my windows, that is apparently not the case. Any help?

Anyone have any ideas to help?

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spheric, thanks a lot!!!
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How much free disk space do you have? Keep at least 10 GB disk space free for the operating system as working space, better more.
Try to lock all tracks that you are currently not using, while you are editing.
Close all other applications and reboot, before starting to work.
If the problem persists, you may have a problem with incompatible audio drivers. Then I'd test from a different user account, to check, if there is a general problem.
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Hi i use a macpro i7 wt 7200rpm internal drive i get this message Disk is too slow-(prepare) (-10001) when i am using logic 9

Hi i use a macbook pro 17" 2.66ghz intel core i7 with 8gb ram & a 500gb@7200rpm internal drive i get this message "Disk is too slow. (Prepare) (-10001) when i am using logic 9 wiyh just a 5 vsts loaded 2 of them being esx24's . i used to not get this warning earlier in the same or even heavily loaded projects.
When i press play the beachball appears for a minute or so then the message.
Even when i open up a new project a beachball appears for about 30-40 secs and then the project opens up
i have even tried opening up the projects w/o any vst's loaded (i have disabled them from audio units manager)
Initially i thought it was a hard drive problem so apple had it replaced for me but i am still encountering the same problem.
have even tried disabling the sudden motion sensor from terminal no luck there too
tried reloading osx 10.6.7 no luck there too
what do i do
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CoreAudio: Disk is too slow (Prepare) error message?

Hi,
In a Logic project I'm currenly working on, each time I open the file and press play for the first time, Logic hangs for 15 seconds or so and gives me this error message:
CoreAudio: Disk is too slow. (Prepare)
(-10001)
If I then stop, rewind and play again everything works fine. It only happens after this specific project is first opened and played.
Any ideas what this could be about? Disk is definitely not too slow. I get the same error if I start at a one track passage or bypass all effects and then play.
The file in question contains imported AIFF files, imported MP3 files as well 100 or so MIDI tracks.
Logic version is 7.2.1.
Thanks,
Maarten

It's in the energy saver preferences, uncheck spin down drive when idle thing.
HOWEVER, I posted this in another post, there is a bug where external firewire drives are still getting spun down with this checked off. I reported the bug to apple, they asked for more info, they said thanks, and last I checked the bug was still open, which tells me it wasn't reported before, and they're actually working on it.
So don't be surprised if unchecking the box doesn't fix it for your external drives.
The trick I use to get around it is simply double click the file on the external drive to open the song. That spins the drive up pretty good because you have to open a finder window which has to list all the folders etc...
hope this helps.

Disk Is Too Slow (prepare)

Hi All,
I see this error message when trying to start playback sometimes.
I get the beach ball for about 10 seconds, then the above message.
it may do this several times.
if i leave it a while, a few seconds, maybe re-locate in the track, it will play fine.
yes, a heavily loaded session, but not heavy on Disk I/O.
track plays fine, except when this happens. have seen this on several sessions.
does anyone actually know what this error means? (prepare)?
Thanks,
James.

re: VM for EXS, the settings are disk speed: medium, activity:
try :
DD speed = Slow
HD recording = Extensive
These setting will use more ram !
Xbench says by audio HD on the ATA-66 buss has a score of 50.1.
This is very slow !
look at that :
I have run Xbench on a G5 2x2 here are the marks given by Xbench on different configuration (higher is better)
86 with Lacie 160 GB FW800
97 with Lacie 200 GB FW800
103 with Lacie 250 GB FW800
109 with my internal Sata
122 with a Maxtor 250 GB
158 with a raid 0 of 2 Sata using Apple raid software
160 with a raid 0 of 2 Sata using Softraid
184 with the Rocket raid and 4 Raptor 10 000 (with 1024 KB segments)
198 with the Rocket raid and 4 Raptor 10 000 (with 64 KB segments)
205 with the Rocket raid card in slot 3 and 4 Raptor 10 000 with Softraid driver optimize for digital audio
237 with the Rocket raid card in slot 4 and 4 Raptor 10 000 with Softraid driver optimize for digital audio
268 with the Rocket raid card in slot 4 and 6 Raptor 10 000 with Softraid driver optimize for digital audio
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with so many plugs, full PDC etc, maybe it has too much to queue up to start playback?
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I Do not understand ! sorry for my English
Best
Cyril

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Never had any issues before now... any ideas?

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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)
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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...

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"LOGIC PRO X: Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010)" This is the message that I was having since two weeks ago with my Logic 9. I updated two days ago to Logic X and I am still having the same problem.

"LOGIC PRO X: Disk is too slow or System Overload. (-10010)" This is the message that I was having since two weeks ago with my Logic 9. I updated two days ago to Logic X and I am still having the same problem.
I recently formatted my computer. In other words, I'm not using too much memory of my HD. My Memory Ram is 8GB.

dandotcraig wrote:
A week before logic X comes out it starts bugging out... i deleted a bunch of stuff on my HD and cleaned up everything... didnt fix anything... then logic x came out and I though oh i better update that will fix everything... and im still having the same problems... its rediculous.
Umm,, no offence... but what is ridiculous... is you didn't troubleshoot the original problem but instead you assumed it was a LP9 problem so you updated to LPX which is still in its early days and is likely to be less stable than LP9... rather than more so!
So.. Here's the thing....
LP9 was working fine and then stopped working normally according to you. Therefore what changed at the time LP9 stopped working normally?
Here are just a few ideas to think about.. for around the time this started..
Did you update Logic Pro 9... OS X... Drivers for Midi/Audio or other connected devices?
If you did, did you then restore from a backup you made prior to these problems occuring and what happened when you did so? (assuming you do make backups of your system?)
Did you install any new Apps on your Mac?
Did you add a new Hard Drive? How is it formatted?
Did you start recording or creating music in a different way to how you used to before the problem started?
Have you started using a different SI or FX plugin or plugins.. More or different FX for example.. Did you install a new version of a plugin?
Is all your software legal? (Have to ask because some people install all kinds of illegal plugins and whatever else.. and have no idea how the 'cracks' work or what they might affect/mess up/conflict with in the process)
Have you looked at the System logs to see if anything is happening out of the ordinary when you get these messages?
Have you looked at OS X's Activity monitor to see if any app or routine is kicking in hard when you get this issue?
Basically, you need to think about and look for what changed... because something apparently changed to suddenly cause these issues...given you said you didn't have them until a certain timeframe and some of the questions above, I hope, will get you thinking..
....and maybe a few of the others here will come up with other ideas and suggestions to help you...
Good luck and let us know how you got on...

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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.
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I was charged for a movie that never was downloaded, i asked for it but the conection was too slow and I never was able to have the movie that i asked for...how can i get it without being charged again, who could remove the chage from my Crecit card?

i was charged for a movie that never was downloaded, i asked for it but the conection was too slow and I never was able to have the movie that i asked for...how can i get it without being charged again, who could remove the chage from my Crecit card?

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http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
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i have an external firwire harddrive just for the audio projects which is 7200rpm etc and it has 500gb of free space on it!
i've already tried the pmset -a sms 0 thing, but that is only for laptops, their seems to be no solition for Mac Pro Desktops!
this is annoying.
hope someone can help.
Dan

and in laptops it is just working for the original builtin HD.
It shouldn't be there at all.
you set it off by (copy/paste):
sudo pmset -a sms 0

Based on my computer what I/O buffer size and process buffer should I have to stop getting the system too slow error message?

I need some sugestions on my settings. I have a 13 in macbook pro runnig 10.8.2 with a 2.7 Ghz i7 with 4 GB of ram.
I am using Logic pro X 10.0.3 and when I get to a really load heavy section of a project then I get a too slow error message.
I know this will happen from time to time because of my computer but is there anyway to make it better?

Im curious how you are running LPX on an OS X 10.8.2 system?
As to your question.. there is no specific answer... Try playing with the settings (making a note of your current ones) and see what improvements, if any, are made under different combinations of the settings.
Personally I'd add more RAM if you can... as that alone may help matters by some degree...
Finally,
This article may also help.. (Its written for LP9 but most of it is applicable for LPX too)
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24535

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