Logic Studio acting very slow

Question

Hi im new to this forum. Finally got Logic Studio, I have no previous experience of Logic but I have been wanting to purchase music software for a long time. I installed Logic and it is acting very slow and often when i have only recorded 3 layers it will say "System Overload the audio engine was not able to process all required data in time (-10011)". My Computer is a PowerPC G4, 1.25 GHz, 1 MB L3 cache, 2 GB DDR SDRAM. Writing all information because I do not know much about computers.
If anyone could help that would be great ??

Answer 1

You are unfortunately at the bottom end of computers that can run Logic 8 at all.
If upgrading your computer is not possible, be sure to check into ways of making your computer handle it's load more easily. Some ways of doing that are to check into freezing tracks, and being thrifty with plug ins, etc. You can put a plug in effect on a track (like EQ, say, or compression on a guitar track) and once you absolutely know you have the sound you want, record that to another audio track and take the plug ins off your original track. This will cut down on the number of plug ins you have running at any one moment. And remember, EQ takes up resources by the # of bands, so if you don't need 7 then use just one, or three. That sort of thing.
Others will no doubt tell you some better ways of making use of your computers resources as well.
Check the amount of samples your computer is using to address latency, as well, you have to adjust that a bit until you find a happy medium often. Read the manual for that until you understand it, and work out what helps you.
I should mention that RAM will help you a lot and in the cheapest way, if you can move up from the 2 Gigs you have, I'd do so.
You can also upgrade the processors in G4's, check out OWC Computing and maybe there will be some help for you there. It isn't inexpensive, but if I had a G4 I'd do it regardless.
Or maybe this is God's way of telling you to get a new Mac, is how I'd view it.