Suddenly system overload messages

ahoy all.
have been using logic express 7.2 for over a year now, love it, never had to freeze a track. the other night i completed a project and did a bounce, closed it and went to bed. nota huge project, around 8 audio, 5 audio instrument tracks. ran the whole sessions with no overloads (in fact, i have had about 3 overloads in all my experience with logic). a few days later, i open the project again and now system overloads constantly. it also occurs now on other similiar sized projects that before had no overloads ever.only thing that helped was freezing tracks. i searched the forum and tried all the various suggestions, no luck.
i am wondering what could have happened (to logic, macos, macbook, etc) that would cause the sudden system overload messages? the only thing that happened in those few days was that i drained my macbook battery and now i have the infamous macbook x on battery problem. but i am not sure how that could effect logic.
thanks.

I know you said you drained your macbook battery - but here's a thought that came to me - When is the last time you shut down your computer/restarted it? The RAM could be clogged. As ridiculous as that sounds, it does happen. Little artifacts of garbage and leftovers of tasks your computer has been performing over the last few days between your session and now could have somehow not cleared itself from the RAM. Restart it. Or shut it down for a while or something. Unless you've already done that. Then, we'll work from there . . .

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Hi, I hope somebody can help me. I've seen the topics about this already posted, but my situation is a little different. I'm only playing back three tracks of recorded audio and two EXS24 sampler instruments. I have the Logic compressor on my bass track and thats it! My Disk IO meter shows no load at all as well as the audio meter. However, I'm still getting the core audio disk to slow or system overload message. I figure with a dual 2.7 G5 and 2.5 Gigs of ram I should be unstoppable. What's happening?
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Same or similar problem to you check out my recent thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=245528&tstart=30
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All my other songs work fine but I keep getting the
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one Stylus Trilogy, and one EVB3. I also have a TBO
piano track which is admittedly a very large sample
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i've been working on this track for longer than i care
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Thanks, JP
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somethings corrupted, yes.
to migrate: if all midi/Vis are perfectly the way you want them - use export in the file menu to render them.
if they aren't yet, make these into basic midi files and export the midi to the songs folder giving it a unique name.
all other live type audio files - vocals, etc. if cut up into small regions would be better off as one file starting at bar1. make these.
if using a tempo map, take a snap of it (jpg) for reference and take one of the original arrange page as well. just to be sure.
get one of the standard templates that come with the app and use it to start this new version off. there should be no file corruption there.

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I have 8 tracks running MIDI, 6 of which have the EXS24 running, mainly for drums. I cant get through more than 2 mins of the project before the CPU goes mental and i get the 'system overload' message.
Do i Have to bounce the MIDI into audio? Why cant i have this many MIDI track running?
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The MBP i was using shortly after this Q was posted had new RAM, 2 weeks later, a new motherboard + graphics card, then a new screen, battery and again RAM!!!!!. Apple gave in eventually and gave me a new MBP, which, after only 1 month, had 2 new sets of RAM and a new logic board???!!!. I don't know anyone that has paid nearly £2000 for a computer, let alone, a mac, and had so much sh&t. Working out the repair and replacement cost came to over £1700!! The worst thing is, being told to "come collect your machine tomorrow, we'll put it through on priority", only to get there and get told, "sorry mate, can you come back tomorrow?"!!! AAAARRRGGHH!!!
Got messed around for nearly 6 months until they admitted that the MBP was F*&^%d. Even then, I was in the store until 10pm!!! They took the old machine, and have probably sold it on to some poor SOB......not good.
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Why do I keep getting a "system overload" message during playback?

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Purchasing iCloud storage will not help your issue. Also, if you want to upgrade, do it via iTunes rather than OTA - it doesn't require as much available storage to do it that way.
To check to see what is taking up so much of your storage, go to Settings>General>Usage>Manage Storage, and you will see a list of the items on your device and the amount of storage they are taking up.
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Solution for "Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI" and "System Overload" messages

Article for those who hate Logic error windows
Seen in Logic Pro 9.1.7 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
and Logic Pro 9.0.0 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5
Logic Pro:
System Overload.
The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time.
(-10011)
Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI.
Sample Rate xxxxx recognized.
Check conflict between Logic Pro and external device.
The search in the help given as follows: overload occurs when you use a lot of tracks and a lot of effects on them, and the synchronization is lost when the selected MIDI track for recording or playback. Yes, this is all that is written in the resources. And here are useful tips that have been found:
The Bounce function allows the entire instrument track to be recorded as an audio file. This bounced audio file can then be used (as an audio region) on a standard audio track, allowing you to reassign the available processing power for further software instrument tracks. For more details, see "Bouncing Your Project."
You can also make use of the Freeze function to capture the output of a software instrument track, again saving processing power. For details, see "Freezing Tracks in the Arrange Area."
These tips - about the timing. About overload - there are no tips, except as "reducing the number of plug-ins" and "increasing latency". Zero useful tips - I got two errors in the test project with a blank audio track with no effects, MIDI drums and standard synthesizer, it was no aux buses, and the entire project was only a single plugin in the master track.
Here is the configuration of my computer:
iMac12, 2
CPU: Intel Core i5 3,1 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
And here's a project that almost immediately stops Logic, all instruments and plug-ins with the init-patch, ie not the most demanding settings:
It's sad.
When this happened the first time, I could start the project only if the empty audio track has been selected, a track specially designed so that you can at least start the project. Then, this problem has evaporated along with the changing conditions of work and I forgot about it until the last case.
I was looking for the cause of the problem in the console and the system monitor for two days, and finally I found that Logic ping to the network frequently. I remembered the exact time of occurrence of the problem, and system logs revealed that the problems began immediately, as soon as I deactivate the service of the Internet.
Solution: enable the Internet, or add a new network service on a computer with no Internet. I just created the Ethernet connection to the ip address 1.0.0.0
Logic immediately began to sing.

Hi gabaghoul
Yes, it worked for me on four different OS and Logic versions (10.6 - 10.8 and 9.0 - 9.1.6)
It does not work in some cases, hard enough to tell in which one, but you can try, it very easy: go to the net settings and create new Ethernet connection to the ip address 1.0.0.0 and connect LAN cable to the port.
Also you can try to figure out what happens in your system while Logic error occured - fot that you just start Console and search "logicpro"
Pay attention to repetitive events in a console and events with suitable timing, not so far from error
The problem may be related to the GUI or system memory, sometimes turning off Safari (or Chrome, others browsers) might help.
Message was edited by: spred

"Disk is too Slow or System overload" message...HELP!

Hello,
I am using a MacBook Pro and recorded an Audio track last night with my guitar (plugged directly into my Motu audio interface) using the the "tape delay" effect/plug-in. After recording ONE track, I was playing it back and simply playing my guitar for practice over the track while monioring through my speakers when I get the message "Disk is too slow or system overload (10010)."
What is this? I should be able to record audio tracks with my MBP, right? What am I doing wrong and how could my system possibly be overloaded and unable to continue with ONE audio track? Please help. Thank you.

you can also try typing System overload in the search discussions field on the top right of the discussions page,make it specific when you get the results to Logic 7.
there's millions of posts about it....
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CoreAudio System Overload Messages

Hello,
In the attempt to create my first song, I have come to a major roadblock. I am not able to continue with my work because the sound breaks then stops. I then recieve the following message: CoreAudio: System Overload. The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time. (-10011).
When I purchased Logic, I believed that I had equipment that would be sufficient to run the software. I have an iMac with an 800 MHz PowerPC processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS 10.4.8, Quicktime 7.1.3, and 36.4 GB of available disk space (according to the system profiler: devices: IDE (ATA-4) Bus: Macintosh HD) (I list that information because I am not entirely sure that that is where I should have gone to find out how much available disk space I have, so I could be wrong and if I am then that may be a contributor to my problem). Anyway, this meets the requirements listed on the back of the Logic Pro 7 box.
I am using the midiman uno interface for my kawai MP9000 which I use as the midi controller and the edirol UA-5 audio capture as my audio interface for recording vocals.
I am very surprised that this is happening to me because I only have 2 audio instruments and 1 audio track running (and only seven measures of it at that).
The two audio instruments are from the Evoc PS and Sculpture. My audio track contains vocals.
I don’t have any plug-ins directly on the tracks. However, I do have gain on my bus 1 which contains the audio track and Evoc audio instrument.
Still, when I look at the system performance window it is very close to reaching the ceiling on the audio side, sometimes it does reach the ceiling and turn red, but it mostly stays in the upper part of the orange yellow color and into the plain yellow as well.
I went to the Logic Pro Support webpage and found an article that addressed my problem.
I have combed the article and carefully followed it’s instructions. Here are the things I have done to try and remedy my problem:
1. I have turned off all applications other than Logic.
2. I have made sure that my drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
In Audio Drivers Preferences
3. I have set my I/O Buffer size to 1024.
4. I set my Max. Number of Audio Tracks to 4.
5. I have unchecked 64 Busses.
6. Since the Audio meter in system performance is peaking, I disabled Larger Disk Buffer.
7. I set the Process Buffer Range to Large.
8. Rewire Behavior is in Playback Mode.
And
9. The songs sample rate is 44.1.
10. I have tried highlighting an audio rather than an audio instrument track during playback.
11. I have frozen tracks that I am not currently working with (which actually does help alot but not as much as I hoped it would).
Under Logic Pro>Preferences>Audio>General
13. I have set Sample Accurate Automation to Off.
In addition to that I read some postings in the Logic forum and got the idea that perhaps it is because I am using an aggregrate device that I am having this problem, so I switched over to only using my Edirol as a driver in my audio preferences. This did not help either.
The article said to make sure my computer has plenty of RAM. Since the back of the Logic Pro 7 box lists 512 MB of RAM I thought 1GB would be plenty. But perhaps it is not.
For only three tracks it seems that I would have enough memory for the moment at least, but maybe I don’t. I upgraded my computer and gave it as much memory as it could take and I don’t think there is a way for me to give it more. However, it would be extremely helpful if someone could tell me if I have adequate memory to run Logic.
The article also said to use a disk maintenance utility to regularly check and repair my drives’ directory structure and to make sure that my files are not fragmented. When I went to apples website to find information on defragmentation, I found article number 25668 that says that because I use Mac OS X, then I probably won’t need to defragment at all. But maybe I do need to defragment because this program is so taxing on my computer. Will someone please tell me whether or not I need to defragment and if so any tips on going about that process would be helpful.
Unfortunately, I do not know very much about computers and sequencing software. I would feel much better if there were some local classes available for this type of work but I haven’t found anything. Everything I have learned has been from the Mac Pro Video’s (extremely helpful) and this forum, and a little bit from the manuals.
Anyway, I have told you everything I can and I hope that someone can help me figure out how to overcome this obstacle. I am really trying to avoid having to purchase a new computer so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Zelda

The two audio instruments are from the Evoc PS and Sculpture. My audio track contains vocals.
There you are...it's the Sculpture plugin.it is a PROCESSOR HOG.
I have an iBook with the same 800mHz processor,and it can only run 1 instance of Sculpture when it feels like it.And not much else.
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System Overload & "Save as" crashes

I'm using Logic 7.0.1 on 10.4.2, with Pro App Suport 3. When I begin to play the piece, I get the "System Overload" message every few seconds. (The audio engine was not able to process all required data in time. (-10011). In the CPU window, the right column is never active, while the left column mostly says at 1/4, sometimes spiking to 3/4's. I press the "continue" button and begin to play again. The CoreAudio alert repeats a dozen times as I continue through the piece until I reach the last note I've been able to record.
Then, I can suddenly play back from the beginning of the song, all the way through without the error message at all. It is as if the computer stops when it tries to process each new sample, but once it has played through all of them, it handles them easily. However, once I can play the whole piece, adding a new sample (a large sample like performance legato) doesn't trigger the alert message. I only get it when I am first beginning to play through the piece.
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Regarding the other query, I sometimes get this too - the computer seems to think there's too much information even though it's already been playing it all, and even if you mute all but one of the channels! (in fact - I think I recall it refusing to play even when all tracks are muted... christ...)
Generally I have to restart the app (and maybe the computer). This always does the trick for me.
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Best,
Mickey.

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Sorry, if this has been asked before, but I did not manage to find a way to look for thread titles and there´s thousands of posts containing my search items!
Here´s my problem: I get the System overload message: "Audio engine was not able to process all required data in time (-10011)", which is in my case understandable, cause I´m running very many EXS an reberbs.
But:
1. My system performance shows, that the right processor is doing allmost all work, while the left processor is just at 10 %.
Why is this?
I remember a trick in Logic 5, where U could ballance the processor-work by using an I/O-plugin an bypass this. This way some of the work was handled by the other processor. Are there any similar tricks in Logic 7?
2. I´m working almost without audio tracks and with many EXS-plugins.
Even though I set everything in a way, that my hard-disc should have a lot of work (Buffer Size 1024, fast disc, etc...) the system performance shows zero activity, but the Audio clips.
What´s wrong?
Thanks for your help!

Hi Felix, bin zwar nicht Sonther, antworte aber trotzdem mal:
Denke es reicht, wenn Du einfach mal den 10.4.9 Combo Installer drüber installierst...wie Sonther schon erwähnt hat !
Logic brauchst Du deswegen nicht gleich zu deinstallieren.
Einfach mal ausprobieren...
Aber ob es an 10.4.9 liegt, warum die Prozessorlast nicht gleichmässig verteilt wird, bezweifel ich. Logic müsste das von sich aus eigentlich selbst machen.
Ich arbeite zur Zeit noch mit 10.4.8 auf men Mac Pro, da hab ich immer ne
gleichmässige Auslastung aller 4 Kerne.
Könntest aber mal den Node-Trick ausprobieren.
Logic Node auf dem gleichen Rechner installieren und in Logic Spuren auf den Node verteilen( vielleicht kannst Du damit den 2 Kern benutzen).
Wurde von Leuten schon auf den G5 quad Macs gemacht, bevor nur 2 von den 4 Kernen von Logic benutzt werden konnten.
MfG

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I'm grateful for you replies, Erik.
Eriksimon wrote:
So it seems that often there was paging going on - a lot. Only on one occasion there wasn't any. I think the BFD samples may be responsible for that. You could test that by freezing the BFD track(s).
Logic doesn't give me the option to freeze BFD tracks. BFD is on a multi-timbral software instrument track. I route the outputs from BFD to aux tracks in Logic. None of these have the freeze icon in the track header. So I'm unable to test this.
During bouncing? Do you mean you only bounce realtime? Why not bounce offline? It is faster and you can listen to the result in iTunes, without overloads...
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There loads of advice on the overload/slow issue just search the web with your error message and 'Logic'.
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RG
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Hi
I upgraded to a brand new Macbook thinking that its 2ghz would give me even more comfort of use than my Ibook (1ghz)
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